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Zettaset and Simba Streamline Big Data Connectivity to Analytics Applications
[April 11, 2014]

Zettaset and Simba Streamline Big Data Connectivity to Analytics Applications


(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 11 April 2014 Release date- 10042014 - VANCOUVER, BC - Simba Technologies, the recognized leader in standards-based data access and analytics solutions for both relational and multi-dimensional data sources, today announced a strategic technology partnership with Zettaset, the leader in secure Big Data management.



The partnership will streamline interoperability between Hadoop and analytics applications, as well as provide enterprise-class security for organizations deploying a combined Hadoop+ Analytics ecosystem.

Simba Technologies co-developed ODBC with Microsoft in 1992, and was the first to deliver ODBC and JDBC drivers for Hadoop/Hive Big Data sources. Zettaset Orchestrator is the industry's first fully-integrated, automated solution for Hadoop security and data management.


The Simba drivers enable users of the Zettaset Orchestrator management platform to directly access and analyze Big Data sources in Hadoop, using the BI / Analytics application of their choice.

'Simba solutions provide 'The On Ramp to Big Data',' stated Simba Technologies CEO Amyn Rajan. 'We look forward to working with Zettaset to provide our joint Fortune 1000 enterprise customers with standardized, secure, and highly-available Hadoop connectivity solutions to market-leading analytics business intelligence applications.' 'Zettaset continues to lead the Big Data security initiative for organizations that are mining Hadoop for business intelligence with this inclusion of Simba's enterprise class ODBC and JDBC drivers in our Orchestrator management application,' said Jim Vogt, CEO of Zettaset. 'Now Cloudera and Hortonworks customers can use Orchestrator to automate connectivity and ensure compatibility between their Hadoop clusters and upstream analytics applications, as well as fortify security and automate routine management.' Zettaset Orchestrator's management console automates virtually all manual configuration processes within Hadoop, eliminating the need for professional services and reducing IT resource requirements in the enterprise.

Benefits of the Zettaset Orchestrator / Simba Technologies Partnership Users of the Zettaset Orchestrator management application/add-on running on Cloudera or Hortonworks can directly access and analyze Big Data sources in Hadoop, using the BI / Analytics application of their choice Simba ensures continued driver compatibility between Hadoop/Hive and the BI / Analytics application of choice Orchestrator automatically installs Cloudera and Hortonworks distributions, along with the Orchestrator security and management application/add-on Orchestrator automatically installs and configures enterprise-class security components into the Hadoop cluster, including data-in-motion encryption, data-at-rest encryption, fine-grained role-based access control, Active Directory/LDAP integration, activity monitoring for compliance, and multi-service high-availability with automated failover Simba ODBC and JDBC drivers for Zettaset Orchestrator will be available in May 2014.

About Zettaset, Inc.

Zettaset, the leader in secure Big Data management, is an ISV that automates, accelerates, and simplifies Hadoop cluster deployment for the enterprise. Zettaset Orchestrator is the only Big Data management solution designed to address enterprise requirements for comprehensive security, high-availability, manageability and scalability in a distributed computing environment.

Zettaset Orchestrator provides multi-service fail-over for all critical cluster services, facilitates integration with the most widely adopted ETL and analytics applications, and is a fully-compatible add-on for leading Hadoop distributions. Orchestrator helps organizations move Hadoop more efficiently from pilot into production, replacing open source management with a more robust approach that easily fits into existing enterprise security and policy frameworks.

About Simba Technologies, Inc.

Simba Technologies is the recognized leader in standards-based data access and analytics solutions for both relational and multi-dimensional data sources. Simba provides data connectivity solutions to many of the world's leading companies on various platforms, including Windows, Mac, UNIX, Linux and many mobile device platforms.

Simba's data connectivity products support multiple interfaces, including ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO), XML for Analysis (XMLA), ADO, ADO.NET, ADOMD and ADOMD.NET. Simba's software is used worldwide. Its customers include Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Splunk, and Teradata.

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