Hortonworks is a major contributor to Apache Hadoop, the world’s most popular big data platform. Hortonworks focuses on further accelerating the development and adoption of Apache Hadoop by making the software more robust and easier to consume for enterprises and more open and extensible for solution providers.

The Hortonworks Data Platform, powered by Apache Hadoop, is a massively scalable and 100% open source platform for storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data. It is designed to deal with data from many sources and formats in a very quick, easy and cost-effective manner.

The Hortonworks Data Platform consists of the essential set of Apache Hadoop projects including Hortonworks MapReduce, Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), HCatalog, Pig, Hive, HBase, ZooKeeper and Ambari. Hortonworks is the major contributor of code and patches to many of these projects. These projects have been integrated and tested as part of the Hortonworks Data Platform release process; and installation and configuration tools have also been included.

Unlike other providers of platforms built using Apache Hadoop, Hortonworks contributes 100% of their code back to the Apache Software Foundation. The Hortonworks Data Platform is Apache-licensed and completely open source. Hortonworks sells only expert technical support, training and partner-enablement services. All of the technology is, and will remain, free and open source.

Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) is the foundation for the next generation enterprise data architecture, one that deals with the volume and complexity of today’s data. With HDP, you can now store, process and analyze data in any format and at any scale. Comprised of the essential Apache Hadoop components, HDP is 100% open source and includes everything you need to begin uncovering business insights from the quickly growing streams of data flowing into and throughout your business.