HPE Acquires MapR Assets In An Attempt To Strengthen Its Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Portfolio 7wData

Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced its acquisition of MapR business assets. MapR began as a company focused on providing a cloud data platform. They extended their message into Machine Learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), claiming to be good support for data sources needed in those arenas. In addition to the cloud, they focused on a container message for scalability. They had some early backing, but that backing wall pulled earlier this year. Phil Davis, president, Hybrid IT, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said in the press release, "MapR's enterprise-grade file system and cloud-native storage services complement HPE's BlueData container platform strategy and will allow us to provide a unique value proposition for customers.