Alteryx, LLC and Hortonworks Inc. announced a partnership to ensure the large number of business and data analysts can gain the great value from Big Data by blending Hadoop with other data to deliver business insight. Alteryx and Hortonworks will work to promote the business value of Apache Hadoop, via the enterprise-grade Hortonworks Data Platform and the Alteryx Strategic Analytics platform. Hortonworks will also sponsor the Alteryx Inspire 2013 conference to be held March 5-7, 2013 in Phoenix, AZ., and highlight its newly announced Hortonworks Sandbox offering.