MapR

MapR is a San Jose, California-based enterprise software company that develops and sells Apache Hadoop-derived software. The company contributes to Apache Hadoop projects like HBase, Pig (programming language), Apache Hive, and Apache ZooKeeper.^[1] MapR's Apache Hadoop distribution provides full data protection, no single points of failure, improved performance, and dramatic ease of use advantages.^{[citation needed]} MapR entered a technology licensing agreement with EMC Corporation on 25 May 2011, supporting an EMC-specific distribution of Apache Hadoop.^[2]

MapR is privately held with original funding of $9 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates since 2009. Key MapR executives come from Google, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Veoh. MapR had an additional round of funding led by Redpoint in August, 2011. ^{[3] [4]}

Features

MapR provides a number of capabilities not available in standard Apache Hadoop. These include NFS access, no single points of failure for any system service, an integrated management user interface, snapshots and enhanced scalability. ^[5]

See also

• Apache Software Foundation
• Big data
• BigTable
• Cloud computing
• Cloud infrastructure
• Database-centric architecture
• Datastructure
• Hadoop
• MapReduce
• HBase

References

1. ^ "Why MapR is Right to Give Back to Apache Hadoop". http://gigaom.com/cloud/why-mapr-is-right-to-give-back-to-apache-hadoop/. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Startup MapR Underpins EMC’s Hadoop Effort". http://msoftnews.com/google/startup-mapr-underpins-emc%E2%80%99s-hadoop-effort/. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
3. ^ "MapR Technologies Secures 20 million in Funding". http://www.cnbc.com/id/44325254/MapR_Technologies_Secures_20_Million_in_Funding_Investment_to_Fuel_Rapid_Adoption_for_Big_Data_Analytics_and_Hadoop. Retrieved 19 Sept 2011. 
4. ^ "MapR Makes Friends of Hadoop". http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2011/08/30/30venturebeat-mapr-makes-friends-of-hadoop-and-the-enterpr-34892.html. Retrieved 19 Sept 2011. 
5. ^ "Only with mapr". http://mapr.com/products/only-with-mapr.html. 

External links

• MapR Homepage