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Hortonworks

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American software company

Hortonworks, Inc. was a data software company based in Santa Clara, California that developed and supported open-source software (primarily around Apache Hadoop) designed to manage big data and associated processing. Hortonworks software was used to build enterprise data services and applications such as IoT (connected cars, for example), single view of X (such as customer, risk, patient), and advanced analytics and machine learning (such as next best action and realtime cybersecurity). Hortonworks had three interoperable product lines:3 Its shares trade on NASDAQ under the symbol HDP.1 It ceased to exist in 2019.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Overview

2011Founded1

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  • TickerHDP on NASDAQ1
  • Industrysoftware industry1
  • HeadquartersPalo Alto1
  • Websitehortonworks.com
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • Incorporated inDE6
  • Business address5470 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, Ca 950546
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer, Emerging growth company6
  • LEI5493004EDDTHN0JKFZ294
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered addressC/O CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, 19808 Wilmington, United States4
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 49696664

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Hortonworks, Inc. was a data software company based in Santa Clara, California that developed and supported open-source software (primarily around Apache Hadoop) designed to manage big data and associated processing.3

What it owns

What Hortonworks reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$37.4M8 Dec 31, 2017$32.8M8 Dec 31, 2016+14.2%
Accumulated depreciation$21.1M8 Dec 31, 2017$13.4M8 Dec 31, 2016+57.3%
Property and equipment, net$16.4M8 Dec 31, 2017$19.4M8 Dec 31, 2016−15.5%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$62.7M8 Dec 31, 2017$53.3M8 Dec 31, 2016+17.6%
Marketable securities, current$9.8M8 Dec 31, 2017$31.8M8 Dec 31, 2016−69.2%
Debt securities available for sale$18.7M8 Dec 31, 2017$35.8M8 Dec 31, 2016−47.9%
Long-term investments$4.1M8 Dec 31, 2016$2.6M9 Dec 31, 2015+57.6%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$34.3M8 Dec 31, 2017$34.3M8 Dec 31, 20160%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$4.4M8 Dec 31, 2017$4.4M8 Dec 31, 20160%
Accumulated amortization$2.2M8 Dec 31, 2017$1.3M8 Dec 31, 2016+69.0%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$2.2M8 Dec 31, 2017$3.1M8 Dec 31, 2016−28.2%

The story

Hortonworks was formed in June 2011 as an independent company, funded by $23 million venture capital from Yahoo! and Benchmark Capital. Its first office was in Sunnyvale, California. The company employed contributors to the open source software project Apache Hadoop. The Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) product, first released in June 2012, included Apache Hadoop and was used for storing, processing, and analyzing large volumes of data. The platform was designed to deal with data from many sources and formats. The platform included Hadoop technology such as the Hadoop Distributed File System, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, HBase, ZooKeeper, and additional components.

Eric Baldeschweiler (from Yahoo) was initial chief executive, and Rob Bearden chief operating officer, formerly from SpringSource. Benchmark partner Peter Fenton was a board member. The company name refers to the character Horton the Elephant, since the elephant is the symbol for Hadoop.

In October 2018, Hortonworks and Cloudera announced they would be merging in an all-stock merger of equals. After the merger, the Apache products of Hortonworks became Cloudera Data Platform.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hortonworks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Who has led Hortonworks, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Robert G. Bearden2014–2019

President

  1. Herbert Cunitz2014–2016
  2. Rajnish Verma2017
  3. Robert G. Bearden2018–2019

Chief financial officer

  1. Scott Davdson2014–2017

Chief operating officer

  1. Rajnish Verma2017
  2. Scott Davdson2017
201520202025
Board members and other officers (12)

Timeline

  1. Jan 3, 2019Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Dec 12, 2014Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  3. Dec 11, 2014New chief executive Robert G. Bearden becomes CEO10
  4. 2011Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Hortonworks is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARHortonworks, Inc.2
  • CIK0001610532
  • Employer ID (EIN)37-16343252
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer<br>emerging growth company2
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)7372 Services-Prepackaged Software2
  • Business address5470 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 950542
  • Phone408-916-41212
  • Shares outstanding83,585,542 as of Nov 1, 201827
  • Public float$571.2M as of Jun 30, 20178
  • On EDGAR sinceJun 27, 20142
  • Filings561 in all: 4 (355), 8-K (34), 425 (31), 3 (21), SC 13G/A (18), 3/A (15), SC 13G (14), 10-Q (12)2
    All 34 form types

    5 (6), S-8 (5), S-8 POS (5), 10-K (4), 4/A (4), DEF 14A (4), UPLOAD (4), CT ORDER (3), DRS/A (3), DRSLTR (3), EFFECT (3), 424B4 (2), CORRESP (2), 15-12B (1), 25-NSE (1), 8-A12B (1), CERTNAS (1), DEFM14A (1), DRS (1), POS AM (1), POS EX (1), S-1 (1), S-1/A (1), S-1MEF (1), S-3 (1), S-3/A (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 15, 2018
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 8, 2018
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 24, 2018
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Jan 3, 2019

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