SAN JOSE, Calif., Hadoop Summit 2012-
June 13, 2012-Today, customers gained two new choices to
deploy enterprise-ready Apache Hadoop solutions and solve their big
data analytics requirements.
First, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) and Hortonworks
entered a strategic partnership to develop and pretest joint Apache
Hadoop solutions using Hortonworks Data Platform. These solutions
will help customers simplify access to their data and gain deeper
business insight to make the right decisions faster.
Second, NetApp unveiled the NetApp® Open
Solution for Hadoop Rack, which combines network, compute, and
storage resources for customers who need a ready-to-deploy
enterprise Hadoop solution. The new solution bolsters NetApp's
existing Hadoop portfolio and gives customers greater choice and
flexibility to deploy Hadoop in their enterprise.
Separately, NetApp today introduced enhanced
data protection and simplified management capabilities to help
customers accelerate their big data innovation on the NetApp
E-Series platform. Read the separate press release
to learn how organizations can convert big data into a business
driver with solutions from NetApp.
NetApp and Hortonworks Contribute to
Open Apache Hadoop
Extracting business value from data requires the right analytics
tools, servers, and storage to ingest and analyze the data.
Increasingly, companies are turning to Apache Hadoop to store and
analyze raw, complex data and turn it into valuable business
insights. NetApp and Hortonworks will provide solutions built using
Hortonworks Data Platform that offer customers breakthroughs in
stability, management, and efficiency to enhance their enterprise
Hadoop deployments and deliver the following business benefits:
- Manage larger and more complex data with lower operating
expenses and storage costs for a lower total cost of ownership
- Accelerate business processes and improve decision-making
capabilities by extracting value from big data faster and more
easily
- Increase business productivity with less downtime, higher data
reliability, and faster time to recovery
The two companies' development work will be
contributed back to the Apache Hadoop community with the aim of
driving greater Hadoop adoption in the enterprise and providing
improved capabilities such as cluster performance and storage
utilization, service-level agreement attainment, and data
availability.
"Our expertise in Hadoop, combined with
NetApp's experience in data and storage management, will give
customers the best solution to drive storage and operational
efficiency," said Mitch Ferguson, vice president of business
development, Hortonworks. "An important aspect of our joint
development work will be to donate back to the community. The
solutions we build will extend a flexible and open big data
analytics framework."
Deploy Apache Hadoop Right Away with
NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop Rack
The new NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop Rack enables businesses to
move Apache Hadoop deployments out of the lab and into enterprise
production right away by combining networking, compute, and storage
resources in one integrated solution. Customers receive
best-of-breed components from NetApp and other leading vendors to
deploy Hadoop more easily, faster, and more reliably, all at a
lower cost than do-it-yourself Hadoop deployments using commodity
storage. The NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop Rack delivers the
following benefits to customers:
- Customers are not locked in to a specific analytics tool to use
in processing big data and working with Hadoop
- Customers can choose from a number of leading-edge Hadoop and
other big data analytical tools for flexibility in architecting
their big data analytics strategy
- Enterprise support is included and NetApp Professional Services
can accelerate deployment and provide Hadoop expertise
The NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop Rack
bolsters NetApp's portfolio of big data solutions on its E-Series
platform. NetApp big data solutions are built on NetApp E-Series
and Data ONTAP® platforms to efficiently process, analyze,
manage, and access data at scale to meet customers' analytics,
bandwidth, and content needs across a diverse number of industries,
including oil and gas, financial services, media and entertainment,
high-performance computing, and public sector. Customers can spark
innovation, make better decisions, and drive successful business
outcomes at the speed of today's business with NetApp big data
solutions.
"Our strategic relationship with Hortonworks
and our new NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop Rack align with our
strategy to partner with best-of-breed companies to deliver
integrated solutions that give our customers greater flexibility
and interoperability," said Rich Clifton, senior vice president,
Solutions and Integrations Group, NetApp. "While other storage
vendors use proprietary solutions that limit the use and
interoperability of their big data or Hadoop solutions, we intend
to give customers choices, whether they're looking to work with the
analytical tools they already have, deploy an entirely new Hadoop
solution, or just experiment with Hadoop."
Pricing and
Availability
NetApp and Hortonworks joint solutions will be available later this
year from NetApp sales and channel partners. The NetApp Open
Solution for Hadoop Rack is available today from NetApp sales and
channel partners. Pricing is available from NetApp direct sales and
channel partners.
Additional Resources
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions
that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business
breakthroughs. Our commitment to living our core values and
consistently being recognized as a great place to work around the
world are fundamental to our long-term growth and success, as well
as the success of our pathway partners and customers. Discover our
passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster
at www.netapp.com.
About Hortonworks
Hortonworks is a leading commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop, the
preeminent open source platform for storing, managing, and
analyzing large volumes of data. The Hortonworks Data Platform
provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and a
growing ecosystem to build and deploy big data solutions. Together
with the Apache community, Hortonworks is making Hadoop more robust
and easier to install, manage, and use. Hortonworks provides
unmatched technical support, training and certification programs
for enterprises, systems integrators, and technology vendors. For
more information, visit www.hortonworks.com.
Press Contact:
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