Directory: Big data vendors in Asia

Data analytics isn't new, but the number of companies offering big data solutions has certainly risen in recent years. To help IT professionals and technology decision-makers navigate the big data landscape, ZDNet editors have compiled a shortlist of vendors in the Asia region.

This is not a paid listing, nor is it an exhaustive list: it's an alphabetic glossary of vendors that provide data analytics, data warehousing, business intelligence or other big data products and services.

Cloudera
Company profile Focused exclusively on the big data business, Cloudera offers software and services based on the open-source Apache Hadoop platform.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products CDH (Cloudera's Distribution, including Apache Hadoop), Cloudera Enterprise RTD, Cloudera Enterprise RTQ, Cloudera Enterprise Free
Contact Cloudera Inc., Kyobashi 2-7-14 Burex Kyobashi 701220 Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031 • International: +1 650-329-1210
Key links Why Cloudera, Cloudera Solutions, Using Cloudera to Improve Data Processing (whitepaper)

Fujitsu
Company profile Fujitsu is an IT equipment, software and services company based in Japan. It offers three software platforms, designed for parallel distributed processing, complex event processing and extreme transactional processes.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products Interstage Big Data Parallel Processing Server, Interstage Big Data Complex Event Processing Server, Interstage eXtreme Transaction Processing Server
Contact Fujitsu Office Headquarters,Shiodome City Center 1-5-2 Higashi-Shimbashi,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7123 • +81-3-6252-2220 / Fujitsu China, 13F Tower A, Ocean International Center, No.56 Dong Si Huan Zhong Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025 • +86-10-5969-1000 / Fujitsu India, 15th Floor, Building No. 9 Tower A, Phase III,
DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon 122002 • +91-124-470-5100 / Fujitsu Singapore, 20 Science Park Road #03-37, TeleTech Park, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117674 • +65 6512-7555
Key links Fujitsu Big Data Software, Fujitsu Big Data Software Use Cases (brochure)

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
Company profile Like many historically manufacturing-led companies, storage specialist HDS is moving its portfolio towards software and services, with big data a major component of its plans. The company's solutions now fall into a three-tier structure: Infrastructure Cloud, Content Cloud and Information Cloud.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products Hitachi Content Platform and Hitachi Data ingestor
Contact Hitachi Data Systems Asean Headquarters, 300 Beach Road 28-01
The Concourse, Singapore 199555 • +65 6225 3377 / HDS China, 15th Floor, Tower W2, Oriental Plaza No. 1, East Chang An Avenue Beijing 100738 • +86-10-8518-2238 / HDS India, 6th Floor, C Wing, Laxmi Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai 400 051 • +91 22 2652 6121/ 6110
Key links Hitachi Cloud Solutions, HDS Object Storage Solutions

HP
Company profile Ranked third on Wikibon's list of Big Data market players (based on Big Data revenue), HP offers hardware that's optimised for Big Data operations (such as its Proliant servers), as well as a portfolio of Hadoop solutions and other data analytics and storage technologies.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, SMBs
Featured Big Data products HP Proliant Gen8 servers, HP Cluster Insight Management Utility, HP A5830 switches, Hadoop distributions (Cloudera, MapR, Hortonworks), Autonomy, Vertica
Contact HP Singapore (Sales), 450 Alexandra Road Singapore 119960 • +65 6275 3888 / HP India (Sales), 24, Salarpuria Arena, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560030 • (080) 26129000 / HP China, 北京市朝阳区建国路112号 中国惠普大厦 100022 • 010-65643888
Key links Big Data Consulting Services, Information Management, HP Servers

IBM
Company profile Global tech monolith IBM tops the Wikibon list of big data mega-vendors. According to the report, IBM currently claims the biggest market share of big data revenue, with just under US$1 billion.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, SMBs
Featured Big Data products InfoSphere Streams, InfoSphere BigInsights, InfoSphere Data Explorer, InfoSphere Master Data Management, InfoSphere Information Server, IBM Netezza Data Warehouse Appliances, IBM InfoSphere Warehouse, IBM Smart Analytics System
Contact IBM Singapore, 9 Changi Business Park Central 1, The IBM Place, Singapore 486048 • 1800 418 1000 / IBM China, 25/F, Pangu Plaza No. 27, Central North Fourth Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101 • +86-10-6361-8888 / IBM India, No.12, Subramanya Arcade, Bannerghatta Main Road, Bangaluru 560 029 • +918040683000
Key links Big Data Platform, Business Analytics Portfolio, Data Warehousing Solutions

