Progress Software Announces “Preview Program” of New DataDirect ODBC Driver for Hadoop

  Progress Software Announces “Preview Program†of New DataDirect ODBC
  Driver for Hadoop

    Connectivity Solution Will Enable High-Performance Access To All Major
    Distributions of Hive Data Warehouses For More Efficient Analytics And
                            Insights Using Hadoop

Business Wire

BEDFORD, Mass. -- August 23, 2012

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global software company that
simplifies and enables the development and deployment of business
applications, is offering a limited-availability preview program of its latest
data connectivity innovation to be added to its premium data connectivity
driver portfolio. The new, high-performance DataDirect® Connect® XE for ODBC
driver for Hadoop Hive will enable reliable, secure and highly-scalable
connectivity to multiple distributions of Hadoop.

In today’s world of massive volumes of data (aka “Big Dataâ€),
organizations are increasingly using Apache Hadoop open source software to
allow them to more easily process these huge amounts of data. Also, many
organizations are using Apache Hiveâ„¢ data warehouse for data summarization,
query and analysis. However, data comes in many forms and organizations need
the ability to perform additional analysis in real-time using their existing
SQL-based business intelligence and data analytics tools. This means they need
a highly flexible and rock-solid connection to these tools. Without such
connectivity, companies’ analysts and decision makers are locked out of the
insights contained in the Hadoop-based data warehouse.

The new DataDirect Connect for ODBC driver for Hadoop will deliver the same
breadth, quality, and efficiency that more than 300 OEM partners and hundreds
of thousands of users of the comprehensive DataDirect data connectivity
portfolio already enjoy today. For the corporate user, this driver will unlock
reams of business intelligence and provide business analysts the information
they need to make accurate decisions quickly and easily. For ISVs and OEMs,
this connectivity now means that they can have one driver, with DataDirect
quality, performance and advanced features to enable their applications to
connect to most major distributions of Hadoop, including Apache Hadoop, MapR
Apache Hadoop and Cloudera’s distribution of Apache Hadoop.

The DataDirect Connect for ODBC driver for Hadoop is expected to ship at the
end of October 2012, with preview access available for a limited number of
participants beginning in September. More information on how to get a
jumpstart using this driver can be found at: http://bit.ly/MZ4IWZ.

Michael Benedict, vice president and business line manager, Progress
DataDirect, said: “The open source Apache Hadoop and Hive frameworks are
incredibly good resources for companies to quickly and affordably store and
process massive amounts of data in a distributed computing environment,
opening the possibility to consume and monetize Big Data in ways not
previously possible. However, core limitations remain around the commonly
overlooked challenges of connectivity required for mass adoption and
utilization of any data store.â€

Among its extensive product features, the DataDirect for Connect ODBC driver
for Hadoop will offer support for the most popular Hadoop distribution
frameworks, including Apache, Cloudera, MapR, and Amazon EMR. It will also
provide Windows, RedHat, Solaris, SUSE, AIX, and HP-UX platform support.

Benedict also noted: “We received many requests from our customers and
partners to build and offer a ‘DataDirect quality’ premium driver that
will support all major distributions of Apache Hadoop Hive in a way they could
not cost effectively do through other options available today. We acted on
these requests to enable our vast end user community to more effectively
consume data with their existing BI and analytics platforms, and to enable our
OEM partners to support different distributions of Hadoop across all their
supported platforms.â€

Progress Software is the software industry’s leading comprehensive provider
of software for connecting the world’s most critical business applications
to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging
standards. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect products to connect their
applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based
interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET, XQuery and SOAP. More than 300
leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on
Progress Software to simplify and streamline data connectivity for distributed
systems and to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration.

About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) simplifies the development,
deployment and management of business applications on-premise or on any Cloud,
on any platform and on any device with minimal IT complexity and low total
cost of ownership. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com or
1-781-280-4000.

Follow Progress Software on Twitter: @ProgressSW
Follow Progress DataDirect on Twitter: @DataDirect_News

Progress, DataDirect, and DataDirect Connect are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Progress Software Corporation or one of its subsidiaries or
affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Apache, Hadoop, and Hive are
trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation. Any other names contained herein
may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact:

Progress Software
John Stewart, +1 781-280-4101
jstewart@progress.com
or
LEWIS PR
Lillian Dunlap, +1 617-226-8844
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
Twitter: @ProgressSW