<s>
Hortonworks	B-Application
was	O
a	O
data	O
software	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Santa	O
Clara	O
,	O
California	O
that	O
developed	O
and	O
supported	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
primarily	O
around	O
Apache	B-Application
Hadoop	I-Application
)	O
designed	O
to	O
manage	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
and	O
associated	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hortonworks	B-Application
software	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
enterprise	O
data	O
services	O
and	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
(	O
connected	O
cars	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
,	O
single	O
view	O
of	O
X	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
customer	O
,	O
risk	O
,	O
patient	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
advanced	O
analytics	O
and	O
machine	O
learning	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
next	O
best	O
action	O
and	O
realtime	O
cybersecurity	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hortonworks	B-Application
had	O
three	O
interoperable	O
product	O
lines	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Hortonworks	B-Application
DataPlane	O
services	O
(	O
DPS	O
)	O
:	O
based	O
on	O
Apache	O
Atlas	O
and	O
Cloudbreak	O
and	O
a	O
pluggable	O
architecture	O
into	O
which	O
partners	O
such	O
as	O
IBM	O
can	O
add	O
their	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Hortonworks	B-Application
completed	O
its	O
merger	O
with	O
Cloudera	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hortonworks	B-Application
was	O
formed	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
,	O
funded	O
by	O
$23	O
million	O
venture	O
capital	O
from	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
employed	O
contributors	O
to	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
Apache	B-Application
Hadoop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hortonworks	B-Application
Data	O
Platform	O
(	O
HDP	O
)	O
product	O
,	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
included	O
Apache	B-Application
Hadoop	I-Application
and	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
storing	O
,	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
analyzing	O
large	O
volumes	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
included	O
Hadoop	B-Application
technology	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Hadoop	B-Application
Distributed	O
File	O
System	O
,	O
MapReduce	B-Operating_System
,	O
Pig	O
,	O
Hive	O
,	O
HBase	B-Language
,	O
ZooKeeper	B-Language
,	O
and	O
additional	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eric	O
Baldeschweiler	O
(	O
from	O
Yahoo	B-Application
)	O
was	O
initial	O
chief	O
executive	O
,	O
and	O
Rob	O
Bearden	O
chief	O
operating	O
officer	O
,	O
formerly	O
from	O
SpringSource	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
name	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
character	O
Horton	O
the	O
Elephant	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
elephant	O
is	O
the	O
symbol	O
for	O
Hadoop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Hortonworks	B-Application
and	O
Cloudera	B-General_Concept
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
merging	O
in	O
an	O
all-stock	O
merger	O
of	O
equals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
merger	O
,	O
the	O
Apache	O
products	O
of	O
Hortonworks	B-Application
became	O
Cloudera	B-General_Concept
Data	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
