Hitachi Data Systems announced today it was purchasing Pentaho, the open source data integration and analytics company, in a move that shows the growing importance of technology to support data supply chains.
James Dixon, cofounder and CTO of Pentaho who coined the term “data lake”, and the rest of the crew at Pentaho have pursued a focused vision based on a core belief in value of open source technology and excellent execution of the open core model for capturing license revenue. By creating a system for data integration, adding components for visualization and management, but at the same time not ignoring basic food groups such as reporting, Pentaho is a key technology for integrating many different sources of data.
As Hadoop rose in importance, Pentaho was one of the first companies to allow developers to bypass map/reduce programming and instead use visual modeling of data transformations to transform large data sets in Hadoop.
Now, Hitachi Data Systems will be able to use Pentaho for the glue to hold together and integrate the massive web components it brings to its Social Innovation Strategy.
The press release announcing the deal noted that “Seamless integration of solutions for big data requires capabilities in several areas, including deep domain expertise, analytics technology, and an end-to-end platform. Hitachi is entirely unique in its ability to deliver on all of these elements.”
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