SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MapR® Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in delivering one platform for all data, across every cloud, kicked-off 2018 with an announcement today that its roster of technology accolades for the MapR Converged Data Platform continues to flourish. Additions include recognition for its enterprise IoT innovation from highly respected organizations across the industry, including CRN and the IoT Breakthrough Awards.   

The details:

• IoT Breakthrough Awards – MapR was selected as a winner of one of the program’s marquis awards – the IoT Enterprise Software Company of the Year award -- for its impact on the market by demonstrating how enterprise IoT applications can process data in new ways to generate immediate value. 
• CRN, 2017 Tech Innovator Awards — As part of the MapR Converged Data Platform, MapR Edge was recognized as a finalist for enabling data from IoT devices to be captured, processed and analyzed near where its created. It also highlighted MapR Edge’s ability to process data locally and aggregate insight for real-time analytics and improved decision-making. 
• Database Trends and Applications (DBTA), “Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2018” – MapR Converged Data Platform was included on DBTA’s highly anticipated annual list as one of the standout solutions that is helping companies gain more value and insight from the large quantities of data they are collecting and storing. 
• Virtualization & Cloud Review, 2017 Editor’s Choice Awards – The MapR Converged Data Platform was recognized for its ability to enable a “data fabric” for the enterprise datacenter that provide network and storage virtualization capabilities. The Platform also executes in the cloud to provide management of its virtual environment.

“2017 marked a year of exponential growth in the number of awards and accolades we garnered – from technology innovation, to customer service, to leadership,” said Anoop Dawar, senior vice president, product management and marketing, MapR.  “We believe this underscores the industry’s recognition that MapR is not only passionately dedicated to excellence and exceeding customer expectations across every facet of our business, but we have the measurable results to prove it. We look forward to continuing to demonstrate our winning commitment in 2018.”

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About MapR Technologies
MapR Technologies, a pioneer in delivering one platform for all data across every cloud, enables companies to harness the power of all of their data with the MapR Converged Data Platform. With the MapR Platform, companies can do analytics and applications together as data happens to create intelligent, next-generation applications to outperform the competition. Global 2000 enterprises are using the MapR Platform to help them solve their most complex data challenges. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, SAP and other leading businesses are all part of the MapR ecosystem. For more information, please visit: www.mapr.com.

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