Hadoop moves beyond Linux, onto Windows too!

If you thought Hadoop was just confined to Linux, think again! Hortonworks, the creators of the Apache Hadoop Linux distribution, i is now entering i Windows Wi d territory. i Shaun Connolly, vice president of corporate strategy, Hortonworks, said in a report, "This is an enterprise-ready, 100 per cent open source Apache Hadoop platform for the broader Windows environment. We have been spending a lot of time integrating with Microsoft's SQL Server franchise and its business intelligence tools."

Commenting on the move, Herain Oberoi, director of product marketing, Microsoft said, "When we fiUVW VHW RXW RQ WKLV SDUWQHUVKLS DERXW 18 months ago, our joint objective was to make Hadoop available to the broadest set of users possible."

Oberoi further said that with this joint effort, Microsoft did not want to make this a proprietary port. “We're committed to putting our effort back into the community and the Apache Hadoop project,” he said.

Two days before the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft had announced its partnership with Hortonworks, which is one of the companies playing a leading role in the open source Apache Hadoop project. In addition, the company unveiled the latest previews of a cloud- based solution and an on- premise solution for deploying and managing Hadoop. The previews showed customers how they could use Excel, PowerPivot for Excel and Power View for business intelligence ( BI) and data visualisation, on the data in Hadoop.