Gluent

CEO: Tanel Poder

Gluent develops data virtualization technology that makes possible what the Dallas-based startup calls "hybrid data" computing. The Gluent Data Platform offloads data from traditional relational database systems to Hadoop, while still providing access to that data.

The vendor's system creates a way for businesses to leverage the flexibility and scalability of cloud-based or on-premise Hadoop clusters while boosting query performance and reducing storage-area network and relational database license costs, according to the company.

Gluent was recognized as a Gartner "cool vendor" in data management and took second place in the Strata + Hadoop World Startup Showcase in March.