Two heads are better than one, the common saying goes, especially when those heads belong to a federation comprised of EMC, Pivotal Software, Inc., VMware, Inc. and RSA Security, Inc.

On theCUBE during the Hadoop Summit 2015, Michael Cucchi, Pivotal’s senior director of outbound product, discussed the company’s recent collaborations.

 “The federation provides the guidance and can do the pre-engineering required to deliver something that’s rapidly providing value to the customer,” he said. “It’s complex to put so many pieces together at an enterprise-class level, and that’s where we’re pioneering together.”