When it emerged from stealth in 2011, MapR was an outlier in the Hadoop community. At the time, Hadoop was defined largely by two projects adapted from Google research: MapReduce, which introduced ...

MapR Technologies is pursuing a unique strategy in the world of Big Data technology. Instead of focusing on offering a pure open source distribution like Hortonworks, or on adding additional ...

Early adopters want tools, but the bulk of the market wants products. Big data doesn’t change this principle. It is natural that in the early stages the raw power of tools should be celebrated. That ...

MapR released the latest version of the MapR Distribution for Apache Hadoop, introducing a number of significance enhancements. “MapR Distribution Version 1.2 vastly expands the selection of developed ...

Hadoop software distributor MapR Technologies is launching a partner program to expand its channel presence and capture what the company described as a fast-growing number of sales opportunities for ...

In the Hadoop world, we've noted that MapR has always marched to a different drummer. Its core file system is the building block for its Converged Platform, where you can squash the Lambda ...

MapR Technologies today unveiled a major enhancement to its big data cluster that introduces features commonly found on public cloud platforms, including support for an S3-compatible API, erasure ...

MapR, a cloud data management startup, said it plans to cut 122 jobs and close its Silicon Valley headquarters. The company said it is "actively pursuing a strategic transaction" that may allow it to ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is buying the assets of MapR, signalling the end of the Google-backed startup. MapR had announced in May that it was cutting 122 jobs and planning to close its Santa Clara, ...