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Hortonworks DataFlow

Hortonworks DataFlow (HDF) is a software platform that helps people manage, analyze and process streaming data (data that arrives quickly and needs to be processed in real-time). HDF can take data from sources like sensors and web servers and turn it into useful information. It can help businesses make decisions quickly, detect patterns over time and unveil helpful insights. HDF includes lots of special tools and technology that helps make sense of the data and puts it all together in one place so that people can easily understand what's going on.