OK, maybe that’s not an exact word-for-word quotation. 😉
Ed Albanese (Ed leads business development for Cloudera. He is responsible for identifying new markets, revenue opportunities and strategic alliances for the company.) writes:
Summary: Oracle has selected Cloudera’s Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH) and Cloudera Manager software as core technologies on the Oracle Big Data Appliance, a high performance “engineered system.” Oracle and Cloudera announced a multiyear agreement to provide CDH, Cloudera Manager, and support services in conjunction with Oracle Support for use on the Oracle Big Data Appliance.
Announced at Oracle Open World in October 2011, the Big Data Appliance was received with significant market interest. Oracle reported then that it would be released in the first half of 2012. Just 10 days into that period, Oracle has announced that the Big Data Appliance is available immediately.
The product itself is noteworthy. Oracle has combined Oracle hardware and software innovations with Cloudera technology to deliver what it calls an “engineered system.” Oracle has created several such systems over the past few years, including the Exadata, Exalogic, and Exalytics products. The Big Data Appliance combines Apache Hadoop with a purpose-built hardware platform and software that includes platform components such as Linux and Java, as well as data management technologies such as the Oracle NoSql database and Oracle integration software.
Read the post to get Ed’s take on what this will mean for both Cloudera and Oracle customers (positive).
I’m glad for Cloudera but also take this as validation of the overall Hadoop ecosystem. Not that it is appropriate for every application but where it is, it deserves serious consideration.