Information Builders
Company profile Information Builders provides WebFOCUS enterprise business intelligence and reporting tools, and also produces the iWay enterprise data integration and data integrity tools.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products WebFOCUS, iWay (integration) iWay (integrity)
Contact Information Builders Singapore, 10 Ubi Crescent No 03-24 Ubi Techpark Lobby B, Singapore 408564 • +65 6286 2922 / Information Builders China, 0815 Building A, ShouGang International Building, No. 60 North Street, XiZhiMen HaiDan District Beijing 100088 • 86-10-5128-9680 / InfoBuild India, No. 1 Commander-in-Chief Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 008 600 008 • +91-44-42177082
Key links Big Data, Big Strategy, Big Results; Big Data Analytics

Microsoft
Company profile Microsoft continues to strengthen its position as a major player in the big data field, thanks to enhancements to SQL Server, technologies such as HDInsight Services for Windows, integration with Office tools and partnerships with leading BI and data warehousing vendors.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, SMBs
Featured Big Data products HDInsight Services For Windows, SQL Server 2012 Big Data Solution, PowerPivot
Contact Microsoft Singapore, • + / Microsoft China, • 011-86-10-5917-0101 / Microsoft India, • +91 80 40103000
Key links Big Data, Business Intelligence, HDInsight Services For Windows (TechNet Wiki), Windows Server 2012, Big Data Analytics

MicroStrategy
Company profile MicroStrategy launched in 1989 and has since become a leader in the field of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence. It entered the mobile BI market in 2010 and released its social media applications and cloud-based platform in 2011.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products MicroStrategy Intelligence Server, MicroStrategy Visual Insight, MicroStrategy Mobile, MicroStrategy Cloud
Contact MicroStrategy Singapore, 390 Havelock Road, #03-02 King's Centre, Singapore 169662 • +65 6303 8900 / MicroStrategy China, F16, Building D, Tongfang Hi-tech Plaza, No.1 Wangzhuang Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083 / MicroStrategy India, Trade Centre, Regus, 1st Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai, 400 051 •
Key links Big Data, Business Intelligence for the Enterprise

NetApp
Company profile Computer storage and data management vendor NetApp produces two industry-leading storage operating systems, Data ONTAP 8 and Data ONTAP Edge. Its OnCommand Management software is aimed at simplifying management of shared storage infrastructure.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products NetApp Data ONTAP 8 Operating System, Data ONTAP Edge, NetApp E5400 Data Storage System
Contact NetApp Singapore, 1 Temasek Avenue, #08-01 Millenia Tower, Singapore 039192 • +65 6496 3500 or 3501 / NetApp China, 7/F, Rm 701, Tower A, Pacific Century Place, 2A Gong Ti Bei Road, Beijing 100027 • +86-10-5929 3000 / NetApp India, IFCI Tower, 8th Floor, Wing A, 61- Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019 •
Key links Big Data Solutions, Technical Reports, Library

Opera Solutions
Company profile Founded in 2004, Opera Solutions provides an advanced big data analytics framework based around two products: The Vektor Platform for data integration, management and analytics, and The Insight Bureau for performance-related reporting.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, verticals
Featured Big Data products The Vektor Platform, The Insight Bureau
Contact Opera Solutions China, F18 Yongda International Tower 2277# Long Yang Rd, Shanghai 201204 • +86 (0) 21 6859 9001 / Opera Solutions India, Floor 6, Express Trade Towers - 1, Plot No. 15-16 Sector 16A, Noida, New Delhi 201 301 • +91 (120) 4642400
Key links Science, Intelligence Technology: Harnessing the Value in Big Data

Oracle
Company profile With its database focus, enterprise IT vendor Oracle is well positioned to be a dominant player in the big data field. It offers a broad portfolio of big data tools and technologies, including its Big Data Appliance, which integrates Cloudera's Hadoop distribution and the NoSQL database.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, midsize companies
Featured Big Data products Oracle NoSQL Database, Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Big Data Appliance, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Big Data Connectors, Oracle Advanced Analytics, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Data Warehousing, Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine
Contact Oracle Singapore, 6 Temasek Boulevard, #18-01 Suntec Tower Four, Singapore 038986 • / Oracle China, No. 5 the King South China Street, Yuanyang Guanghua Center Block C 21 layer, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020 • / Oracle India, DLF Building No 8, Tower C, Ground & 7th Floor, DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase - II
Gurgaon 122002 •
Key links Oracle and Big Data, Oracle Technical Network

