Pick Cloud is leasing servers on a short-term basis as part of their cloud suite offerings. According to Mark Pick, CEO and founder of Pick Cloud, Inc., "There is now a cost-effective alternative for MultiValue application providers and users to spending a lot of time and money to configure, purchase, and set up a server on-premise for short-term use."
Posted November 19, 2014
Enterprise NoSQL database platform provider MarkLogic today announced the availability of MarkLogic 8 Early Access Edition, which brings together advanced search, semantics, bitemporal and native JavaScript support into one platform. The overall theme of the MarkLogic 8 is ease of use. "This release is all about bringing MarkLogic to where the developers are and making it easy for them to adopt MarkLogic," said Joe Pasqua, senior vice president, product strategy, MarkLogic.
Posted November 18, 2014
Informatica has announced an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). With this announcement, Informatica Cloud is moving to AWS as its underlying infrastructure.
Posted November 18, 2014
Concurrent has announced the latest version of Driven, a big data application performance-monitoring and management system. Driven is purpose-built to address the challenges of enterprise application development and deployment for business-critical data applications, delivering control and performance management for enterprises seeking to achieve operational excellence.
Posted November 18, 2014
Seagate Technology, a provider of storage solutions, has introduced ClusterStor Hadoop Workflow Accelerator. The solution is expected to be a boon to computationally intensive high performance data analytics environments, enabling them to achieve a significant reduction in data transfer time.
Posted November 17, 2014
SAP and Oracle to Settle Long Legal Battle Over TomorrowNow
Posted November 17, 2014
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded IBM contracts valued at $325 million to develop and deliver advanced "data-centric" supercomputing systems at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. "This architecture is really part of a paradigm that addresses the big data challenge, one we hear about here at IBM all time - which we call data-centric computing. We believe the value of a supercomputer is not only tied to petaflops but also to the speed of insights. We solve this particular challenge working with the labs through an open ecosystem leveraging technologies with our partners at the OpenPower Foundation, NVIDIA and Mellanox," said Tom Rosamilia, senior vice president, IBM Systems and Technology Group, during a webcast to announce the new supercomputing systems.
Posted November 14, 2014
Melissa Data, a provider of contact data quality and data integration solutions, is partnering with Semarchy, a developer of master data management software and solutions. Through the partnership, Semarchy offers its users a fast and easy way to perform worldwide address enrichment, standardization, geocoding and verification using Melissa Data's data quality tools and services, while Melissa Data enables its customers to upgrade data quality projects, moving beyond tactical processes to engage in a more comprehensive strategy.
Posted November 12, 2014
Talend has introduced a new release of its integration platform. The 5.6 release sets new benchmarks for big data productivity and profiling, innovates in MDM with efficiency controls, and broadens Internet of Things (IoT) device connectivity.
Posted November 12, 2014
Idera, a provider of application and server management solutions, has acquired Uptime Software Inc., a provider of IT systems monitoring solutions. Idera says the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into application performance monitoring (APM) and IT operations management. "Uptime has built a lightweight, easy-to-use server and infrastructure monitoring tool with best-in-class reporting for Service Level Agreement management and capacity planning," said Josh Stephens, vice president of product strategy at Idera in a statement released by the company.
Posted November 12, 2014
BI and analytics software vendor Yellowfi has introduced a free cloud BI offering, now available on AWS Marketplace.
Posted November 12, 2014
Virtualizing Oracle Databases and Moving to the Cloud
Posted November 12, 2014
DBmaestro, a provider of DevOps for database solutions, has introduced TeamWork 4.5, which adds impact analysis for database deployment with SQL Server, in addition to its existing support for Oracle.
Posted November 11, 2014
Services provider Infosys has formed a strategic partnership with BI and analytics expert Tableau. Infosys will integrateTableau's software into the solutions it deploys to help clients gain more value from big data. Infosys says it will use its global training facilities to increase the number of Tableau analytics experts in the company, ensuring that the benefits of business analytics are included within a wide range of client solutions across multiple industries.
Posted November 11, 2014
Attunity Ltd. has expanded its Attunity CloudBeam solution to support Amazon Web Services customers in moving data from Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) to Amazon Redshift. Attunity has also been awarded Big Data Competency status in the AWS Partner Network (APN) Competency Program.
Posted November 11, 2014
IBM has built an "intelligent security portfolio" intended to protect data and applications in the cloud. Designed to be used with different users, whether it be a developer or line-of-business executive, the portfolio also includes analytics and security intelligence for public cloud services such as IBM's SoftLayer. In addition, the offering features IBM's Managed Security Services platform, which can help secure the cloud for IBM clients as well as clients of companies like Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.com.
