MapR Enters 2015 with Over 100% Bookings Growth from Real-Time, Big and Fast Data Deployments

Nearly 20% of MapR customers surveyed operate over 50 applications on a single Hadoop cluster

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 21, 2015–

MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced over 100% bookings increase in the six month period ending March 31, 2015, compared to the preceding six months. The MapR growth is spurred by its unique architectural approach to supporting big and fast data – to collect, store and process vast amounts of info on one cluster for continuous, real-time access.

To accelerate the adoption of Hadoop by organizations worldwide, MapR launched several key offerings in Q1, including free Hadoop On-Demand Training, in which over 10,000 developers, analysts and administrators enrolled in the first 30 days. MapR also introduced Quick Start Solutions to address commonly-implemented and high-value Hadoop use cases for customers to achieve faster time-to-value.

“The solid growth for MapR validates the benefits brought on from embracing the open source community and building an innovative Hadoop data platform,” said John Schroeder, chief executive officer and co-founder of MapR. “We continue to differentiate ourselves with a proven business model, unique software, and a world-class team that is dedicated to partnering with customers to help them take advantage of expanding Hadoop into real-time, mission critical workloads.”

In a survey of MapR customers worldwide conducted in March 2015, TechValidate, an independent research organization, found that 96% of MapR customers run multiple use cases on a single Hadoop cluster, with nearly 20% deploying over 50 use cases on a single cluster. According to survey results, 73% of customers deployed new products or services leveraging the MapR Distribution and 59% benefited from reduced costs. Additionally, 72% of respondents cited the need for Hadoop to handle both big and fast data on a single cluster. The ability to deliver these required capabilities is a core strength of the MapR Distribution.

Respondents also provided feedback on working with MapR. Customer comments included:

• “MapR gives me the reliability to process 3 trillion transactions a month with 99.999% uptime.” — Bryon Dover, big data engineer, The Rubicon Project.
• “MapR Hadoop is very well suited for complex environments that support users who are not tech savvy. My specific environment is providing high-end, complex computing solutions to biomedical scientists.” — IT Manager, Major Federal Agency.
• “MapR continues to deliver innovative enterprise solutions that just work. The company provides unmatched support and an ecosystem where all the tools work seamlessly together.” – CTO, Adtech Company.

About MapR Technologies

MapR delivers on the promise of Hadoop with a proven, enterprise-grade platform that supports a broad set of mission-critical and real-time production uses. MapR brings unprecedented dependability, ease-of-use and world-record speed to Hadoop, NoSQL, database and streaming applications in one unified distribution for Hadoop. MapR is used by more than 700 customers across financial services, government, healthcare, internet, manufacturing, media, retail and telecommunications as well as by leading Global 2000 and Web 2.0 companies. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Teradata and HP are part of the broad MapR partner ecosystem. Investors include Google Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. MapR is based in San Jose, CA. Connect with MapR on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook

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