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American Water using Hortonworks data management

Publicly traded water utility company American Water is using global data management platforms from Hortonworks, said the companies in a statement.

Hortonworks appoints Rajnish Verma President and COO

Hortonworks has appointed Raj Verma president and chief operating officer. According to a statement issued by the company, Mr. Verma will be responsible for advancing...

Supercomputing Company Cray Launches Agile Analytics Platform

Cray has launched an agile analytics platform, the Urika-GX system, that combines supercomputing technologies with a software framework for big data analytics. The Urika-GX system is pre-tested and pre-integrated...

Hortonworks Raises $100M

Hortonworks, a company that develops, distributes and supports an open source Apache Hadoop data platform, has raised a $100 million funding round. The investment was led by BlackRock and Passport Capital, with participation from existing investors.

Hortonworks Releases HDP 1.3 For Windows

Hortonworks, a contributor to and provider of enterprise Apache Hadoop, has released the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.3 (HDP) for Windows. HDP 1.3 for Windows is a Apache Hadoop-based distribution certified to run on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012.