Posted November 11, 2014
IBM has built an "intelligent security portfolio" intended to protect data and applications in the cloud. Designed to be used with different users, whether it be a developer or line-of-business executive, the portfolio also includes analytics and security intelligence for public cloud services such as IBM's SoftLayer. In addition, the offering features IBM's Managed Security Services platform, which can help secure the cloud for IBM clients as well as clients of companies like Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.com.
Posted November 10, 2014
Attachmate Corp. has announced the release of a mobile version of its terminal emulation software. "More and more corporate workers are shifting business productivity to their personal devices, as evidenced by the BYOD/BYOA trend. Reflection for UNIX enables IT administrators to leverage modern devices to accomplish real work," said Kris Lall, product manager for Reflection for UNIX at Attachmate.
Posted November 10, 2014
Big data and analytics workloads are placing greater demands on the enterprise, and creating the need for software defined infrastructure, says Bernie Spang, VP, Strategy, software-defined environments in IBM Systems & Technology Group. With the volume of data organizations are dealing with today, there is a need to optimize the compute and storage resources. "We can't do it with the traditional, manual, rigid IT environment of the past," said Spang.
Posted November 10, 2014
CA Technologies today announced an expanded alliance with Microsoft that will help broaden enterprise cloud utility across a multi-platform IT environment. The first solution which provides dynamic storage for mainframe data on Microsoft Azure is being previewed at CA World '14
Posted November 10, 2014
Cloudant, an IBM company, has introduced an on-premises version of Cloudant software that companies can install in their own data centers to run their own DBaaS. According to the company, the addition of Cloudant Local (IBM Cloudant Data Layer Local Edition), provides customers with a strategy for managing application data with any mix of infrastructure and deployment strategy.
Posted November 10, 2014
Rocket Software has announced Rocket Data Virtualization version 2.1, a mainframe data virtualization solution for universal access to data, regardless of location, interface or format.
Posted November 10, 2014
Big data and analytics workloads are placing greater demands on the enterprise, and creating the need for software defined infrastructure, says Bernie Spang, VP, Strategy, software-defined environments in IBM Systems & Technology Group. With the volume of data organizations are dealing with today, there is a need to optimize the compute and storage resources. "We can't do it with the traditional, manual, rigid IT environment of the past," said Spang.
Posted November 07, 2014
A new IOUG report, "DBA-Security Superhero, 2014 IOUG Enterprise Data Security Survey," makes the case that database security has risen to a top business challenge and now is the time for DBAs to take on a leadership role along with security professionals to enforce data privacy, protect against insider threats, and address regulatory compliance requirements.
Posted November 05, 2014
The Oracle Cloud Marketplace, a one-stop shop for Oracle customers to locate business applications from Oracle partners that leverage the Oracle Cloud platform, has extended its offerings to include consulting and implementation services from more than 100 system integrators (SIs), including Capgemini, Deloitte, and Infosys.
Posted November 05, 2014
Attunity recently introduced the next generation of Attunity Maestro, its global-scale information flow management platform, to enable management and monitoring of its updated Attunity Replicate for Oracle.
Posted November 05, 2014
Call for Speakers Opens for Data Summit 2015
Posted November 05, 2014
Dell Software is collaborating with Microsoft to provide predictive analytics in a hybrid cloud setting and also upgrading its Statistica (formerly StatSoft) advanced analytics platform with enhanced big data capabilities through integration with Kitenga.
Posted November 05, 2014
Getting to Hadoop Success Faster by Way of Cloud
Posted November 04, 2014
NuoDB has introduced Swifts Release 2.1 which includes the first phase of its HTAP (Hybrid Transaction/Analytical Processing) capabilities. "HTAP" aims to provide real-time operational intelligence with the goal of allowing businesses to acquire immediate insights that they can then use to optimize their business processes
Posted November 04, 2014
Experian Data Quality is offering a new free-trial feature that enables users to test Experian Data Quality contact data validation software within their own website environment.
Posted November 04, 2014
CA Technologies today announced an expanded alliance with Microsoft that will help broaden enterprise cloud utility across a multi-platform IT environment. The first solution which provides dynamic storage for mainframe data on Microsoft Azure is being previewed at CA World '14
Posted November 04, 2014
The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), in partnership with the OAUG Hyperion SIG, is hosting its Connection Point - Hyperion Online educational online series Nov. 17-19. The OAUG Connection Point - Hyperion Online features 18 training sessions on topics including budgeting and forecasting; financial management; data management; Oracle Hyperion Tax Provision; product improvements in Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.3 and 11.1.2.3.500; as well as cloud, SaaS, on-premises and other deployment options.
