New Release Ensures Data Governance and Compliance for Production Deployments of Hadoop, Spark, and Other Big Data Workloads
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 27, 2016) - BlueData, provider of the leading Big-Data-as-a-Service software platform, today announced the new fall release for the enterprise edition of its BlueData EPIC software. Delivered as a flexible platform, this new release builds on the EPIC summer release to add deeper security integrations for Big Data deployments in production. It also provides networking and storage enhancements for managing Docker containers used to create Hadoop and Spark clusters in EPIC.
This new version of the BlueData EPIC software platform helps enterprises transition in their Big Data journey from initial dev/test environments to full production deployments of Big-Data-as-a-Service (BDaaS). BlueData has implemented its EPIC software to meet enterprise customer demands for a wide variety of Big Data use cases, ranging from dev/test labs to mission-critical batch processing jobs and advanced analytics use cases.
These customers -- including Fortune 500 financial services firms, large healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, and major government and national security organizations -- have deployed BlueData in on-premises production environments that require enterprise-class security, networking, and storage support for Big Data. For example, they can offload batch processing jobs from their production Hadoop data lake cluster to elastic Hadoop or Spark compute clusters in BlueData EPIC -- without moving data from the data lake.
The new fall release of BlueData's EPIC software platform incorporates the customer feedback and lessons learned from these and other on-premises enterprise BDaaS deployments. It offers several important new capabilities to help rapidly onboard these workloads to a secure production environment using Docker containers -- making it faster, easier, and more cost-effective to run Big Data analytics.
Some of the key features and benefits of this new release include:
"Based on our research, security is the most important attribute when considering Big Data technology solutions," said Nik Rouda, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "With this new release, BlueData addresses this need. BlueData offers a differentiated Big-Data-as-a-Service solution with enterprise-class security and data governance for on-premises deployments, from prototype to production."
"Security is always top of mind for organizations storing large amounts of sensitive data," said Kumar Sreekanti, CEO of BlueData. "This latest version of BlueData EPIC makes it even easier for customers to safeguard Hadoop and Spark clusters running in Docker containers. As a result, organizations can ensure a secure multi-tenant environment for Big-Data-as-a-Service in full production across the entire enterprise. It's one step further on the Big Data journey."
You can see a demo of the new BlueData EPIC fall release at Strata + Hadoop World in New York City, September 27-29 at booth 335. You can learn more about security, networking, and other key considerations for deploying Big Data in an on-premises enterprise environment using Docker containers during a Strata + Hadoop World session on "Lessons Learned Running Hadoop and Spark in Docker" at 2:05pm on Thursday, September 29 with BlueData's co-founder and chief architect, Thomas Phelan.
Supporting Resources:
Blog Post: Evolving from a Data-Centric to Application-Centric Model for Big Data
About BlueData Software, Inc.
BlueData is transforming how enterprises deploy their Big Data applications and infrastructure. The BlueData EPIC™ software platform uses container technology to make it easier, faster, and more cost-effective for enterprises of all sizes to leverage Big Data -- enabling Big-Data-as-a-Service either on-premises or in the cloud. With BlueData, they can spin up virtual Hadoop or Spark clusters within minutes, providing data scientists with on-demand access to the applications, data and infrastructure they need. Based in Santa Clara, California, BlueData was founded by VMware veterans and its investors including Amplify Partners, Atlantic Bridge, Ignition Partners, and Intel Capital. To learn more about BlueData, visit www.bluedata.com or follow @bluedata.
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