Version 7 simplifies exploration and analysis of emerging data types, improves Hadoop integration, enhances security   HP announced enhancements to the HP Vertica Analytics Platform, enabling organizations to accelerate business value from a vastly expanded variety of data. Version 7 of the HP Vertica Analytics Platform, also called HP Vertica Crane, dramatically simplifies the exploration and analysis of semistructured and “dark” data,(1) provides enhanced integration with Hadoop, and offers significant security and performance enhancements. While organizations recognize the immense potential value in big data, it can be challenging to find patterns in, or explore new forms of, semistructured data such as social media, web logs, sensors and the Internet of Things. These rapidly growing and critically important data types typically require a lengthy process to load into traditional analytics platforms and data warehouses before they can be stored, explored and served, thus remaining “dark” to many organizations. HP Vertica Crane solves [...]