Simba to Deliver Full Suite of Big Data JDBC Drivers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 11 — Simba Technologies Inc., the industry’s source for standards-based relational and multi-dimensional data connectivity solutions, unveiled a full suite of JDBC drivers for Big Data today at the 2014 Strata Conference. Enterprises using SAP Lumira or IBM Cognos can use the new Simba Big Data JDBC drivers to connect their business intelligence (BI) solutions to Cassandra, Drill, Google BigQuery, Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Impala, MongoDB, Presto, or Salesforce.com.

“As the enterprise connectivity pioneer, Simba is the answer for connecting business data to any analytical, BI, and reporting tool, helping enterprises unlock the power of their data for a decisive advantage,” said Amyn Rajan, President and CEO at Simba Technologies. “With over 20 years invested and the largest development team in the world dedicated to designing big data drivers, Simba consistently delivers the most innovative connectivity solutions to the market. Our enterprise-grade drivers are today’s preferred industry solution. The biggest Hadoop distributions, including Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR, trust Simba drivers. We’re thrilled to showcase our full suite of JDBC drivers today at the Strata Conference to all the Big Data players.”

The suite of Simba JDBC drivers strengthens Simba’s position as The On Ramp To Big Data.

Unrivaled Performance. Big Data is only getting bigger. For interactive BI connectivity, speed matters. Simba’s JDBC drivers offer the fastest performance in the industry.

Enterprise Class. The Big Data players trust Simba’s standards-based data access and analytics solutions. The world’s larger independent software vendors, including Microsoft, Google, Teradata, Oracle, and SAP, prefer Simba. Enterprises using solutions from any major software vendor today are already using Simba drivers.

SQL Capabilities. SQL is the lingua franca of the enterprise. Simba has engineered rich SQL capabilities into its JDBC drivers to connect any business tool with NoSQL and non-SQL databases.

Compatibility with Any BI Tool. Simba drivers are compatible with all the BI, analytical, and reporting tools, including Tableau, SAP Lumira, and Cognos. These applications simply work with Simba drivers.

Full Suite. The new Simba JDBC drivers can connect to Big Data wherever it resides: Cassandra, Drill, Google BigQuery, Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Impala, MongoDB, Presto, or Salesforce.com.

Simba’s drivers and providers are available for individual, enterprise, and OEM licensing. Simba offers connectors for Cassandra, Google BigQuery, HBase, Hive, Impala, MongoDB, Salesforce.com, and SAP BW. For more information about all of Simba’s Big Data ODBC & JDBC Drivers and for a free 30-day trial, visit: www.simba.com/connectors.