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Why the Time Is Right for Proprietary Hadoop This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

  • Sunday, February 14, 2010

With red-hot interest in NoSQL tools and Red Hat looking to offer its own big-data products, Cloudera's decision to sell proprietary Hadoop-based software seems perfectly timed.

Earlier this week, GigaOM’s Sebastian Rupley detailed Cloudera’s plans to move beyond open-source software and services into the world of proprietary software. It might seem a bit early for the startup dubbed by some as “Red Hat for Hadoop” to abandon its strictly open-source approach, but a look at the Hadoop market shows now might be the ideal time for Cloudera to establish itself with an enterprise-ready offering. All things NoSQL are hot, and businesses across [...]

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