Cloudera and Hortonworks merger means Hadoop's influence is declining

OPINION: On Wednesday, Cloudera and Hortonworks announced a "merger of equals," where Cloudera is acquiring Hortonworks with stock so that Cloudera shareholders end up with 60 percent of the combined company. The deal signifies that the Hadoop market could no longer sustain two big competitors. Hadoop has been synonymous with big data for years, but the […]