The Coolest Big Data Systems And Platform Companies Of The 2021 Big Data 100

April 26, 2021, 02:00 PM EDT

Part 2 of CRN’s Big Data 100 includes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the systems and platforms space.

Amazon Web Services

Top Executive: CEO Andy Jassy

For many business and solution providers, AWS has become an indispensable cloud platform for storing and managing data and running big data applications.

In addition to serving as a platform for other vendors big data systems, AWS offers its own growing portfolio of big data services including databases (Amazon Aurora, RDS and DynamoDB); analytics (Amazon Athena, Elasticsearch Service, Kinesis, Quicksight and Redshift); and data management (AWS Glue, Lake Formation, Data Pipeline and Data Exchange).

CEO Andy Jassy has led AWS’ astounding growth and he is about to take over as CEO of parent company Amazon once current CEO Jeff Bezos steps aside, as announced in February. Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky, who previously worked at Seattle-based AWS, is taking over as AWS CEO.

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Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting has been with CRN since 2006 and is currently a feature/special projects editor. Whiting manages a number of CRN’s signature annual editorial projects including Channel Chiefs, Partner Program Guide, Big Data 100, Emerging Vendors, Tech Innovators and Products of the Year. He also covers the Big Data beat for CRN. He can be reached at rwhiting@thechannelcompany.com.