Greenplum, a division of EMC, is driving the future of Big Data analytics with breakthrough products that harness the skills of data science teams to help global organizations realize the full promise of business agility and become data-driven, predictive enterprises. The division's products include Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform, Greenplum Data Computing Appliance, Greenplum Analytics Lab, Greenplum Database, Greenplum HD and Greenplum Chorus. They embody the power of open systems, cloud computing, virtualization and social collaboration—enabling global organizations to gain greater insight and value from their data than ever before possible.

Greenplum was acquired by EMC in July 2010, becoming the foundation of EMC's Big Data Division. With technical and business leaders from large-scale computing companies like Amazon and Yahoo!, and database companies including Oracle, Informix, Teradata, Netezza, Microsoft and Vertica, Greenplum is tapping the best minds in the business of big data to deliver the next-generation of data warehousing and analytics.

History

Greenplum Founded: June 2003
Greenplum Database Released: January 2005
Sun Partnership: July 2006
Greenplum Map Reduce: 2008
MAD Skills Methodology: March 2009
EMC Acquisition: July 2010
Greenplum Data Computing Appliance Introduced: October 2010
Greenplum Community Edition: February 2011
Greenplum | SAS Strategic Partnership: April 2011
Greenplum HD (Enterprise-Ready Hadoop) Introduced: May 2011
First Annual Data Science Summit: May 2011
MADLib: July 2011
Modular Greenplum DCA Product Line: September 2011
Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform UAP Launch: December 2011
Greenplum Chorus: March 2012
Pivotal Labs Acquisition: March 2012
Second Annual Data Science Summit: May 2012
Greenplum Analytics Workbench Goes Live: May 2012
Greenplum Chorus source code becomes available: October 2012
OpenChorus integrates with Kaggle's data scientist community: October 2012