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MapR Launches Spark-Based Quick Start Solutions for HadoopMapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced at Spark Summit the immediate availability of three new Apache Spark-based Quick Start Solutions for the MapR Distribution including Apache Hadoop. These solutions help customers take advantage of the rapid application development and in-memory processing capabilities of the Spark engine along with the enterprise-grade capabilities of the industry-leading Hadoop distribution. The solutions enable faster development of real-time big data applications on log data for security analytics, time-series data for real-time dashboards as well as to build clinical applications on human genome data. The three Quick Start Solutions - Real-time Security Log Analytics, Time Series Analytics, and Genome Sequencing - will enable customers who are new to Spark to realize faster time-to-value with their implementations. The solutions can be customized to specific requirements and use cases with the help of world-class data scientists and engineers from MapR Professional Services, who have deep experience building Spark and Hadoop-based applications for customers. "There has been tremendous response to the initial launch of our Quick Start Solutions since we introduced them earlier this year. We are seeing growing demand from our customers for Spark on Hadoop applications and have added Quick Start Solutions offerings to meet our customers' needs," said Dave Jespersen, vice president of worldwide services, MapR Technologies. "Our Spark offerings have broad applicability and are designed to help our customers speed deployments and realize rapid returns on their investment." "We see widespread usage of Spark on Hadoop across different industries for a variety o use cases such as complex data pipelining, machine learning and real-time dash-boarding. The newly-added Quick Start Solutions from MapR provide a rapid ramp up to enable more customers to experience the power of Spark and its associated libraries on a production-grade Hadoop platform," said Kavitha Mariappan, vice president of marketing at Databricks. Details of New Spark-Based Quick Start Solutions Each new Quick Start Solution is tailored around a specific solution area and includes data ingest modules, professional services and a small Hadoop cluster that can easily be expanded based on the solution requirements. Details of the three new solutions include:
Availability These three new Quick Start Solutions are available today from MapR worldwide. MapR is showcasing its top-ranked, utility-grade Hadoop Distribution architected for real-time, data-centric enterprises this week at Spark Summit held at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA (News - Alert) in booth # B2. Tweet this: MapR Launches Spark-Based Quick Start Solutions for Hadoop http://bit.ly/1B6vomt About MapR Technologies MapR delivers on the promise of Hadoop with a proven, enterprise-grade platform that supports a broad set of mission-critical and real-time production uses. MapR brings unprecedented dependability, ease-of-use and world-record speed to Hadoop, NoSQL, database and streaming applications in one unified distribution for Hadoop. MapR is used by more than 700 customers across financial services, government, healthcare, internet, manufacturing, media, retail and telecommunications as well as by leading Global 2000 and Web 2.0 companies. Amazon, Cisco (News - Alert), Google, Teradata and HP are part of the broad MapR partner ecosystem. Investors include Google Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA, Qualcomm (News - Alert) Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. MapR is based in San Jose, CA. Connect with MapR on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150615005189/en/ |