Quest Deepens Introduces Support for Apache Hive

Quest Software, Inc., a provider of IT management solutions that help its customers to save time and money across physical, virtual and cloud environments, has announced  it will introduce support for Apache Hive in its two free NoSQL tools, which are Toad for Cloud Databases and OraOop. The company offers a range of solutions for application management, database management, Windows management and virtualization management as well. It will also offer support in Toad for Cloud Databases and full support for Oracle (News - Alert) RAC in OraOop.

Toad for Cloud Databases is a solution that enables developers to deploy a SQL interface for querying, migrating, browsing, and editing non-relational data. It now offers a convenient interface to the Hive system, and has already been supporting a number of NoSQL platforms such as Apache HBase, Amazon SimpleDB, Microsoft (News - Alert) Azure Table Services, Microsoft SQL Azure and Apache Cassandra. Over 1,500 users have download Toad for Cloud Databases, a freeware solution, and a number of them leveraging Hadoop and other NoSQL databases like to work in Eclipse IDE. Quest has announced that it will provide a Microsoft Windows .NET (News - Alert) client and an Eclipse IDE plug-in for it.

Quest has also announced to offer Hive support for OraOop, a connector that enables high-speed, bi-directional data transfer between Oracle and Hadoop. It will allow the users to export data to compressed Oracle tables, while they will also be able to use the output of Hive HQL queries in creation of Oracle tables. Additionally, the users can also import or export from RAC to Hadoop, benefitting from the full power of Oracle RAC clustered databases provided in the new version of the latest version of OraOop. It can be downloaded for free here, or obtained as a supported component of Cloudera Enterprise.

“Working alongside a cutting-edge technology wave, we’re adding functionality and additional platform support for Toad for Cloud Databases and OraOop almost in tandem with new demands we see in the market,” commented Billy Bosworth, vice president and general manager, pf Enterprise Database at Quest Software (News - Alert). “Right now, we’re seeing very strong adoption of the Hive system in conjunction with Hadoop, and we think the ability to store the output of Hive analytic queries in Oracle will benefit our customers by allowing them to integrate Hadoop data with traditional business intelligence solutions. We are excited to keep bringing to market the kind of innovation that underscores our commitment to enabling NoSQL adoption within the enterprise.”

In October 2010, Quest Software, Inc. expanded its line of vRanger virtual server backup and recovery solutions with the release of vRanger Standard Edition 5.0. The solution used its Active Block Mapping or ‘ABM’ technology to accelerate data collection and recovery by removing inactive blocks and eliminating the need to write to zero blocks.

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