Hortonworks has added Apache Kafka to tis Hadoop software platform as a technical preview. Kafka isn’t the most popular tool in the world, but it’s widely used among large web companies,… Read more »
New features included in Hadoop’s latest releases go some way towards freeing an increasingly capable data platform from the constraints of its early dependence on one specific technical approach: MapReduce. Read more »
The week in cloud. If you want to know how big your favorite vendor’s cloud business is — in scale, in revenue, in profitability … yeah, good luck with that. Read more »
Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden came on the Structure Show this week to discuss many thing, including HP’s $50 million investment in the Hadoop startup, the competitive landscape in Hadoop and why… Read more »
Hadoop far more than the one-trick pony it was once characterized as, and with its new capabilities, businesses are using it to gain real insight and add real value. Read more »
Another day, another Hadoop investment. This time, it’s Hewlett-Packard bankrolling Hortonworks to the tune of $50 million. Your move, Cloudera. Read more »
This week brings a pair of tuck-in acquisitions, a new release and a partnership that deliver fit, finish and further Enterprise-mainstreaming of Hadoop and predictive analytics. The week’s events also include an important… Read more »