Posted November 03, 2014
Azul Systems, a provider of Java runtime solutions, and DataStax, which provides DataStax Enterprise (DSE) built on Apache Cassandra, have formed a partnership to allow DSE customers to leverage Azul Zing. According to the companies, Zing is the best JVM for real-time Cassandra deployments, allowing Cassandra to operate more consistently by eliminating JVM-caused response time delays.
Posted November 03, 2014
The GridGain In-Memory Data Fabric has been accepted into the Apache Incubator program under the name "Apache Ignite." GridGain will continue to be a contributor to the Ignite code base while also adding enterprise-grade features to its commercial product. The platform's core code will be managed by the non-profit ASF.
Posted November 03, 2014
Melissa Data, a provider of global contact data quality and data enrichment solutions, has added global email, global phone verification, and U.S. property data enrichment services to its flagship Data Quality Components for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), a suite of custom data cleansing transformation components for Microsoft SSIS.
Posted October 30, 2014
Cloudant, an IBM company, has introduced an on-premises version of Cloudant software that companies can install in their own data centers to run their own DBaaS. According to the company, the addition of Cloudant Local (IBM Cloudant Data Layer Local Edition), provides customers with a strategy for managing application data with any mix of infrastructure and deployment strategy.
Posted October 30, 2014
Percona, which provides enterprise-grade MySQL Support, consulting, training, managed services, and server development service, will be hosting Percona Live 2014 in London from November 3 to 4.
Posted October 29, 2014
Twitter and IBM have formed a new partnership to help improve organizations' understanding of their customers, markets and trends. The alliance brings together Twitter data with IBM's cloud-based analytics, customer engagement platforms, and consulting services. IBM says the collaboration will focus on 3 key areas.
Posted October 29, 2014
VMware has acquired the assets of Continuent. The Continuent team is joining VMware's Hybrid Cloud Business Unit. The acquisition offers "concrete benefits" to Continuent customers, said Robert Hodges, CEO of Continuent.
Posted October 29, 2014
Learning to Swim in the Data Lake
Posted October 28, 2014
Within many companies' marketing departments there is a greater emphasis than ever before on using big data to make their products more appealing to customers. A major use for the data is to not only provide the best possible experience for the consumer, but to be able to provide it efficiently. Teradata's enhancements to the Teradata Integrated Marketing Cloud. are aimed at improving digital asset management and performance, real-time interaction management, and use of data in real time.
Posted October 28, 2014
Platfora, which provides a big data analytics platform built natively on Hadoop and Spark, has introduced Platfora 4.0 with advanced visualizations, geo-analytics capabilities, and collaboration features to enable users with a range of skill levels to work iteratively with data at scale.
Posted October 28, 2014
Rocket Software has announced Rocket Data Virtualization version 2.1, a mainframe data virtualization solution for universal access to data, regardless of location, interface or format.
Posted October 28, 2014
Protegrity, a provider of data security solutions, has announced an expanded partnership with Hadoop platform provider Hortonworks. Protegrity Avatar for Hortonworks extends the capabilities of HDP native security with Protegrity Vaultless Tokenization (PVT) for Apache Hadoop, Extended HDFS Encryption, and the Protegrity Enterprise Security Administrator, for advanced data protection policy, key management and auditing.
Posted October 28, 2014
Big data continues to grow at an exponential rate for many enterprises. One issue that continues to grow as well is the threat to data security.
Posted October 28, 2014
IBM and Microsoft are working together to provide their respective enterprise software on Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud. As part of the deal, IBM and Microsoft will make key IBM middleware such as WebSphere Liberty, MQ, and DB2 available on Microsoft Azure. In turn, Windows Server and SQL Server will be offered on IBM Cloud.
Posted October 27, 2014
CA Technologies has introduced a new release of CA Unified Infrastructure Management (CA UIM), intended to bolster its offering for unified monitoring and management of critical IT services and infrastructure. "IT organizations are increasingly facing the critical need to develop and deploy applications with precision and speed, while also delivering the reliability and responsiveness that users demand," said John Smith, general manager of enterprise management, for CA Technologies.
Posted October 27, 2014
Dynatrace (formerly Compuware APM), a provider of application performance management (APM) tools, has launched an early access program for Data Center Real User Monitoring (DC RUM) 12.3, delivering self-learning analytics to simplify the identification and resolution of bottlenecks in production systems.
Posted October 27, 2014
HP is making available a new "hyper-converged" offering that combines software-defined storage, compute, management and VMware integration, which the vendor says will enable deployment of virtualized environments from power-on to provisioning of new applications in less than 15 minutes.
Posted October 27, 2014