Strengthening Apache Hadoop in the Enterprise with Apache Ambari

July 28, 2014 Jamie Buckley

featured-elephant-onlyAt Pivotal, we strongly support open source software. This, of course, includes significant contributions to important technologies like Cloud Foundry, Redis, Spring XD and RabbitMQ, just to name a few. We also have a deep commitment to Apache Hadoop®. We invest heavily in Apache Hadoop® and complementary modules like HAWQ, GemFire XD and Pivotal Command Center. It is essential to our core, allows us to serve our customers in profound ways, and it is a fundamental part of our innovative Big Data Suite. Today we are excited to announce that Pivotal and Hortonworks will collaborate on the Apache Ambari project to help strengthen Apache Hadoop® as an enterprise offering and to further advance the Apache Hadoop® ecosystem.

Apache Hadoop® projects are central to our efforts to drive the most value for the enterprise. An open source, extensible and vendor neutral application to manage services in a standardized way benefits the entire ecosystem. It increases customer agility and reduces operational costs and can ultimately help drive Apache Hadoop® adoption.

We have great respect for the progress that has been made by Hortonworks in this area, specifically around the Apache® Ambari project.

Our Pivotal HD and Big Data Suite customers who favor Apache® Ambari—and the broader Apache Hadoop® community—will benefit from additional development resources and functionality contributions Pivotal will make to the Apache® Ambari project, working closely with Hortonworks and others.

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“Pivotal has a strong record of contribution to open source and has proven their commitment with projects such as Cloud Foundry, Spring, Redis and more. Collaborating with Hortonworks and others in the Apache Hadoop® ecosystem to further invest in Apache® Ambari as the standard management tool for Apache Hadoop® will be quite powerful,” says Shaun Connolly, VP Strategy at Hortonworks “Pivotal’s track record in open source overall and the breadth of skills they bring will go a long way towards helping enterprises be successful, faster, with Apache Hadoop®.”

We are expanding our open source investment by dedicating Pivotal engineers to contribute installation, configuration and management capabilities to Apache® Ambari. We will collaborate closely with Hortonworks, ASF, and the broader Apache Hadoop® community in this effort. At the same time, we will continue to deliver on our commitments to existing customers and work closely with them to benefit from this collaboration.

Pivotal will continue to drive technology forward, to further the goal of enterprise standard Apache Hadoop®. We are looking forward to Apache® Ambari contributions, along with further innovations in our Big Data Suite.

Editor’s Note: Apache, Apache Hadoop, Hadoop, and the yellow elephant logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries.

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