Intel bets on Cloudera for big data analytics

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Intel announced that it has made a significant investment in Cloudera that will make the fast-growing startup to its preferred distributor of software for crunching Big Data.

According to reports, Intel said the stake in Cloudera is its largest data center technology investment ever, although it did not disclose the size of the deal. The deal will join Cloudera's leading enterprise analytic data management software powered by Apache Hadoop with the leading data center architecture based on Intel Xeon technology. The goal is acceleration of customer adoption of big data solutions, making it easier for companies of all sizes to obtain increased business value from data by deploying open source Apache Hadoop solutions.

Intel said it will promote Cloudera's Hadoop platform and transition away from its own customized version that it had been promoting as optimal for Intel server chips. "By aligning the Cloudera and Intel roadmaps, we are creating the platform of choice for big data analytics," Diane Bryant, senior VP and GM of Intel's Data Center Group.