Cloudera and Hortonworks Complete Planned Merger
Cloudera and Hortonworks officially complete their planned merger to form the leading enterprise data cloud provider.
Cloudera and Hortonworks officially complete their planned merger to form a major new force in the big data industry. The combined company aims to deliver the first enterprise data cloud, which unlocks any data running in any cloud from the Edge to AI on a completely open-source platform.
This new enterprise data cloud fully supports hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, giving enterprises much-needed flexibility for their machine learning and analytics workloads without experiencing vendor lock-in. CEO Tom Reilly describes this milestone as an exciting new chapter that establishes Cloudera as the leading enterprise data cloud provider.
The merger successfully creates an open-source powerhouse by combining the complementary technologies of both companies within the Hadoop and big data ecosystem. This strategic union allows the newly formed organization to offer a comprehensive, flexible, and entirely open-source solution for modern data management needs.