MapR Technologies has added a small footprint edition of the MapR Converged Data Platform to address the need to capture, process, and analyze data generated by IoT devices close to the source. MapR Edge enables secure local processing, quick aggregation of insights on a global basis, and the ability to push intelligence back to the edge for faster business impact.
Posted March 14, 2017
Infoworks.io, Inc., which provides data warehousing on Hadoop, has closed $15 million in a Series B financing which it will use to scale go-to-market and customer success programs to meet customer demand.
Posted March 14, 2017
Impetus Technologies, has announced StreamAnalytix 3.0, which adds support for Apache Spark-based batch processing and enriched online and offline machine learning features. The new capabilities are targeted at helping enterprises improve the performance of their analytical models and achieve more favorable business outcomes. StreamAnalytix 3.0 will be available under a beta program online by the end of April 2017.
Posted March 14, 2017
Zoomdata, the developer of a visual analytics platform for big data, has announced the launch of a new Smart Connector for the Vertica Advanced Analytics database from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Vertica systems integrator, Clarity Insights, will offer customers pre-integrated Zoomdata packages for Vertica as well as other supported data sources.
Posted March 14, 2017
Cloudera, which provides an analytics platform built on Hadoop and other open source software, has unveiled the Cloudera Data Science Workbench, a new self-service tool for data science that is based on the company's recent acquisition of Sense.io. The Cloudera Data Science Workbench is currently in beta.
Posted March 14, 2017
Dell EMC has rolled out DLm release 4.5 for cloud-based physical tape replacement, offered as a substitute for physical tape. This builds on Dell EMC's offerings of Dell EMC VMAX All Flash primary storage and Disk Library for mainframe (DLm) virtual tape.
Posted March 13, 2017
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nimble Storage, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of predictive all-flash and hybrid-flash storage solutions. The reported purchase price is $1 billion.
Posted March 13, 2017
IBM has introduced new DevOps tools on Bluemix, its developer platform, intended to enable companies and development teams to continuously and automatically ensure the quality of the code in their apps.
Posted March 13, 2017
Primary Data has added new features intended to transform its DataSphere software platform into a metadata engine that automates the flow of data to help enterprises meet evolving application demands at petabyte scale. DataSphere 1.2 optimizes scale-out NAS for performance without bottlenecks, integrates with the cloud, automates data management, and provides client and file visibility with files hosted across different storage system
Posted March 13, 2017
Thales, a provider of cybersecurity and data security, will partner with BT, a provider of communications services and solutions, to provide Vormetric Transparent Encryption to its users. Vormetric Transparent Encryption helps customers encrypt data-at-rest, control privileged user access, and manage a collection of security intelligence logs without re-engineering applications, databases or infrastructure.
Posted March 13, 2017
Last February, Oracle introduced a new Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Cloud Program to provide organizations with technical and go-to-market assistance. Today, according to Oracle, the OPN program has 25,000 partners worldwide, over 200 specializations, 5,000 specialized partners and 150,000 certified partners. As the OPN Cloud Program marked its 1-year anniversary, Kimberly Lasseter, senior director of World Wide Alliances and Channels for the Oracle PartnerNetwork program, reflected on what has been achieved to date and what's ahead for Oracle partners.
Posted March 13, 2017
Unravel Data, which provides an application performance management (APM) platform designed to simplify DataOps, has unveiled a new set of automated actions for improving big data operations and performance.
Posted March 10, 2017
Mastering In-Memory Data Technology at Data Summit 2017
Posted March 10, 2017
Dataguise's DgSecure Detect platform now supports sensitive data detection on Google Cloud Storage (GCS), allowing users to leverage Google's powerful object storage service to understand where sensitive data is located. Integration with GCS extends the range of platforms supported by DgSecure Detect, which helps data-driven enterprises move to the cloud with confidence by providing precise sensitive data detection across the enterprise, both on premises and in the cloud.
Posted March 10, 2017
Teradata is introducing a new platform in the open source space that will deliver unprecedented efficiencies for companies creating data lakes. Teradata is launching Kylo, a data lake management software platform built using the latest open source capabilities such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and Apache NiFi.
Posted March 09, 2017
GridGain Systems, provider of in-memory computing platform solutions based on Apache Ignite, is releasing GridGain Professional Edition 1.9, improving performance and automated benchmarking. This update version fully supports Apache Ignite 1.9 and introduces Kubernetes support for deploying containerized Ignite clusters, expands support for data manipulation language (DML), and more.
Posted March 09, 2017
SAP is making enhancements to its cloud platform, allowing users to take it on the go and adding comprehensive new business services to the solution. SAP plans to deliver an SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS, giving developers the tools needed to build powerful enterprise apps for iPhone and iPad devices.
