TOKYO, Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- NEC
Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and Hortonworks, Inc.®
(NASDAQ: HDP) today announced the expansion of their strategic
partnership to deliver a Big Data processing platform. The
companies are combining NEC's Data Platform for Hadoop with
Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP®) that will allow
enterprise customers to process structured and unstructured data in
a single platform. NEC will introduce and market the Big Data
platform solution globally with support from Hortonworks.
The strategic relationship between NEC and Hortonworks allows
each company to leverage its core competencies and maximize the
benefits delivered to their enterprise customers and partners.
Through this expanded relationship, Hortonworks will certify NEC's
Data Platform for Hadoop, based on NEC's specialized hardware that
is designed and optimized for Big Data workloads and HDP. NEC will
work with Hortonworks to integrate the Big Data appliance through
Hortonworks' best-in-class expertise and support for Hadoop.
The partnership also includes the following:
- To accelerate deployment of NEC's Data Platform for
Hadoop, NEC and Hortonworks will align engineering teams to
verify HDP.
- NEC will provide the Hortonworks-certified high-quality
platform and reference solution to simplify and accelerate HDP
deployment, enabling customers to utilize the latest Big Data
solution for business expansion.
- NEC and Hortonworks will leverage their engineering
collaboration and go-to-market plans to expand into new and
developing markets.
- NEC will provide customers with Hortonworks DataFlow
(HDFTM), which allows enterprises to quickly build
streaming applications for real-time analytics that best match
their interactive and real-time processing needs. The company will
also provide Hortonworks Professional Services to implement HDP and
HDF.
- NEC and Hortonworks will provide an easy upgrade path for
customers with a pre-validated and certified upgrade of the latest
version of Hadoop.
"It is critical for organizations today to make fast and
informed decisions by extracting insights from huge volumes of
data. Therefore, NEC is focused on giving organizations the best
Hadoop platform for data management and processing so they can
receive these insights," said Tomoyasu
Nishimura, senior vice president, NEC Corporation. "To
further address this market need, we have established a Centre of
Excellence for Analytics Platforms and Solutions in India, which focuses on research and
development of future Big Data solutions and provides end-to-end
sales and support to customers. And by becoming a Platinum reseller
for Hortonworks, we are uniquely positioned to provide a certified
Big Data solution to the market. We look forward to taking this
partnership to the next level to deliver more innovative
solutions."
"I am very pleased to welcome NEC as one of Hortonworks'
Platinum partners," said Christopher
Sullivan, SVP, Global Channels & Alliances, Hortonworks.
"I am sure that the certified Big Data solution stack of NEC's Data
Platform for Hadoop and HDP will provide our mutual customers and
partners with leading-edge, data-driven solutions and advantages to
grow their business."
NEC and Hortonworks began their partnership in August 2015 and since then have collaborated on a
variety of projects that led to acquiring key customers in the
Telecom and Banking sectors.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in
the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit
businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination
of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's
experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet
the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings
more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to
empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit
http://www.nec.com.
The NEC Group globally provides "Solutions for Society" that
promote the safety, security, efficiency and equality of society.
Under the company's corporate message of "Orchestrating a brighter
world," NEC aims to help solve a wide range of challenging issues
and to create new social value for the changing world of tomorrow.
For more information, please visit
http://www.nec.com/en/global/about/vision/message.html
About Hortonworks
Hortonworks is an industry-leading
innovator that creates, distributes and supports enterprise-ready
open data platforms and modern data applications that deliver
actionable intelligence from all data: data-in-motion and
data-at-rest. Hortonworks is focused on driving innovation in open
source communities such as Apache Hadoop, Apache NiFi and Apache
Spark. Along with its 2,100+ partners, Hortonworks provides the
expertise, training and services that allow customers to unlock
transformational value for their organizations across any line of
business.
Hortonworks and HDP are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Hortonworks, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and other jurisdictions. For
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NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the
trademarks of their respective owners. ©2017 NEC Corporation.
NEC
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NEC
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Joseph
Jasper
NEC
Corporation
j-jasper@ax.jp.nec.com
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Hortonworks
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Kimihiko
Kitase
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