WANdisco and Comrise Partner to Deliver Hadoop Big Data Solutions to Global Enterprises

SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 8, 2013) -  WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, announced it has partnered with Comrise to help enterprises speed up their Hadoop deployments. The increasing amount and complexity of data creates growing challenges organizations need to meet with evolved infrastructures. WANdisco and Comrise are partnering to deliver Hadoop expertise and technology to enterprises to support today's Big Data requirements.

WANdisco Non-Stop NameNode WAN Edition provides 100% uptime for data processed and stored in Hadoop, completely eliminating downtime and data loss to give global enterprises unmatched performance, scalability and availability. Comrise, a global consulting firm specializing in analytics, Big Data and managed IT, will provide enterprises with business use case investigation, integration, professional services, and ongoing maintenance and support. Together, the companies will deliver end-to-end, non-stop Hadoop solutions.

"This partnership allows global enterprises to experience 100% uptime for Hadoop with WANdisco non-stop technology, coupled with the analytics expertise of Comrise data scientists," said David Richards, WANdisco CEO.

"We are excited to combine WANdisco's unique technology with our data analytics skills and experience to help enterprises rapidly deploy Hadoop and more quickly benefit from Big Data," said Robert Bigini, Comrise Vice President of Operations.

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The first activity the two companies will launch is a webinar series on considerations before implementing big data, dates and times of which will be announced shortly.

About Comrise
Established in 1984, Comrise is a global consulting firm with headquarters in the U.S. and China. Its teams specialize in Managed IT, Big Data, and Workforce Solutions -- Staff Augmentation, Recruiting, RPO, and Payrolling. With nearly 30 years of experience, Comrise provides local talent and resources on a global scale.

About WANdisco
WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a provider of enterprise-ready, non-stop software solutions that enable globally distributed organizations to meet today's data challenges of secure storage, scalability and availability. WANdisco's products are differentiated by the company's patented, active-active data replication technology, serving crucial high availability (HA) requirements, including Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Fortune Global 1000 companies, including AT&T, Motorola, Intel and Halliburton, rely on WANdisco for performance, reliability, security and availability. For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.

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