Posted March 09, 2017
Global business intelligence and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is partnering with Pitney Bowes to deliver a Visual Insights and BI tool for Pitney Bowes customers.
Posted March 07, 2017
AtScale is releasing 5.0 of its signature platform, introducing new features such as a dimensional calculation engine, a machine learning performance optimizer, a universal data abstraction layer, and enterprise-grade security, governance and metadata management capabilities.
Posted March 07, 2017
ThreatConnect, Inc., provider of an intelligence-driven security platform, is integrating with Phantom Cyber, PhishMe, Dragos, Atlassian Jira Software, ServiceNow, and Recorded Future, to provide services to its users. Integrating the ThreatConnect Platform with other security solutions empowers security teams to be more efficient and better protect their network.
Posted March 07, 2017
RedPoint Global, a provider of data management and customer engagement technology, is introducing the RedPoint Customer Engagement Hub (CEH) solution, providing enterprises with tools to overcome challenges caused by the gap between customer expectations and the actual experience brands deliver. The RedPoint Customer Engagement Hub enables brands to continuously connect with customers in a relevant way and deliver the promise of the brand across all touchpoints.
Posted March 07, 2017
MongoDB Atlas Adds New Developer Capabilities
Posted March 07, 2017
Arcadia Data, a provider of visual analytics software, has announced the launch of Arcadia Enterprise 4.0, with enhancements for building, branding, sharing, and embedding data-centric applications to help make Apache Hadoop and cloud-based data lakes more accessible and valuable to internal and external users.
Posted March 07, 2017
IBM and Salesforce have formed a global strategic partnership that focuses on connecting the Watson artificial intelligence platform with Salesforce solutions for CRM data.
Posted March 06, 2017
Teradata is launching Teradata IntelliCloud, its next generation secure managed cloud offering that provides data and analytic software as a service (SaaS). IntelliCloud ensures software consistency while increasing business agility and boosting focus on data-driven analytic insights that have meaningful business outcomes.
Posted March 06, 2017
Beta Systems, provider of identity and access management solutions, is updating its Identity & Access Management Suite, offering more flexibility across the platform. The product family, for the first time presented under the new GARANCY product label, features new improvements that will tackle the ongoing changes and emerging requirements that affect all corporate areas of the customer base.
Posted March 06, 2017
Talend is releasing an Apache Beam-powered solution for self-service, big data preparation with the goal of speeding time to insights. Apache Beam is a unified programming model for executing both batch and streaming data processing pipelines that are portable across a variety of runtime platforms. And Talend Data Preparation is a self-service solution to enable more employees to access, cleanse, and analyze large data sets. Ultimately, the combination of both platforms is designed to help companies speed the time to insight by enabling more users to build data projects that can be run anywhere using the latest processing innovation.
Posted March 06, 2017
Exploring Information Governance and Big Data Analytics at Data Summit 2017
Posted March 03, 2017
Discovering the Keys to Running Analytics in Real-Time
Posted March 02, 2017
Collibra, a provider of data governance software solutions for business users, is previewing key functionality that will be part of the upcoming Collibra 5.1 platform release. The new capabilities support the shift to self-service business intelligence by delivering enhanced collaboration, productivity, and ease-of-use for business users.
Posted March 02, 2017
Oracle is introducing version of 4.3 of its NoSQL Database, a key-value database that has evolved from the company's acquisition of BerkeleyDB Java Edition, an embeddable database. The new release offers key enhancements for the open source community, as well as cloud, and Oracle Database Enterprise Edition customers, said Ashok Joshi, senior director of NoSQL, Berkeley Database, and Database Mobile Server at Oracle
Posted March 01, 2017
Oracle is expanding its Cloud at Customer portfolio with the availability of the Oracle Exadata Cloud Machine, allowing organizations to deploy Oracle Exadata as a cloud service inside their own data center, in addition to the Oracle Cloud and in a traditional on-premises environment.
Posted March 01, 2017
Attunity Ltd., a provider of data integration and big data management software solutions, has introduced Attunity Compose 3.0, a new version of its agile data warehouse automation solution.
Posted March 01, 2017
The Simple Storage Service (S3) outage that took place on Feb. 28 prompted observations and reflections from industry experts about the need for proactive cloud services monitoring, the requirement to diversify with multi-cloud strategies, and even the possibility of "too-big-to-fail" safeguards for large cloud services providers.
Posted March 01, 2017
Informatica is addressing the increasing need for data security intelligence with the addition of data-focused user behavioral analytics to detect higher sensitive data risk and protect by orchestration of remediation capabilities in its data security offering, Informatica Secure@Source.
