Search tech guru Doug Cutting leaves Yahoo, joins Cloudera
Doug Cutting, the respected open source engineer who has led the way in speeding up the processing of huge amounts of data, is leaving Yahoo to join a startup called Cloudera.
Cutting announced the move on his blog yesterday. The move is significant for two reasons…. Continue Reading
Cloudera raises $6M more for serious data processing
Cloudera, a startup that helps companies process large amounts of data using an open source platform called Hadoop, has raised $6 million in a second round of funding.
The San Francisco company has an impressive founding team, including high-level folks from Facebook, Google, and Yahoo. Previous… Continue Reading
Cloudera closes $5M to deliver data mining software
Cloudera, the Burlingame, Calif.-based distributor of open-source data processing engine Hadoop, brought in $5 million in first-round funding led by Accel Partners. Founded just last year by executives and data managers at Facebook, Google, Oracle and Yahoo, the company works to adapt the Hadoop system… Continue Reading
Ex-Google, Yahoo, Facebook employees snub recession, launch Hadoop startup
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Recession be damned, a group of top Silicon Valley engineers have come together to launch an interesting startup called Cloudera. Not yet launched, it intends to help other companies adopt a promising software platform called Hadoop.
Hadoop is an open-source software project designed to let developers… Continue Reading