Is EMC Greenplum the real Hadoop company

March 12, 2013 - Research N38

EMC Greenplum announced a new Hadoop distribution, Pivotal HQ, and a relational database using Greenplum Database technology that runs directly on Hadoop called HAWQ. By providing SQL support directly in Hadoop, EMC Greenplum has productized Hadoop and developed an easier path for traditional SQL-based companies to start using Big Data.