Hortonworks Reaches 1,000 Partner Milestone

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Hortonworks® (NASDAQ:HDP), the leading contributor to and provider of enterprise Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced it has reached 1,000 partners.

Enabling a vibrant ecosystem around Hadoop has been core to Hortonworks strategy since the beginning of the company. Joint engineering is a key element to the depth of the partnership program enabling deeply integrated partner technologies providing customers with increased interoperability and deployment choice. Hortonworks has both reseller agreements and joint engineering relationships with industry leaders including HP, Microsoft, Rackspace, SAP and Teradata. In addition to the depth of Hortonworks' partner program, a broad array of global and regional system integrators and its training partners add to the breadth of the program and continue to add value for Hortonworks' customers.

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"We are very excited about the rapid growth and success of the Hortonworks partner program and how enthusiastic partners have been to drive the Hadoop ecosystem forward,' said John Kreisa, vice president of strategic marketing at Hortonworks. "This milestone illustrates the accelerating adoption of Hadoop of the platform's place in the enterprise."  

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Hortonworks Partners:  http://hortonworks.com/partners

About Hortonworks
Hortonworks develops, distributes and supports the only 100% open source Apache Hadoop data platform. Our team comprises the largest contingent of builders and architects within the Hadoop ecosystem who represent and lead the broader enterprise requirements within these communities.

The Hortonworks Data Platform provides an open platform that deeply integrates with existing IT investments and upon which enterprises can build and deploy Hadoop-based applications.

Hortonworks has deep relationships with the key strategic data center partners that enable our customers to unlock the broadest opportunities from Hadoop.

For more information, visit www.hortonworks.com.

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