We’ve all dreamed of going to bed one day and waking up the next with superpowers – stronger, faster and even perhaps with the ability to fly. Yesterday that is exactly what happened to Tom Reilly and the people at Cloudera and Hortonworks. On October 2nd they went to bed as two rivals vying for leadership in the big data space. In the morning they woke up as Cloudera 2.0, a $700M firm, with a clear leadership position. “From the edge to AI”…to infinity and beyond!
Today, Docker or Kubernetes are obvious choices. But, back in 2015, these technologies were just emerging and hoping for massive adoption. How do tech companies make the right open source technology choices early?