The big data world gets a bit smaller: Cloudera and HortonWorks agree to merger as competition grows

Cloudera and HortonWorks have agreed to merge, combining two of the most recognized providers of private, public and hybrid Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) infrastructure in order to gain scale and prepare for growing competition from cloud providers with integrated analytics services. This insight provides a perspective on the merger and the implications to the big data and analytics market for data management spending by utilities in the Americas. Our Power & Renewables reports and data provide deep insight into the current and future state of electricity generation.