WANdisco launches Big Data product platform

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WANdisco Plc

08 February 2013

 



8 February 2013

WANdisco plc

("WANdisco" or the "Company")

WANdisco launches Big Data product platform

- WANdisco unveils WANdisco Distro: its first Big Data product and the foundation for WANdisco's range of enterprise Big Data solutions -

- WANdisco Distro represents the world's first production ready Apache Hadoop 2 Distribution platform for Big Data -

Sheffield, UK - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, is pleased to announce the launch of WANdisco Distro ("WDD"): the foundation for the Company's enterprise-level Big Data products.

WDD's development was made possible through WANdisco's acquisition of AltoStor and has been led by Dr. Konstantin Boudnik, WANdisco's Director of Big Data Distribution who joined the Company in January from Karmasphere.  Made available today for free download, WDD is the first fully tested and production-ready Big Data product from WANdisco and is based upon the most recent release of Apache Hadoop.  WDD will underpin WANdisco's full range of enterprise Big Data solutions, set to be released during the coming weeks.

The core advantage of WANdisco's Big Data products over existing solutions will be their ability to not only manage but also protect and defend mission critical data centre installations. By applying WANdisco's patented replication technology to Hadoop, the company is able to guarantee 100% uptime for enterprises deploying Hadoop. In the event of a network or server outage, WANdisco's products would enable such installations to continue operating, with immediate failover, automatic recovery and zero downtime: even in the case of planned maintenance.  These capabilities can be delivered across data centres over a Wide Area Network ("WAN") as well as a Local Area Network ("LAN"), providing users around the world with non-stop global business continuity.

WANdisco is also announcing the immediate availability of enterprise-class professional support for organisations deploying Hadoop clusters utilising WDD. These services are priced as an annual subscription based on the number of Hadoop nodes.

Commenting on the launch, WANdisco CEO, David Richards, said:

"This announcement and the launch of WANdisco Distro marks our first, formal product step in to the exciting world of Big Data.  This fully tested, production ready platform will underpin all of our Big Data products going forward, based on the patented active-active technology that already gives us such a unique edge in the market place.  We look forward to announcing further Big Data product news in the coming weeks."

Commenting on the news, Tony Baer, Principle Big Data Analyst for Ovum, said:

"WANdisco's active-active replication technology not only aims to eliminate single points of failure in Hadoop, but it could also be used to extend Hadoop deployment over wide areas. Users could start to utilize Hadoop as a globally distributed resource. "

For further information please contact:

WANdisco plc:
David Richards, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	via FTI Consulting
Nick Parker, Chief Financial Officer
FTI Consulting:	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Sophie McMillan / Jon Snowball / Roger Newby
Panmure Gordon & Co.	[phone]
Fred Walsh / Giles Stewart / Grishma Patel (Corporate Finance)
Adam Pollock, Charles Leigh-Pemberton (Corporate Broking)

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About WANdisco plc

WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a provider of enterprise-ready, non-stop software solutions that enable globally distributed organizations to meet today's data challenges of secure storage, scalability and availability. WANdisco's products are differentiated by the company's patented, active-active data replication technology, serving crucial high availability (HA) requirements, including Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Fortune Global 1000 companies including AT&T, Motorola, Intel and Halliburton rely on WANdisco for performance, reliability, security and availability. For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.

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