HPE buys MapR

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has acquired the business assets of MapR, a data platform for AI and analytics applications powered by scale-out, multi-cloud and multi-protocol file system technology. The transaction includes MapR’s technology, intellectual property, and domain expertise in AI and machine learning (AI/ML) and analytics data management. 

“The explosion of data is creating a new era of intelligence where the winners will be the ones who harness the power of data, wherever it lives,” said Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. “MapR’s file system technology enables HPE to offer a complete portfolio of products to drive artificial intelligence and analytics applications and strengthens our ability to help customers manage their data assets end to end, from edge to cloud.”

According to HPE, with MapR it now has a complete portfolio of products powered by AI/ML capabilities.

The  asset acquisition will accelerate its Intelligent Data Platform capabilities and help its customers optimize workload solutions for mission-critical big data workflows, whether they are cloud-native or on-premise.

For more information, go to www.hpe.com.