Santa Clara, CA, Dec 22nd, 2014 -- Pluto7, a nichecloud solutions and a consulting firm specializing in Visualization and Big Data analytics for Internet of Everything/Things, Planning Application and Salesforce automation for leading organizations, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance partnership with MapRTechnologies, provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®. With the partnership, Pluto7 will leverage the MapR Distribution includingHadoop which offersa proven, enterprise-grade platform that supports a broad set of mission-critical and real-time production uses to provide enterprise customers with Big Data, Analytics and Internet of Things/Everything solutions.

The expertise of Pluto7's businessconsulting practice is bolstered by its well-defined analytics framework and specialty services, including descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analysis. The company's team of seasoned consultants and data scientists has a proven track record in delivering business intelligence strategy and dynamic solutions that are aligned with each customer's critical decision-making needs. Leveraging the production-ready Hadoop platform fromMapR, Pluto7will provide a cutting-edge, end-to-end integrated solution for data-driven business decision-making to its customers. The Pluto7 and MapR partnership will give Pluto7's customers the true competitive advantage needed in today's dynamically evolving environment.

"Our customers are looking for the dependability, ease-of-use and fast Hadoop capability whichMapRprovides along with the capabilities ofNoSQL, database and streaming applications in one unified Big Data platform," said Manju Devadas, CEO, Pluto7.

“We’re pleased to have Pluto7 join our Advantage Partner Program and leverage the MapR Distribution in their engagements,” said Jon Posnik, vice president business development, MapR Technologies. “Pluto7 is rapidly expanding their big data expertise to help customers solve complex issues and we look forward to including our enterprise-grade Hadoop platform as part of their solution offerings.”

About MapR Technologies

MapR delivers on the promise of Hadoop with a proven, enterprise-grade platform that supports a broad set of mission-critical and real-time production uses. MapR brings unprecedented dependability, ease-of-use and world-record speed to Hadoop, NoSQL, database and streaming applications in one unified distribution for Hadoop. MapR is used by more than 700 customers across financial services, government, healthcare, internet, manufacturing, media, retail and telecommunications as well as by leading Global 2000 and Web 2.0 companies. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Teradata and HP are part of the broad MapR partner ecosystem. Investors include Google Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. MapR is based in San Jose, CA. Connect with MapR on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

About Pluto7:

Pluto7Consulting is a global Solutions and consulting firm focused on planning and Salesforce automation, leveraging emerging technologies for innovation in the Hi Tech, Government and Retail verticals. The Pluto7 team has a single minded mission to become our customers' trusted partner, turning disruptive technologies into competitive advantages. The Pluto7 difference lies in our ability to simplify complex solutions from the user’s perspective. Our Innovation minds in the Silicon Valley identify new capabilities faster and respond to the dynamics of the market. Visit us at http://www.Pluto7.com.