Datameer Announces Certification and Support for New EMC Hadoop Distribution

SAN MATEO and LAS VEGAS, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Datameer, Inc. (www.datameer.com), a provider of end-user analytics solutions built on Apache Hadoop, today announced that they have certified their support for EMC® Greenplum's new Hadoop distribution. Datameer's support means that the Datameer Analytics Solution and its full business intelligence functionality across data integration, packaged analytic functions and data visualization and dashboard capabilities are immediately available for deployment on top of EMC Greenplum® HD, a new family of Apache Hadoop-based solutions introduced by EMC.

The Datameer Analytic Solution (DAS) is the first and only packaged business intelligence solution for Apache Hadoop and EMC Greenplum HD. DAS dramatically shortens the time it takes to deliver end-user analytics by enabling business users to access, integrate and analyze massive amounts of structured and unstructured data. DAS leverages the linear scalability and dramatic cost-effectiveness of Hadoop and already has significant customer traction in financial services, retail, telecommunications, government and new media.

"To help customers realize the Big Data opportunity, EMC is proud to be working with an ecosystem of technology leaders who are helping spread the power of Hadoop," stated Bill Cook, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Computing Division, EMC. "Datameer's commitment and contribution to Hadoop is critical in making this burgeoning but powerful technology available to people and companies around the world, allowing them to realize the value from their vast amounts of data."

"Datameer and EMC Greenplum both recognize the importance of Hadoop to the exploding big data market and we are very excited to certify and support EMC Greenplum's new Hadoop distribution, " commented Stefan Groschupf, CEO of Datameer. "Our ability to leverage the EMC Greenplum Hadoop features means that our users get a more complete, production ready Hadoop back end that frees up resources to focus on business user analytics."

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About Datameer

Datameer offers the first data analytics solution built on Hadoop that helps business users access, analyze and use massive amounts of data. Founded by Hadoop veterans in 2009, the company's breakthrough product, Datameer Analytics Solution (DAS), provides unparalleled access to data with minimal IT resources. DAS scales to 4,000 servers and petabytes of data and is available for all major Hadoop distributions including Apache, EMC Greenplum, Cloudera, Yahoo!, IBM, and Amazon. Datameer is based in San Mateo, Calif.

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