IBM InfoSphere DataStage Achieves Huawei Ready (TM) Certification for Big Data Compatibility

SHENZHEN, China, March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei today announced that IBM InfoSphere DataStage has achieved Huawei Ready™ status after the successful integration and interoperability test with Huawei FusionInsight. The result indicates that there is minimal risk involved for customers to deploy big data solutions by integrating Huawei FusionInsight with IBM InfoSphere DataStage.

IBM InfoSphere DataStage® is a core product module of the InfoSphere Information Server information integration platform, which offers universal data access to on-premise, cloud, mobile, and structured and unstructured data. It helps enterprises maximize business value from big data at any volume, velocity and variety, and enables them to obtain a building workflow capability that combines Hadoop-based activities defined via Oozie with other data integration activities.

Mr. Ren Zhipeng, President, IT Cloud Computing Product Line, Huawei, said, "We are pleased that IBM InfoSphere DataStage has qualified for, and will receive the Huawei Ready™ logo, and that it works effectively with Huawei's big data products. This will help enterprises acquire real valuable information from the torrents of data and gain insights on potential opportunities and risks. Huawei is committed to investing in the development of big data in the long term and dedicated to building the most extensive ecosystem with global partners."

Ms. Ritika Gunnar, Senior Executive, Information Integration and Governance, IBM Analytics Platform, IBM, said, "IBM InfoSphere platform together with Huawei's FusionInsight platform helps customers get more bang for their buck from big data platform investment. By combining Huawei's smart Hadoop technology and IBM's proven data integration and data governance technology, the joint solution creates a market-differentiated enterprise class big data platform that leads in a highly competitive market. It enables customers to create enterprise-level smart data management solutions in the shortest time and lowers the cost of overall IT investment. IBM will continue work with Huawei to create innovative data integration and data governance big data solutions."

Huawei Ready™ is a big data compatibility certification program that validates the compatibility of partner products and solutions with Huawei FusionInsight. The Huawei Ready™ certificate demonstrates to customers that partner products and solutions meet the highest compatibility and interoperability standards set by Huawei and customers can be jointly supported by partners and Huawei.

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