Cloudera certification boosts DataRobot's machine learning platform

Top-level certification means that the DataRobot predictive analytics engine can now be managed from the Cloudera management console and that it complies with Cloudera's preferred security and resource-management tools. DataRobot said certification status should help accelerate adoption of its machine learning algorithm platform by enterprises, which are typically reluctant to work with tools that haven't passed muster with key vendors. DataRobot has created a stir since it came out of stealth in February with a 33 million funding round from investors that included Accomplice LLC (formerly Atlas Ventures), Intel Capital Corp., IA Ventures, Recruit Strategic Partners Inc., and New York Life Insurance Co. The Boston-based company has raised a total of 57 million over the past three years. Its products and services address the pain being felt by many corporations over the shortage of skilled data scientists needed to drive their big data analytics efforts.