Posted March 01, 2017
Kinetica, provider in-memory analytics databases accelerated by GPUs, is joining the Confluent Partner Program and has completed the development and certification of its Apache Kafka Connector. Kinetica's Kafka Connector lets customers read and write data directly between Kafka and Kinetica, allowing organizations to ingest real-time data streams from Apache Kafka and provide a means for analysis and immediate action on incoming data.
Posted March 01, 2017
Arcadia Data, provider of visual analytics software, is now certified to integrate with MapR technologies, allowing users to tap into converged data applications. Arcadia on MapR provides a catalyst for digital transformation in organizations by enabling data-centric applications in areas such as information security, customer intelligence, financial trade surveillance, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Posted March 01, 2017
IoT and the New Wave of Data-Based Decision Making at Data Summit 2017
Posted March 01, 2017
SolarWinds, is unleashing its PerfStack dashboard, an entirely new way of visualizing and correlating IT monitoring data. The dashboard will improve troubleshooting of performance issues across the IT environment, from infrastructure to applications, according to the vendor.
Posted March 01, 2017
Tableau Software has announced the general availability of Tableau 10.2, which adds advanced mapping capabilities to help make complex geospatial analysis easier, and simplifies data prep with new approaches to combine and clean data. Moreover, the company says, the new release will help enterprises deliver self-service analytics at scale.
Posted March 01, 2017
Building its presence in key European markets, M-Files Corporation has acquired StreamDesign, a consulting and information management services company based in France. M-Files says this purchase comes as an increasing number of French enterprises are recognizing information management as a strategic priority.
Posted February 28, 2017
Redgate Software has released a new database provisioning tool, SQL Clone, which allows copies of SQL Server databases and backups to be created in seconds, using only about 40MB of disk space per instance. According to the vendor, the release aims to resolve two key concerns that DBAs face when provisioning copies of databases or backups for use in test and development environments.
Posted February 27, 2017
Oracle is expanding its Cloud at Customer portfolio with the availability of the Oracle Exadata Cloud Machine, allowing organizations to deploy Oracle Exadata as a cloud service inside their own data center, in addition to the Oracle Cloud and in a traditional on-premises environment.
Posted February 27, 2017
Reltio has announced the upcoming release of Reltio Cloud 2017.1, a new release of the company's platform that provides applications and data management. The new PaaS release adds new integration, collaboration, and globalization capabilities at scale, to help enable real-time operational execution and analytical insight for frontline business users.
Posted February 27, 2017
IBM has announced IBM Machine Learning, a cognitive platform for continuously creating, training and deploying a high volume of analytic models in the private cloud. The company has extracted the core machine learning technology from IBM Watson and will initially make it available on the z System mainframe, due to the significant volume of enterprise data stored on these systems.
Posted February 27, 2017
IBM has opened its new global headquarters for the Watson Internet of Things (IoT) business in Munich, Germany, as part of an ecosystem initiative to drive collaborative innovation with clients and partners. In these "cognitive collaboratories," Avnet, BNP Paribas, Capgemini, and Tech Mahindra will collocate development teams at the IBM center which will also act as an innovation space for the European IoT standards organization EEBus.
Posted February 27, 2017
Cisco has announced its Cisco Firepower 2100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW). The series is designed for businesses that perform high volumes of sensitive transactions and supports their need to maintain uptime and protect critical business functions and data. The series aims to end the industry tug of war between performance and protection - with incorporation of a new scalable architecture and improvements of up to 200% greater throughput to eliminate bottlenecks - from the Internet edge to the data center.
Posted February 27, 2017
Syncsort is making advancements in its big data integration solution, DMX-h, that help organizations to accelerate their business objectives by speeding development, adapting to evolving data management requirements and taking advantage of the rapid innovation in big data technology. The update introduces new workflow capabilities with Spark 2.0 integration to help simplify Hadoop and Spark application development.
Posted February 27, 2017
Syncsort is making advancements in its big data integration solution, DMX-h, that help organizations to accelerate their business objectives by speeding development, adapting to evolving data management requirements and taking advantage of the rapid innovation in big data technology. The update introduces new workflow capabilities with Spark 2.0 integration to help simplify Hadoop and Spark application development.
Posted February 24, 2017
DH2i Company, a provider of Microsoft Windows Server application virtualization and management solutions, has announced the general availability of DxEnterprise version 16 (v16). The updated release of DH2i's container virtualization and management software includes added support for Oracle Database on Windows, enabling Oracle users to create stateful containers for new and existing Oracle databases using the Vhost container technology of DxEnterprise.
Posted February 24, 2017