PRESS RELEASE — SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 22, 2016) – BlueData, provider of the leading Big-Data-as-a-Service software platform, today announced that the enterprise edition of its BlueData EPIC software will run on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other public clouds. The BlueData EPIC enterprise edition is now in directed availability for AWS: http://www.bluedata.com/AWS. General availability for AWS — as well as availability for Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and other public cloud services — will be released in the coming months. Customers will have the same BlueData user experience, distribution flexibility, and application configurability for Hadoop and Spark deployments on-premises and/or in the cloud. 

BlueData’s software innovations make it easy to deploy Big Data infrastructure and applications, leveraging embedded Docker container technology. The BlueData EPIC software platform provides a self-service Big-Data-as-a-Service (BDaaS) experience with the highest levels of security and performance for Big Data analytics in the enterprise. BlueData has offered a free community edition of BlueData EPIC running on AWS since last year; but until now, BlueData’s enterprise edition was available only for on-premises deployments. {ad}

BlueData delivers simplicity, agility, flexibility, and cost savings for Big Data deployments — now in both on-premises and cloud-based environments. Data scientists, analysts, and data engineers no longer have to deal with the complexities of their underlying infrastructure or cloud provider. They can choose their own distributions and applications for Big Data analytics, and tap into data either on-site or in the cloud. IT teams can control costs with resource quotas, and rely on BlueData’s multi-tenant security and governance capabilities to meet enterprise-class auditing and regulatory compliance requirements.

“Big Data has been too darn hard to implement. Cloud deployments provide a simpler path and are helping to fuel the next wave of Big Data adoption,” said Tony Baer, principal analyst for Big Data at Ovum. “BlueData is well positioned to help enterprise customers on this next phase of their Big Data journey, whether on-premises or in the cloud — or more likely, some combination of the two.” 

The benefits of the BlueData EPIC software platform for cloud deployments include:

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“The BlueData software platform is the first Big-Data-as-a-Service solution available for both on-premises and public cloud environments,” said Kumar Sreekanti, CEO of BlueData. “The future of Big Data analytics will be neither 100 percent on-premises nor 100 percent in the cloud. We’re seeing more multi-cloud and hybrid deployments, with data both on-prem and in the cloud. BlueData provides the only solution that can meet the realities of these mixed environments in the enterprise.”

The BlueData EPIC software platform will be licensed for public cloud services with either usage-based pricing or an annual subscription price. Organizations interested in trying the enterprise edition of BlueData EPIC on AWS for free during the initial directed availability period can apply here.

BlueData will be showcasing BlueData EPIC running on AWS at Hadoop Summit in San Jose, June 28-30 at booth 1505. BlueData’s co-founder and chief architect, Thomas Phelan, will be speaking at Hadoop Summit together with Kris Applegate, Big Data solution architect at Dell, on “Big Data and the Cloud, the Time has Come,” on Tuesday June 28 at 2:10pm.

In a separate announcement, BlueData also introduced the summer release of its BlueData EPIC software platform.

Supporting Resources:

Blog post: Big-Data-as-a-Service. On-Prem or in the Cloud. It’s BDaaS

About BlueData Software, Inc.
BlueData is transforming how enterprises deploy their Big Data applications and infrastructure. The BlueData EPIC™ software platform uses container technology to make it easier, faster, and more cost-effective for enterprises of all sizes to leverage Big Data — enabling Big-Data-as-a-Service either on-premises or in the cloud. With BlueData, they can spin up virtual Hadoop or Spark clusters within minutes, providing data scientists with on-demand access to the applications, data and infrastructure they need. Based in Santa Clara, California, BlueData was founded by VMware veterans and its investors including Amplify Partners, Atlantic Bridge, Ignition Partners, and Intel Capital. To learn more about BlueData, visit www.bluedata.com or follow @bluedatainc.