Intel and BlueData Collaborate to Simplify Big Data Infrastructure; Intel Capital Makes Additional Equity Investment in BlueD...
August 25 2015 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Intel Corporation and BlueData today announced a
broad strategic technology and business collaboration, as well as
an additional equity investment in BlueData from Intel Capital.
This relationship will bring together BlueData’s infrastructure
software for big data with the leading data center architecture
based on Intel® Xeon® processor technology. The goal is to
accelerate the adoption of big data solutions by simplifying
deployment. This builds upon Intel’s existing investments and
initiatives in the big data market, including Intel’s strategic
collaboration with Cloudera* for Apache Hadoop* as well as recent
projects focused on Apache Spark*.
“Intel architecture provides a high-performance, secure, robust
foundation for big data analytics,” said Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO.
“BlueData’s innovative software delivers the simplicity, agility
and efficiency of big data-as-a-service in an on-premises
model. Together, we are focused on bringing big data into the
mainstream and unlocking the value for our enterprise
customers.”
BlueData will develop and optimize its big data infrastructure
software for Intel architecture. In turn, Intel will focus its
engineering and marketing resources on the joint engineering
roadmap and joint customer acquisition. Additionally, the companies
will execute joint go-to-market strategies that include coordinated
product, channel and sales programs.
“This strategic collaboration with Intel will help advance
BlueData’s mission of making it easy to deploy big data
infrastructure. Our software platform simplifies the complexity,
reduces the cost and delivers faster time to value for big data
initiatives,” said Kumar Sreekanti, co-founder and CEO of BlueData.
“Our go-to-market relationship and joint product development with
Intel will allow enterprises to accelerate their deployment of
Hadoop and Spark, and deliver on the promise of big data
analytics.”
BlueData has developed patent-pending innovations to run Hadoop
and Spark in a virtualized environment with compute and storage
decoupled, providing a cloud-like experience for on-premises big
data deployments. With BlueData EPIC™ software, enterprises can
spin up virtual Hadoop or Spark clusters within minutes, providing
data scientists and analysts with on-demand access to the
applications, data and infrastructure they need to deliver faster
business insights.
Intel Capital’s investment, its third in BlueData since 2012, is
part of a $20 million funding round led by the chip maker’s
strategic investment arm and announced today. Doug Fisher, senior
vice president of Intel and general manager of its Software and
Services Group, will also join BlueData’s board of directors.
Supporting Resources
Intel
blog: http://blogs.intel.com/evangelists/2015/08/25/simplify-big-data-deployment/
BlueData blog:
http://bluedata.com/blog/2015/08/new-funding-and-strategic-collaboration-with-intel
About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation.
The company designs and builds the essential technologies that
serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. As
a leader in corporate responsibility and sustainability, Intel also
manufactures the world’s first commercially available
“conflict-free” microprocessors. Additional information about Intel
is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com, and about
Intel’s conflict-free efforts at conflictfree.intel.com.
About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, makes
equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies
worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies
offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise,
mobility, consumer Internet, digital media and semiconductor
manufacturing. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested nearly
US$11.6 billion in over 1,440 companies in 57 countries. In that
timeframe, 213 portfolio companies have gone public on various
exchanges around the world and 373 were acquired or participated in
a merger. In the first half of 2015, Intel Capital invested $134
million in 63 deals, including 29 new portfolio companies, and saw
10 exits. For more information on what makes Intel Capital one of
the world’s most powerful venture capital firms, visit
www.intelcapital.com or follow @intelcapital.
About BlueData Software, Inc.
BlueData is transforming how enterprises deploy their Big Data
applications and infrastructure. The BlueData EPIC™ software
platform uses virtualization technology to make it easier, faster,
and more cost-effective for enterprises of all sizes to leverage
Big Data – enabling Hadoop-as-a-Service in an on-premises
deployment model. With BlueData, they can spin up virtual Hadoop or
Spark clusters within minutes, providing data scientists with
on-demand access to the applications, data and infrastructure they
need. Based in Mountain View, California, BlueData was founded by
VMware veterans and its investors including Amplify Partners,
Atlantic Bridge, Ignition Partners, and Intel Capital. To learn
more about BlueData, visit www.bluedata.com or follow
@bluedatainc.
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