HP Doubles Down on Big Data Opportunity With New Products, Services, and Developer Programs

HP Doubles Down on Big Data Opportunity With New Products, Services, and Developer Programs

BANGALORE, September 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

    HP Delivers New Analytics Capabilities, Extensive Support for Open Source, and
Launches Startup Accelerator Program 

    HP today unveiled a series of new products, services, and programs designed to help
organizations leverage data and analytics to build new products and experiences, run more
efficiently, and differentiate against the competition.

    The company announced:

       
        - A new release of HP Vertica
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/advanced-sql-big-data-analytics/index.html ]
          , which will feature data streaming and advanced log file text search to power
          high-speed analytics on Internet of Things (IoT) data.
        - Extensive support for and contributions to open source technologies, including
          optimized Hadoop performance, integration with the Apache Kafka distributed messaging
          system, and advancements in Distributed R
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/predictive-analytics-r-big-data/index.html ]
          predictive analytics
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/predictive-analytics-r-big-data/index.html ]
          .
        - The HP Haven Startup Accelerator program [http://www.vertica.com/accelerator ], which
          provides early-stage companies with fast, affordable access to both HP Big Data
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-solutions/big-data.html ] and Application Delivery
          Management
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/application-lifecycle-management.html ]
          software and services.

    The announcements further accelerate HP's differentiated big data
[http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-solutions/big-data.html ] strategy - around enabling
organizations to harness data of all types, including emerging forms such Internet of
Things device data, leveraging important new open source projects, and providing
developers and early stage companies with the tools they need to become successful, data
driven organizations.

    "Developers are the new heroes of the Idea Economy," said Vivek Ratna, Country
Director, Big Data Platform. "HP is uniquely positioned to help businesses and developers
thrive in this new world. Through our Haven and Haven OnDemand platforms, we are
empowering these heroes to transform their business through data, by allowing them to
harness the value of all forms of information, rapidly connect and apply open source, and
quickly access the tools they need to build winning businesses."  

    New Release of HP Vertica Delivers Powerful New Streaming and High-Speed Analytics
Capabilities  

    HP today announced a new version of HP Vertica, the industry's fastest SQL database,
code named 'Excavator'.

    Capabilities include:

       
        - Data streaming analytics - Excavator will offer native support for the Apache
          Kafka open source distributed messaging system to enable organizations to quickly
          ingest and analyze high-speed streaming data, including Internet of Things, in near
          real-time. This capability delivers actionable insight for a wide range of use cases,
          including manufacturing process control, supply chain optimization, healthcare
          monitoring, financial risk management, and fraud detection.
        - Advanced Machine Log Text Search - Excavator will enable organizations to collect and
          index large log file data sets generated by systems and business applications, helping
          IT organizations to quickly identify and predict application failures and
          cyber-attacks, and investigate authorized and unauthorized access.

    HP Embraces Big Data Open Source with Breakthrough Advances 

    HP also released a series of innovations that enable organizations to combine the
innovation of open source with the enterprise-scale, reliability, and security of HP's Big
Data platform. These include:

       
        - HP Vertica for SQL on Hadoop
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/big-data-hadoop/index.html ] native file
          support - the new version of Vertica brings significant increase in performance on
          popular Hadoop formats like ORC and Parquet. Specifically, HP worked collaboratively
          with Hortonworks to develop a new high-performance access layer that enables SQL
          queries to run directly on ORC files, resulting in a 5x increase in execution times.
        - HP Vertica Flex Zone [http://www.vertica.com/hp-vertica-products/flexzone ] Table
          Library - HP has open sourced its innovative Flex Table "schema on-need" technology
          to the global developer community. With this move, organizations will be able to
          fully harness virtually any form of semi-structured data to meet their unique needs.
        - Native Integration with Apache Spark - HP announced its future commitment to
          integrate Vertica with Apache Spark. This will enable accelerated data transfer
          between Vertica and Spark, allowing organizations to take full advantage of their
          Spark-based deployments. This future capability will enable the developer community
          to build their models in Spark and run them in Vertica for high-speed and
          sophisticated analytics.

