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Hortonworks Introduces New Version of Enterprise Apache Hadoop Platform
Jan. 15, 2013 08:06 AM
Hortonworks,
a leading contributor to Apache Hadoop, today announced the Hortonworks
Data Platform (HDP) 1.2, the industry’s only complete100-percent
open source platform powered by Apache Hadoop. The enterprise-grade
Hortonworks Data Platform includes the latest version of Apache
Ambari for comprehensive management, monitoring and provisioning of
Apache Hadoop clusters. By also introducing additional new capabilities
for improving security and ease of use, HDP delivers an enterprise-class
distribution of Apache Hadoop that is endorsed and adopted by some of
the largest vendors in the IT ecosystem.
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Hortonworks continues to drive innovation through a range of
Hadoop-related projects, packaging the most enterprise-ready components,
such as Ambari, into the Hortonworks Data Platform. Powered by an Apache
open source community, Ambari represents the forefront of innovation in
Apache Hadoop management. Built on Apache Hadoop 1.0, the most stable
and reliable code available today, HDP 1.2 improves the ease of
enterprise adoption for Apache Hadoop with comprehensive management and
monitoring, enhanced connectivity to high-performance drivers, and
increased enterprise-readiness of Apache HBase, Apache Hive and Apache
HCatalog projects.
“We are pleased to see the continued evolution of the Hortonworks Data
Platform - a key component for capturing and refining data in the
Teradata Unified Data Architecture, which provides deeper analytical
insights across all data for any end-user or application,” said Scott
Gnau, president, Teradata Labs. “The focus on system management with
this release allows for seamless integration with Teradata Viewpoint,
allowing our customers to have a single administration view across the
Teradata data warehouse, Teradata Aster discovery platform, and Apache
Hadoop in their enterprise architecture, resulting in a lower cost of
operation.”
The Hortonworks Data Platform 1.2 features a number of new enhancements
designed to improve the enterprise viability of Apache Hadoop, including:
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Simplified Hadoop Operations—Using the latest release of Apache
Ambari, HDP 1.2 now provides both cluster management and the ability
to zoom into cluster usage and performance metrics for jobs and tasks
to identify the root cause of performance bottlenecks or operations
issues. This enables Hadoop users to identify issues and optimize
future job processing.
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Improved Security and Multi-threaded Query—HDP 1.2 provides an
enhanced security architecture and pluggable authentication model that
controls access to Hive tables and the metastore. In addition, HDP 1.2
improves scalability by supporting multiple concurrent query
connections to Hive from business intelligence tools and Hive clients.
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Integration with High-performance Drivers Built for Big Data—HDP
1.2 empowers organizations with a trusted and reliable ODBC connector
that enables the integration of current systems with high-performance
drivers built for big data. The ODBC driver enables integration with
reporting or visualization components through a SQL engine built into
the driver. Hortonworks has partnered with Simba to deliver a trusted,
reliable high-performance ODBC connector that is enterprise ready and
completely free.
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HBase Enhancements—By including and testing HBase 0.94.2, HDP
1.2 delivers important performance and operational improvements for
customers building and deploying highly scalable interactive
applications using HBase.
“The inclusion of the newest version of Apache Ambari in the Hortonworks
Data Platform represents a major step forward in the open source
community and the Apache Hadoop ecosystem,” said Herb Cunitz, president
of Hortonworks. “With a number of new features designed to improve the
ease of use, management and security of Apache Hadoop, our newest
release of the Hortonworks Data Platform is helping solidify Hadoop’s
position as the de facto next-generation enterprise data platform.
Hortonworks remains solely committed to developing a 100-percent open
source, stable and reliable Apache Hadoop-based platform that will help
grow and expand the ecosystem around Hadoop, driving the collection,
storage, management and analysis of big data at leading enterprise
organizations worldwide.”
Availability
Hortonworks Data Platform 1.2 is now available for download at: http://hortonworks.com/products/hortonworksdataplatform/.
About Hortonworks
Hortonworks is a leading commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop, the
preeminent open source platform for storing, managing and analyzing big
data. Our distribution, Hortonworks Data Platform powered by Apache
Hadoop, provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and a
growing ecosystem to build and deploy big data solutions. Hortonworks is
the trusted source for information on Hadoop, and 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.
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