Category Archives: Hadoop

Infoworks 5.0 accelerates and lowers cost of cloud migration and analytics deployment

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Infoworks announced Version 5.0 – the latest release of the company’s comprehensive software solution for automated cloud migration and enterprise data operations. As businesses accelerate their digital transformation efforts, migrating data and analyt… Continue reading Infoworks 5.0 accelerates and lowers cost of cloud migration and analytics deployment→

WhiteSource Cure accelerates the delivery of secure software at scale

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WhiteSource released WhiteSource Cure, an auto-remediation application designed for custom code. This pioneering release enables organizations to accelerate the delivery of secure software at scale. Software developers and security professionals today … Continue reading WhiteSource Cure accelerates the delivery of secure software at scale→

With buyout, Cloudera hunts for relevance in a changing market

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When Cloudera announced its sale to a pair of private equity firms yesterday for $5.3 billion, along with a couple of acquisitions of its own, the company detailed a new path that could help it drive back towards relevance in the big data market. When the company launched in 2008, Hadoop was in its early […] Continue reading With buyout, Cloudera hunts for relevance in a changing market→

Cloudera to go private as KKR & CD&R grab it for $5.3B

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Cloudera was once one of the hottest Hadoop startups, but over time the shine has come off that market, and today it went private as KKR and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a pair of private equity firms announced they intended to purchase Cloudera for $5.3 billion. The company has a market cap of around $3.7 […] Continue reading Cloudera to go private as KKR & CD&R grab it for $5.3B→

Datameer announces $40M investment as it pivots away from Hadoop roots

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Datameer, the company that was born as a data prep startup on top of the open source Hadoop project, announced a $40 million investment and a big pivot away from Hadoop, while staying true to its big data roots. The investment was led by existing investor ST Telemedia . Other existing investors including Redpoint Ventures, […] Continue reading Datameer announces $40M investment as it pivots away from Hadoop roots→

Databricks brings its Delta Lake project to the Linux Foundation

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Databricks, the big data analytics service founded by the original developers of Apache Spark, today announced that it is bringing its Delta Lake open-source project for building data lakes to the Linux Foundation and under an open governance model. The company announced the launch of Delta Lake earlier this year and even though it’s still […] Continue reading Databricks brings its Delta Lake project to the Linux Foundation→

With MapR fire sale, Hadoop’s promise has fallen on hard times

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If you go back about a decade, Hadoop was hot and getting hotter. It was a platform for processing big data, just as big data was emerging from the domain of a few web-scale companies to one where every company was suddenly concerned about processing huge amounts of data. The future was bright, an open […] Continue reading With MapR fire sale, Hadoop’s promise has fallen on hard times→

Qubole launches Quantum, its serverless database engine

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Qubole, the data platform founded by Apache Hive creator and former head of Facebook’s Data Infrastructure team Ashish Thusoo, today announced the launch of Quantum, its first serverless offering. Qubole may not necessarily be a household name, but its customers include the likes of Autodesk, Comcast, Lyft, Nextdoor and Zillow . For these users, Qubole […] Continue reading Qubole launches Quantum, its serverless database engine→