QlikTech
Company profile Established in Sweden in 1993, QlikTech offers a self-contained BI platform called QlikView, which is based entirely on in-memory store. QlikView is billed as delivering 'self-service' BI and includes various integrated BI tools.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, SMBs
Featured Big Data product QlikView
Contact QlikTech Singapore, • / QlikTech India, Unit No. 608 & 609, Prestige Meridian - 1, No.29, M.G. Road, Bangalore 560 001 •
Key links Big Data, Qlik Community, Qlik Demos

SAP
Company profile According to Gartner, SAP's BusinessObjects BI platform and NetWeaver Business Warehouse make up the biggest share of the current business intelligence market. SAP recently announced a big data bundle that integrates Hadoop with its in-memory platform, SAP HANA.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse, BusinessObjects, SAP HANA
Contact SAP Asia, 30 Pasir Panjang Road, #03-32, Mapletree Business City, Singapore 117440 • +65 6664-6868 / SAP China (Chaoyang), • / SAP China (Haidian), SAP India, •
Key links SAP HANA Web site, Big Data Solutions, Enterprise Information Management

SAS
Company profile SAS began life in 1976 producing statistics software (SAS stands for Statistical Analysis Software), but has long since broadened its portfolio to include information management, analytics and business intelligence tools aimed at a wide range of market sectors.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, SMBs, verticals
Featured Big Data products SAS Information Management, SAS Analytics, SAS Business Intelligence, SAS High-Performance Analytics, SAS Solutions On-Demand
Contact SAS Singapore, 20 Anson Road, Level 8 Twenty Anson, Singapore 079912 • (65) 6398 8988 / SAS China, Unit 1801-1803，Tower E1, Oriental Plaza, No.1 East Chang An Ave，Dong Cheng District • (86-10) 5913 2888 / SAS India, "Vipps Centre", 2, Local Shopping Centre, Block - EFGH. Masjid Moth, Greater Kailash-2, New Delhi 110 048 • 91-11-4143 6824/ 4052 3423/ 4052 3424
Key links Big Data: what is it?, SAS High-Performance Analytics: Transforming Big Data into Corporate Gold; Big Data, Bigger Opportunities

Tableau
Company profile Seattle-based Tableau, founded in 2003, is a standalone BI vendor that offers interactive data visualisation technologies. It recently announcement that Tableau 8.0, expected in Q1 of 2013, will offer integration with Google BigQuery.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, SMBs
Featured Big Data products Tableau Server, Tableau Public
Contact Tableau Software Singapore, • 65 6838 4898
Key links Big Data Analytics, Product Demos, Tableau Technology

Teradata
Company profile Teradata, formerly a division of NCR, is an analytic data solutions company focused on delivering "actionable business intelligence". Offerings include the Teradata Database, data warehouse applications, data appliances, and design and implementation services.
Geographical region US (with global consulting centres)
Target market Enterprise
Featured Big Data products Teradata Database, Teradata Aster Big Analytics Appliance, Teradata Extreme Data Appliance, Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse
Contact Teradata Singapore, 300 Beach Road, #18-02 The Concourse, Singapore 199555 • / Teradata China, / Teradata India,
Key links Big Data Analytics, Teradata Applications, Enterprise Data Warehousing

TIBCO Software
Company profile Founded in 1997, TIBCO (The Information Bus Company) provides on-premise or cloud-hosted software for capturing information and acting on it in a timely manner (the company calls this "the two-second advantage"). TIBCO's analytics and visualisation product is Spotfire, now at version 5.
Geographical region Global
Target market Enterprise, verticals
Featured Big Data products TIBCO Spotfire, TIBCO Spotfire S+, TIBCO ActiveSpaces
Contact TIBCO Singapore, 9 Raffles Place #20-20 , Republic Plaza II Singapore 048619 • +65 6836 3880 / TIBCO China, Unit 1559, 15/F YinTai Office Tower, No.2 Jianguomenwai Ave
Beijing 100022 • +86-10-6563-7955 / TIBCO India (Hyderabad), Block 1, 3rd floor, DLF Cyber City, APHB Colony, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 019 • +91 40 4920 6000
Key links TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform, A 5-Minute Guide To Business Analytics