Connectivity Solution Will Enable High-Performance Access To All Major
Distributions of Hive Data Warehouses For More Efficient Analytics And
Insights Using Hadoop
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global software company that
simplifies and enables the development and deployment of business
applications, is offering a limited-availability preview program of its
latest data connectivity innovation to be added to its premium data
connectivity driver portfolio. The new, high-performance DataDirect®
Connect® XE for ODBC driver for Hadoop Hive will enable
reliable, secure and highly-scalable connectivity to multiple
distributions of Hadoop.
In today's world of massive volumes of data (aka "Big Data"),
organizations are increasingly using Apache Hadoop open source software
to allow them to more easily process these huge amounts of data. Also,
many organizations are using Apache Hive™ data warehouse for data
summarization, query and analysis. However, data comes in many forms and
organizations need the ability to perform additional analysis in
real-time using their existing SQL-based business intelligence and data
analytics tools. This means they need a highly flexible and rock-solid
connection to these tools. Without such connectivity, companies'
analysts and decision makers are locked out of the insights contained in
the Hadoop-based data warehouse.
The new DataDirect Connect for ODBC driver for Hadoop will
deliver the same breadth, quality, and efficiency that more than 300 OEM
partners and hundreds of thousands of users of the comprehensive
DataDirect data connectivity portfolio already enjoy today. For the
corporate user, this driver will unlock reams of business intelligence
and provide business analysts the information they need to make accurate
decisions quickly and easily. For ISVs and OEMs, this connectivity now
means that they can have one driver, with DataDirect quality,
performance and advanced features to enable their applications to
connect to most major distributions of Hadoop, including Apache Hadoop,
MapR Apache Hadoop and Cloudera's distribution of Apache Hadoop.
The DataDirect Connect for ODBC driver for Hadoop is expected to
ship at the end of October 2012, with preview access available for a
limited number of participants beginning in September. More information
on how to get a jumpstart using this driver can be found at: http://bit.ly/MZ4IWZ.
Michael Benedict, vice president and business line manager, Progress
DataDirect, said: "The open source Apache Hadoop and Hive frameworks are
incredibly good resources for companies to quickly and affordably store
and process massive amounts of data in a distributed computing
environment, opening the possibility to consume and monetize Big Data in
ways not previously possible. However, core limitations remain around
the commonly overlooked challenges of connectivity required for mass
adoption and utilization of any data store."
Among its extensive product features, the DataDirect for Connect
ODBC driver for Hadoop will offer support for the most popular Hadoop
distribution frameworks, including Apache, Cloudera, MapR, and Amazon
EMR. It will also provide Windows, RedHat, Solaris, SUSE, AIX, and HP-UX
platform support.
Benedict also noted: "We received many requests from our customers and
partners to build and offer a ‘DataDirect quality' premium driver that
will support all major distributions of Apache Hadoop Hive in a way they
could not cost effectively do through other options available today. We
acted on these requests to enable our vast end user community to more
effectively consume data with their existing BI and analytics platforms,
and to enable our OEM partners to support different distributions of
Hadoop across all their supported platforms."
Progress Software is the software industry's leading comprehensive
provider of software for connecting the world's most critical business
applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven
and emerging standards. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect
products to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of
data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC and
ADO.NET, XQuery and SOAP. More than 300 leading independent software
vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on Progress Software to
simplify and streamline data connectivity for distributed systems and to
reduce the complexity of mainframe integration.
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software
Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) simplifies the development, deployment and
management of business applications on-premise or on any Cloud, on any
platform and on any device with minimal IT complexity and low total cost
of ownership. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com
or 1-781-280-4000.
Follow Progress Software on Twitter: @ProgressSW
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Progress DataDirect on Twitter: @DataDirect_News
Progress, DataDirect, and DataDirect Connect are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation or one of its
subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Apache,
Hadoop, and Hive are trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation. Any
other names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Progress Software
John Stewart, +1 781-280-4101
jstewart@progress.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Lillian Dunlap, +1 617-226-8844
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
Twitter:
@ProgressSW
Source: Progress Software Corporation
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