BIG DATA BIG MONEYA Comparison of the Mysterious Stranger and the Celebrity

PLAYERS ON THE FIELD

In this diagram created by Cisco in 2014, the two obvious standouts are quite different in terms of position and ‘color.’

DIFFERENCE #1: COLORCloudera is Hadoop-centric, Palantir is not

DIFFERENCE #2: LEVEL OF COMPETITIONPlayers in the center of the field face dense competition

BIG MONEYSize of the nodes is equivalent to total funding

In Q1 2016, Palantir is now 2x larger having reached a total funding of $2.3 billion.

Big funding for a company that has few competitors seems straight forward enough.What might explain such big funding for a company that is surrounded by competitors?

PARTNERS COUNT

Diagram credit: Just Total Tech

PARTNERSIn the Hadoop galaxy, many pieces or satellite technologies are required to create a complete system.

A ‘Distribution,’ which provides the required pieces in a bundle, gains an advantage by having many satellite partners to create a complete ecosystem.

IN THE FINAL ANALYSISWhile Palantir, with the largest funding, may be the Jupiter node on the big data spacescape; Cloudera, with its beautiful

rings of orbiting partners, is Saturn.