<p>(Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) --Newtown, PA - February 28, 2014 - EPAM Systems, Inc. /quotes/zigman/8645907/delayed/quotes/nls/epam EPAM -0.73% , a leading provider of complex software engineering solutions and a leader in Central and Eastern European IT service delivery, announced its partnership with Concurrent, Inc., the enterprise Big Data application platform company and developer of Cascading, the most widely used and deployed application platform for building, deploying and managing robust Big Data applications.</p><p>With more than 6 years of supporting large-scale Big Data initiatives for the enterprise, Cascading is a widely deployed platform for scalable Big Data applications that opens data assets to more users within an organization, including data scientists, analysts and engineers. Leveraged by EPAM, the Cascading framework will help companies enable faster time-to-market and deliver repeatable solutions based on a standard infrastructure and flexible support of all popular Hadoop distributions. With its deep expertise in software development and large number of talented engineers, data scientists and solution architects, EPAM is ideally positioned for helping its customers gain immediate value from their growing data assets.</p><p>"We rely on EPAM's extensive pool of software engineers and architects who are continuously trained to be experts in delivering Big Data solutions," says Gary Nakamura, CEO, Concurrent, Inc. "Together, Concurrent and EPAM will jointly contribute to our customers' success in Big Data projects with powerful resources."</p><p>"We recognize Concurrent's continuing innovation in Big Data and Data Science and the value their technology brings to the industry," states Sam Rehman, Chief Technology Officer, EPAM Systems. "Concurrent products are a great addition to the toolkit of EPAM engineers, enriching the data solutions we provide to our customers. Our clients often ask us for help in transitioning to the new technology stack, and Cascading simplifies that learning curve very effectively."</p><p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/epam-partners-with-concurrent-inc-to-leverage-big-data-for-the-enterprise-2014-02-28">Keep reading...</a></p>