CDAP is a data application platform for building and managing data analytics applications in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It enables developers with data and application abstractions to accelerate development of analytics applications, addressing a broader range of real-time and batch use cases.

CDAP in addition to providing the ability to develop and manage applications, it also supports these essential capabilities:

• Java-based developer APIs and runtime for managing application;

• Portability of applications through decoupling underlying infrastructures;

• Abstraction of data through logical representations of underlying data;

• Services and tools that enable faster application creation in development;

• Higher degrees of operational control in production through enterprise best practices.