The data integration specialist, recently acquired by Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), updates its platform offer support for Amazon EMR and SAP HANA. Credit: Thinkstock On the heels of Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) closing on its acquisition of data integration specialist Pentaho last week, Pentaho today released an update to its platform that adds integration for Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) and SAP HANA. “It’s really all about future-proofing big data environments,” says Chuck Yarbrough, director of big data marketing at Pentaho. “As people continue to invest in being a data-driven enterprise and building out big data infrastructure, we pride ourselves on being able to future-proof these investments.” [ Related: Pentaho adds orchestration for Apache Spark jobs ] Yarbrough says that the Pentaho 5.4 release focuses on three themes: Deploying big data in the cloud Being able to blend all data across the enterprise Providing comfort and confidence to the customer about growing and scaling their Hadoop environment Pentaho 5.4 New capabilities in Pentaho 5.4. (Click for larger image.) Pentaho 5.4 allows customers to use Amazon EMR to natively transform and orchestrate data, and design and run Hadoop MapReduce in-cluster on EMR. That, in turn, gives organizations new options for how they can operationalize a cloud-based data refinery architecture for on-demand governed delivery of data sets. [Related: HDS adds to advanced analytics portfolio with Pentaho buy ] “We’ve supported cloud deployment of Hadoop in the past,” Yarbrough says. “But now we’ve opened up the full ability to support an entire Amazon AWS instance. You can now push your data into EMR and then process that data at scale inside Hadoop with Pentaho Data Integration.” Pentaho 5.4 also adds an interface from Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) into SAP HANA at the request of a number of its larger customers, as well as Hitachi. The integration enables governed data delivery across multiple structured and unstructured sources. Big data at scale Along with support for integration with Amazon EMR and SAP HANA, the Pentaho 5.4 release adds capabilities around big data orchestration and analytics at scale, all based on Pentaho’s Big Data Blueprints use case designs. The new capabilities include the following: Integration of PDI with Apache Spark, enabling orchestration of Spark jobs New APIs to simplify embedding of analytics into business applications and processes The capability to localize Pentaho in French, German and Japanese Pentaho 5.4 is immediately available. Yarbrough says he expects the 6.0 release to come near the end of the year. Follow Thor on Google+ Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP What goes well with Viña Concha y Toro wines? Meat, fish, poultry, and SAP Viña Concha y Toro, a wine producer that distributes to more than 140 countries worldwide, paired its operation with the SAP Business Technology Platform to enhance its operation and product. By Tom Caldecott, SAP Contributor Dec 04, 2023 4 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by Azul How to maximize ROI by choosing the right Java partner for your organization Choosing the right Java provider is a critical decision that can have a significant impact on your organization’s success. By asking the right questions and considering the total cost of ownership, you can ensure that you choose the best Java p By Scott Sellers Dec 04, 2023 5 mins Application Management brandpost Sponsored by DataStax Ask yourself: How can genAI put your content to work? Generative AI applications can readily be built against the documents, emails, meeting transcripts, and other content that knowledge workers produce as a matter of course. By Bryan Kirschner Dec 04, 2023 5 mins Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence feature The CIO’s new role: Orchestrator-in-chief CIOs have unique insight into everything that happens in a company. Some are using that insight to take on a more strategic role. By Minda Zetlin Dec 04, 2023 12 mins CIO C-Suite Business IT Alignment Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe