computer software founded 2011 ; 5 years ago 2011 headquarters santa clara california united states products hortonworks data platform number of employees 950 2016 1 website hortonworks.com hortonworks is a business computer software company based in santa clara california . the company focuses on the development and support of apache hadoop a framework that allows for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers . contents 1 history 2 partnerships 3 acquisitions 4 references 5 external links history edit hortonworks was formed in june 2011 funded by 23 million from yahoo and benchmark capital as an independent company . 2 the company employs contributors to the open source software project apache hadoop . 3 eric baldeschweiler was chief executive and rob bearden chief operating officer formerly from springsource . 2 additional investors included a 25 million round led by index ventures in november 2011 . 4 hortonworks is a sponsor of the apache software foundation . 5 forrester research named hortonworks a technology leader and ecosystem builder for the entire hadoop industry . 6 hortonworks product named hortonworks data platform hdp includes apache hadoop and is used for storing processing and analyzing large volumes of data . the platform is designed to deal with data from many sources and formats . the platform includes various apache hadoop projects including the hadoop distributed file system mapreduce pig hive hbase and zookeeper and additional components . 7 in october 2011 hortonworks announced microsoft would collaborate on a hadoop distribution for microsoft azure and windows server . 8 on february 25 2013 hortonworks announced availability of a beta version of the hortonworks data platform for windows . 9 in november 2011 it announced hparser software from informatica would be available for free download by its customers . 10 in february 2012 teradata announced an alliance . 11 in october 2012 teradata s aster data systems division announced an appliance supporting hortonworks distribution 12 13 and impetus technologies announced a partnership . 14 in june 2013 hortonworks raised another 50 million in financing from previous investors and adding tenaya capital and dragoneer investment group . 15 in september 2013 sap ag announced it would resell the hortonworks distribution as well as one from intel . 16 hortonworks hosts the hadoop summit community event along with yahoo . 17 in december 2014 hortonworks went public with 6 250 000 shares listed in nasdaq . 18 partnerships edit hortonworks partners with a variety of software related companies including bmc software for business service management and automation 19 attunity 20 and cleo for data integration 21 and sap and vmware for cloud database and other virtualization infrastructure . 22 as part of its efforts to make hadoop easier to use in 2015 hortonworks started partnering with mantech commercial services and b23 to develop opensoc ; mantech brought cybersecurity expertise and b23 brought expertise in big data analytics . 23 acquisitions edit in august 2015 hortonworks announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire onyara inc. the creator of and key contributor to apache nifi a top level open source project . apache nifi was made available through the nsa technology transfer program in the fall of 2014 . over the past eight years onyara s engineers were the key contributors to the u.s. government software project that evolved into apache nifi . in july 2015 nifi became a top level project signifying that its community and technology have been successfully governed under the apache software foundation . 24 25 26 in may 2014 hortonworks acquired xa secure a data security company to add a secure layer to its hadoop data platform . 27 references edit http hortonworks.com about us quick facts a b charles babcock june 29 2011 . hadoop big data startup spins out of yahoo . information week . archived from the original on july 4 2011 . retrieved october 14 2013 . big data investors look for the next splunk . cnbc . retrieved 24 april 2012 . derrick harris august 20 2013 . everything you ever wanted to know about yahoo s hadoop spinoff hortonworks . giga om . retrieved october 14 2013 . sponsors apache software foundation hortonworks recognized as a leader in the enterprise hadoop solutions industry by independent research firm hortonworks website 2014 6 30 joab jackson november 1 2011 . hortonworks hones a hadoop distribution . pc world . retrieved october 14 2013 . jaikumar vijayan october 12 2011 . microsoft climbs onto hadoop bandwagon . computer world . retrieved october 14 2013 . herain oberoi february 25 2013 . hortonworks and microsoft bring the hortonworks data platform to windows . sql server blog . retrieved october 5 2016 . chris preimesberger november 2 2011 . informatica hortonworks team up to release free data parser for hadoop . e week . retrieved october 14 2013 . quentin hardy february 21 2012 . teradata and hortonworks join forces for a big data boost . bits blog . the new york times . retrieved october 14 2013 . tony baer october 26 2012 . it s happening hadoop and sql worlds are converging . zdnet . retrieved october 14 2013 . teradata big analytics appliance enables new business insights on all enterprise data . press release . teradata aster . october 17 2012 . retrieved october 14 2013 . pletus october 2 2012 . impetus and hortonworks strategic partnership . press release . retrieved october 14 2013 . alex williams june 25 2013 . hortonworks raises 50m for expansion and development in growing hadoop oriented data analytics market . tech crunch . retrieved october 14 2013 . chris kanaracus september 11 2013 . sap looks to boost big data position with hadoop deals new apps . computer world . retrieved october 14 2013 . sap agrees to resell hadoop distributions from intel and hortonworks ; unveils specialized use case apps sponsors . hadoop summit 2013 web site . archived from the original on april 30 2013 . retrieved october 14 2013 . hortonworks ipo . nasdaq . retrieved 16 february 2015 . http www.infoworld.com t hadoop hortonworks bmc team support hadoop automation 242857 http www.complianceweek.com attunity hortonworks partner to simplify big data integration article 230615 http hortonworks.com blog secure reliable hadoop data transfer option cleo mft http gigaom.com 2012 06 12 hortonworks teams with vmware to keep hadoop running william terdoslavich for informationweek . october 1 2015 aims to make hadoop easier to use http techcrunch.com 2015 08 25 hortonworks acquires onyara early startup with roots in nsa http fortune.com 2015 08 26 hortonworks buys onyara http hortonworks.com press releases hortonworks to acquire onyara to turn internet of anything data into actionable insights https www.datacenterdynamics.com focus archive 2014 05 hortonworks acquires xa secure external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hortonworks & oldid 742789063 categories software companies based in the san francisco bay areacompanies based in sunnyvale californiacompanies listed on nasdaqhadoopapache software foundationcompanies established in 2011big data companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 20 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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