VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

MapR Technologies has formed a partnership with Ericsson with the purpose of working together to drive innovation for digital industrialization. The partnership will leverage the MapR Converged Data Platform to enable efficient processing and analyzing of information from multiple sources in real-time to support mission-critical application deployments at scale and effectively deliver customer value. “Ericsson has been chosen to partner with MapR for its leadership in powering innovative data applications for some of the world’s largest organizations,” said Peter Hartlev, head of PL data and storage, cloud, Ericsson. “The MapR Platform is uniquely architected to unify open source with the utility-grade features our customers require, such as security, high-performance, reliability, and scale.” Read more

MapR Technologies has announced the opening of its new R&D Centre in Hyderabad signalling the company’s larger plans for the Indian market and an increased presence in the country. The new R&D Centre comes as a consequence of proven demand for MapR products and solutions in India, where companies are investing in Hadoop technology to increase engagement and customer loyalty. The R&D Centre is an 11,000-sq. ft. facility. Along with increased presence in the country, MapR expects 100% growth in employees in a year’s time. The company will add laboratories, professional services and account teams as they continue to expand... Read more

MapR Technologies has announced availability of free Hadoop-Demand Training for developers, analysts and administrators who represent a $50-million in-kind contribution to the broad Hadoop community. The Hadoop training program is a multi-course curriculum designed to expand worldwide adoption of Hadoop technology. The curriculum provides engaging and interactive video lessons, hands-on exercises, labs and quizzes, enabling professionals to acquire valuable Hadoop skills and knowledge on their own schedule. “We focussed on making it easy for anyone to receive high-quality, comprehensive Hadoop training anywhere in the world. This is a major contribution to the industry, addressing the primary concern around Hadoop skills development and raising the value for professionals who take these courses,” said Dave Jespersen, Vice-President, Worldwide Services, MapR Technologies. As part of this comprehensive training initiative, MapR has also arranged for the administration of cert...