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Cloudera, Hortonworks Plan To Merge As $5.2B Cloud Data Platform

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Palo Alto, CA-based Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR ) and Santa Clara, CA-based Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP ) said they expect the merger to close during the first quarter of 2019 if it passes an antitrust review. The goal of the combined entity is to provide a leading data platform. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Why Amazon Is the Undisputed E-Commerce Growth Leader

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From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. A platform is a business model and capability that can be accessed and customized by external users.