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June 15, 2012

Syncsort DMExpress Now Compatible with Hortonworks Data Platform

Syncsort Incorporated, a global software company specializing in high speed sorting products, data integration, and backup software and services for Windows, Unix, Linux, and mainframe systems, recently made two important announcements at the Hadoop Summit 2012.

The company announced that its high performance data integration software – DMExpress – is now certified for Hortonworks Data Platform. The company also formally announced its joining of Hortonworks Technology Partner Program.

The certification has deep industry significance, and the combination of two industry leading products is expected to make Apache Hadoop easier to use and reduce the costs associated with Big Data integration and warehousing.

Hortonworks is a leading commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop. Powered by Apache Hadoop, Hortonworks Data Platform provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and a growing ecosystem to build and deploy big data solutions.

The Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), powered by Apache Hadoop, is a massively scalable, open source platform for storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data.

DMExpress is the industry’s fastest, most efficient data integration technology that is used to extract business-critical information from massive and complex data volumes. The program is additionally designed to transform and consolidate data from multiple sources. On November 14, 2008, DMExpress set a world record for ETL performance by extracting, transforming, cleansing, and loading 5.4 TB of data into a Vertica Analytic Database on a c-Class HPBladeSystem in only 57 minutes.

With the HDP certification, Syncsort DMExpress can now be used to simplify and speed up the integration and movement of Big Data between the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and enterprise systems. With this, Apache Hadoop becomes easier to use and brings enterprise-class data integration technology to Hortonworks' distribution.

The combination of industry's highest-performance, most scalable data integration software and the open source Apache Hadoop-based software platform is expected to create tremendous value for the customers. This ultimately is expected to help accelerate Hadoop adoption.

“Hortonworks Data Platform empowers enterprise-proven technology like Syncsort DMExpress with a comprehensive, next-generation data management infrastructure for enabling customers to glean new intelligence and derive greater business value from all types of data. The speed, efficiency and simplicity in which Syncsort DMExpress can move data in and out of Apache Hadoop not only streamlines processing, but accelerates Big Data time-to-insight to help customers make intelligent decisions and achieve competitive differentiation,” vice president of Business Development at Hortonworks Mitch Ferguson explained in a press release.

“Syncsort and Hortonworks share a common goal of making Apache Hadoop easier to use and deploy in conjunction with proven, enterprise-class Big Data technologies. Together, Syncsort DMExpress and Hortonworks Data Platform form a powerful combination to help customers seamlessly maximize the business value and minimize the cost of their Hadoop deployments,” vice president of Marketing and Product Management at Syncsort Mitch Seigle noted in a statement.




Edited by Allison Boccamazzo
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