COLLABORATE, the annual conference presented each year by the OAUG, IOUG and Quest, provides the opportunity to reflect on key changes in the Oracle ecosystem and allows the users groups to engage with their constituents about the areas of greatest importance. With the COLLABORATE 16 conference now behind her, Dr. Patricia Dues, the new president of the OAUG, talked with DBTA about what OAUG members are concerned with now and how the OAUG is helping them address emerging challenges.
Posted May 20, 2016
Dell is updating its SharePlex database replication and near real-time data integration solution to enable users to replicate Oracle data directly to SAP HANA, Teradata, or EnterpriseDB Postgres.
Posted May 18, 2016
SnapLogic is unveiling new updates to its SnapLogic Elastic Integration Platform that add the ability to integrate streaming data and power big data analytics in the cloud. The Spring 2016 release adds support for Apache Kafka, Microsoft HDInsight, and Google Cloud Storage, plus multiple enhancements that automate data shaping and management tasks.
Posted May 18, 2016
Magnitude Software, a provider of enterprise information management (EIM) software, has acquired Datalytics Technologies LLC, a data warehouse solutions company. Founded in 1984, Datalytics Technologies offers pre-built data warehouse and data mart solutions for SAP's and Oracle's families of ERP systems.
Posted May 18, 2016
The Great Data Lake Roundtable at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 17, 2016
AtScale, Inc., which provides a self-service BI platform for Hadoop, has raised a Series B round of $11 million, bringing its total funding to date to $20 million. According to Bruno Aziza, chief marketing officer of AtScale, its platform is different from others in three key ways, making it applicable to use cases in an array of industries including healthcare, telecommunications, retail, and financial services.
Posted May 17, 2016
Bringing another tool to its product portfolio, IDERA has released SQL BI Check, a no-cost option for real-time performance monitoring of SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). SQL BI Check, with agentless installation, provides data on performance metrics with graphs and charts that assess and SSAS health.
Posted May 17, 2016
Strategies for Combining Structured and Unstructured Data at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 16, 2016
IBM Research has announced that for the first time ever, it is making quantum computing available to members of the public, who can access and run experiments on IBM's quantum processor via the cloud.
Posted May 16, 2016
Zerto, a data center continuity solutions provider, announced a business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) solution that sits on IBM Cloud. The new solution offers turnkey BC/DR capabilities that protect critical IT infrastructure, and supports multiple use cases including data center migrations.
Posted May 16, 2016
CA Technologies has introduced the latest release of CA Identity Suite, its leading identity and access governance solution, designed to add real-time analytics to strengthen operational efficiencies. It also provides new personalization and mobility capabilities plus pre-configured deployment scenarios that simplify the business user experience and drive faster implementation and time-to-value.
Posted May 16, 2016
BMC, a provider of data center management tools, has released MainView for Java Environments, an integrated systems management solution that helps provide insight into how Java is consuming resources and affecting application performance on mainframes.
Posted May 16, 2016
Combining Advanced Analytics with Machine Learning at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 12, 2016
Crafting the Perfect Email to Expand Brands and Supercharge Marketing Practices
Posted May 12, 2016
Kyle Hailey Discusses Simplifying the Data Application Process at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 12, 2016
Cross-Fire Panel Discussion at Data Summit 2016 Debates the Implications of IoT
Posted May 12, 2016
Doubling Developer Productivity With Virtual Data
Posted May 11, 2016
Tackling Governance During the Data Discovery Process
Posted May 11, 2016
10 Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Cloud Services
Posted May 11, 2016
Data Summit Keynotes Urge People to Think Bigger with Larger DataSets in the Cloud
Posted May 11, 2016
How Data is Being Put to Work is Explored at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 10, 2016
Charles Pack Examines the Benefits of Oracle NoSQL for the Oracle RDBMS DBA
Posted May 10, 2016
Learning How to Get Started with Big Data Analytics Using the Hadoop Ecosystem
Posted May 10, 2016
Solving Ad Hoc Query Challenges with Apache Drill
Posted May 10, 2016
Craig S. Mullins Covers What DBAs Need to Know to Go Beyond Relational at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 10, 2016
Anne Buff Talks Uniting Business and IT Goals at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 10, 2016
John O'Brien Discusses How to Craft Evolving Data Architecture at Data Summit 2016
Posted May 10, 2016
The Future of Data Management is Examined in Data Summit 2016 Keynotes
Posted May 10, 2016
MarkLogic has announced that MarkLogic 9 is available for early access. The latest release of the enterprise NoSQL database features enhancements in data integration, security, and manageability.
