Apache Hadoop, a community driven open-source software framework that supports data-intensive distributed applications, will be expanding to Windows thanks to the launch of the beta version of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP).
According to John Kreisa at Hortonworks, Apache Hadoop has been fueling the fast-growing big data market, and has become the de-facto platform for big data deployments and the technology foundation for an explosion of new analytic applications.
Some of the work that has been done in order to make HDP the most effective platform available for Windows or Linux owners includes command-line scripts for the Hadoop surface area, mapping the HDFS permissions models to Windows, abstracted and reconciled mismatches around differences in path semantics in Java and Windows and even created a native task controller for Windows.
This is a great step forward for Apache Hadoop because it creates a whole new area of business opportunities for the company to grow, along with allowing end-users to work with it in their preferred environment. The collaborative efforts also give a great deal of support to other Hortonworks projects like Apache Hive, Apache Pig, Apace Sqoop, Apache Oozie, Apache HCatalog and Apache HBase.
This announcement comes shortly after
Intel made Apache Hadoop available for organizations that want to take advantage of a secure, hardware-accelerated and open-source big data analysis foundation. Apache Hadoop will also be distributed by suppliers like SAP, RedHat, Dell, Cray and Cisco (News
- Alert).
Edited by Rachel Ramsey