    "Together, Hortonworks and HP have jointly teamed to take big data analytical
performance to the next level by combining the comprehensive, high-performance analytics
of HP Vertica for SQL on Hadoop with the Hortonworks Data Platform," said Matt Morgan,
vice president of product and alliance marketing at Hortonworks (@hortonworks
[https://twitter.com/hortonworks ]). "We've seen firsthand how organizations are looking
for this class of modern architecture to power the next-generation of real-time analytics
applications. This is proof of our commitment with HP to address the business and
technology needs of our customers and the broader big data marketplace."

    HP Haven Startup Accelerator Brings Enterprise-Class Big Data to Early-Stage
Companies 

    HP also unveiled The HP Haven Startup Accelerator [http://www.vertica.com/accelerator ]
, a new program designed to support and expand HP's ecosystem of developers and innovators
by making HP Big Data [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-solutions/big-data.html ] and
Application Delivery Management
[http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/application-lifecycle-management.html ]
software products accessible to early-stage companies. The program removes traditional
barriers for organizations looking to leverage analytics and data to build powerful,
differentiated applications. Qualified participants will benefit from the following
program components:

       
        - Free usage of the community versions of HP IDOL
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/information-data-analytics-idol/index.html ]
          and HP Vertica
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/advanced-sql-big-data-analytics/index.html ]
        - Premium version of HP IDOL
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/information-data-analytics-idol/index.html ]
          and HP Vertica
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/advanced-sql-big-data-analytics/index.html ]
          with attractive pricing
        - HP Application Delivery Management tools including HP Agile Manager
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/agile-project-management-software-development/index.html ]
          , HP LeanFT
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/automated-continuous-testing-integration-delivery-tools/index.html ]
          , and HP LoadRunner
          [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/loadrunner-load-testing/index.html ].

    HP Haven Apps Framework Accelerates Solution Development 

    HP also announced an innovative framework of technology and proven best practices to
accelerate the development of next-generation analytical applications. This framework
extends the HP Haven Big Data Platform with quick-start visualization, syndicated data
feeds, open on premise and cloud-based APIs. This enables HP Professional Services
[http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/integrated-strategic-consulting-services/index.html ]
and HP partners to quickly deliver a range of solutions, such as voice of
customer, smart cities, and fraud detection.

    HP's Hardware Platforms Optimized for Big Data 

    HP's hardware platforms for big data include traditional HP ProLiant DL380
[http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/product-detail.html?oid=7271241 ]
clusters, purpose-built Apollo 4510, 4530 and 4200 compute and storage servers, and HP's
innovative asymmetric Big Data Reference Architecture. These systems enable customers to
optimize their big data workloads, delivering the power of Haven to their business.

    "We have high confidence in each Vertica release and we upgrade quickly to take
advantage of the new advancements and features," said Jack Gudenkauf, VP, Big Data,
Playtika [http://www.playtika.com ]. "With 'Excavator', we are heartened to see HP
continually embrace and integrate with open source technologies like Hadoop, Kafka, Spark,
and R, affording us more choices for developing a truly advanced modern architecture and
avoiding vendor lock-in."

    "With 70 million consumers using YP each month, we are always looking at new ways to
drive better performance in how we analyze the more than 3 billion events we process daily,
" said Bill Theisinger, VP of Engineering at YP (@ypforbusiness
[https://twitter.com/ypforbusiness ]). "In working with HP, we have been impressed with
the performance of Vertica for SQL on Hadoop and with the flexibility the ORCReader allows
in our architectural and design decisions. Coupled with ORCReader, HP Vertica for SQL on
Hadoop gives us the ability to analyze our data quicker and to execute queries in ways
which we have not been previously able to do. It is a game changer."

    Availability  

    Planned availability for new HP Haven Big Data offerings and services is set towards
the end of 2015. All hardware platforms for Big Data are currently available in India.

    Additional Information  

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follow @HPSoftware [https://twitter.com/hpsoftware ] on Twitter. To learn more about HP
Big Data software and cloud services on Twitter, please follow @HPBigData
[https://twitter.com/HPBigData ] and join HP Big Data on LinkedIn
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/hp-big-data ].

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