Posted May 10, 2016
Dell is updating its SharePlex database replication and near real-time data integration solution to enable users to replicate Oracle data directly to SAP HANA, Teradata, or EnterpriseDB Postgres.
Posted May 10, 2016
Trifacta is forming a partnership with Infosys to provide its data wrangling solution for the Infosys Information Platform (IIP) as well as Infosys' other platforms and offerings. Infosys is also participating in Trifacta's growth stage financing round.
Posted May 09, 2016
EMC Corp.'s Enterprise Content Division (ECD) is releasing an upgraded version of its EMC InfoArchive platform, enhancing the ability to secure and leverage large amounts of critical data and content.
Posted May 09, 2016
Looker is releasing a new platform of apps to help business units and departments gain the information they need to run their businesses. According to the company, Looker Data Apps have been developed from years of experience building custom applications for leading companies.
Posted May 09, 2016
Sinequa has announced the general availability of Sinequa ES Version 10. Powered by machine learning capabilities, the new version aims to deliver deep analytics of contents and user behavior, and offer information with continually improving relevance to users in their work environments. In order to achieve this advancement into the world of cognitive computing, with this new version, Sinequa has integrated the Spark platform in its distributed architecture and implemented machine learning algorithms on Spark within the core of its product
Posted May 05, 2016
Alteryx is releasing a new version of its self-service data analytics solution that offers support for a greater variety of data platforms and allows business users to achieve insights in hours.
Posted May 05, 2016
Oracle has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Opower, a provider of customer engagement and energy efficiency cloud services to utilities, in a transaction valued at approximately $532 million. Separately, Oracle also announced another agreement to acquire Textura, a provider of construction contracts and payment management cloud services for in a deal valued at approximately $663 million.
Posted May 04, 2016
Dell is releasing an upgraded version of its Statistica advanced analytics platform, providing tools to address Internet of Things (IoT) analytics requirements and leverage heterogeneous data environments.
Posted May 04, 2016
What makes an IT organization static or dynamic? What triggers an organization to move from one to the other? The transformation is not easy and it certainly does not happen quickly. These questions can also be asked at a personal level. As an IT professional, are you more likely to be static or dynamic?
Posted May 04, 2016
Migrating to Oracle and Other Systems Using Dell SharePlex
Posted May 03, 2016
TimeXtender, a provider of data warehouse automation (DWA) software for Microsoft SQL Server, is partnering with Qlik to offer a complete data warehouse and business intelligence package to users across the globe.
Posted May 03, 2016
Analytics provider Lavastorm is partnering with Qlik, a provider of visual analytics software, to offer an integrated solution for a broader swath of users of all skill levels through Qlik Sense.
Posted May 03, 2016
IBM's overall revenues for the most recent quarter (Q1 2016) continued to be flat, but the company's cloud and "strategic imperative" lines of business are seeing significant growth.
Posted May 02, 2016
IBM announced an expansion of its flash storage portfolio, which three new all-flash array products incorporating upgraded performance with a minimum latency of 250µs (microsecond).
Posted May 02, 2016
Coho Data, a provider of scale-out flash storage for the enterprise, announced support for OpenStack on DataStream and that the Coho Cinder driver is part of the OpenStack Mitaka released earlier this month.
Posted May 02, 2016
Dell Networking introduced new capabilities for campus and data center environments, including the launch of new cloud-managed wired and wireless solutions powered by Dell and Aerohive, Operating System 10 milestones and in-rack platforms for the data center.
Posted May 02, 2016
Dell Reveals New Name After Merger with EMC
Posted May 02, 2016
Qubole is announcing two major changes. It is releasing an open sourced version of its StreamX tool and forming a partnership with Looker.
Posted May 02, 2016
Kyle Hailey on How to Eliminate Data Constraints During Application Development at Data Summit
Posted April 29, 2016
Accenture and Splunk have formed an alliance that integrates Splunk products and cloud services into Accenture's application services, security, and digital offerings. The goal is to help customers improve business outcomes by mining vast amounts of application and operational data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement that were previously difficult to detect.
Posted April 28, 2016
Snowflake Computing, a provider of cloud-based data warehousing, and MicroStrategy, a provider of enterprise software platforms, are teaming up to provide cloud-enabled analytics. The collaboration will build on Snowflake's certified connectivity with MicroStrategy 10 through further product integration and go-to-market collaboration.
Posted April 28, 2016