Rackspace launches Big Data soln and managed support for Apache Hadoop

SAN ANTONIO: Rackspace Hosting, the open cloud company, has announced availability of Hortonworks Data Platform powered by Apache Hadoop in both the managed hosting environment and the Rackspace public cloud.

As part of Rackspace Data Services the company has a collection of SQL and NoSQL data offerings as a service.

The new offering allows customers to choose the right environment to host their Big Data solutions, and take advantage of a hybrid cloud approach to achieve the best overall application performance. Rackspace is also offering managed services around the Big Data solution to ease the operational burden for customers.

Says John Engates, chief technology officer with Rackspace: "The volume of data being processed in businesses today is astounding. Companies need help analysing and extracting value from this vast amount of information, as Big Data solutions are difficult to deploy and harder to maintain "With Rackspace's Managed and Cloud Big Data Platform offerings, we're providing an open, hybrid Big Data solution for dedicated and cloud instances. Combining this technological expertise with enhanced support from Hortonworks allows us to bring a best-in-class Big Data solution to market."