Oracle has introduced the new Autonomous Database Dedicated service to provide customers with more control for their most mission-critical workloads. "Our Autonomous Database Dedicated service eliminates the concerns enterprise customers previously had about security, isolation, and operational policies when moving to cloud," said Juan Loaiza, executive vice president, Mission-Critical Database Technologies, Oracle.
Posted July 03, 2019
Quest Oracle Community and the Independent Oracle Users Group have signed a definitive agreement finalizing the IOUG's integration into the Quest community. There is also new branding for the IOUG which is now the "IOUG Database & Technology Community."
Posted July 03, 2019
Oracle recently announced fiscal 2019 Q4 results and fiscal 2019 full year results. "In Q4, our non-GAAP operating income grew 7% in constant currency—which drove EPS well above the high end of my guidance," said Oracle CEO Safra Catz. "Our high-margin Fusion and NetSuite cloud applications businesses are growing rapidly, while we downsize our low-margin legacy hardware business. The net result of this shift away from commodity hardware to cloud applications was a Q4 non-GAAP operating margin of 47%, the highest we've seen in 5 years."
Posted July 03, 2019
source{d}, a data platform for the software development life cycle (SDLC), is releasing a new Enterprise Edition with built-in visualization, management capabilities, and advanced analytic functions. source{d} enables enterprises to aggregate all SDLC data sources into one data lake where they can easily extract, load and transform source code, version control data, project tracking data, build systems data, configuration files and more.
Posted July 02, 2019
GridGain Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions based on Apache Ignite, has introduced new GridGain Developer Bundles, which include support, consulting, and training for GridGain Community or Enterprise Edition.
Posted July 02, 2019
RavenDB, a provider of database infrastructure solutions, is releasing its new RavenDB Cloud managed database service. RavenDB Cloud performs all daily tasks such as maintaining hardware servers, installation, configuration, monitoring internals, and security for its users worldwide.
Posted July 02, 2019
Where Does AI Fit in Business Decision Making? (VIDEO)
Posted July 02, 2019
IBM Purchase of Red Hat Keeps Moving Forward with European Commission Approval
Posted July 01, 2019
MicroStrategy, a worldwide provider of enterprise analytics and mobility software, is releasing MicroStrategy 2019 Update 2, adding powerful new capabilities and products for MicroStrategy 2019 that boosts critical business data. The latest update expands the platform's suite of HyperIntelligence products to supercharge web browsing, accelerate access to intuitive intelligence on iOS and Android devices, and add windows of contextual insights to email on Outlook.
Posted July 01, 2019
EnterpriseDB has been acquired by Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed. "This acquisition comes at a time when the Postgres market is exploding," said Ed Boyajian, president and CEO of EnterpriseDB. Michael Stonebraker, a pioneer in database technology and original architect of what is now Postgres, has been named technical advisor; and database expert and entrepreneur Andy Palmer has been named to the board of directors.
Posted July 01, 2019
ProcessUnity, a provider of cloud-based applications for risk and compliance management, is releasing the latest version of its Risk and Compliance platform, extending the platform's configurability and flexibility while adding intelligent capabilities.
Posted June 28, 2019
MongoDB, a provider of a general purpose data platform, is releasing an enhanced version of its core database MongoDB 4.2. Key features include distributed transactions, field level encryption, and an updated Kubernetes Operator.
Posted June 28, 2019
IBM has launched a data prep solution designed to help clients improve their DataOps processes so they can have data ready for AI more quickly and efficiently. Jointly developed with data prep software provider Trifacta, the new InfoSphere solution is engineered to work in conjunction with clients' existing data environments, including data lakes.
Posted June 28, 2019
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, is integrating AppOptics, the company's SaaS-based application performance monitoring solution, with its Loggly and Papertrail cloud-hosted log monitoring and log analytics solutions. AppOptics together with Loggly and Papertrail now combine application performance management (APM), distributed tracing, and log management to help technology professionals identify performance and availability issues before they affect users, pinpoint the root cause, and reduce mean time to repair (MTTR).
Posted June 27, 2019
GigaSpaces, provider of InsightEdge, is partnering with Tableau to help enterprises accelerate customized BI visualizations on their operational data. GigaSpaces InsightEdge big data analytics processing platform runs real-time analytics and machine learning on streaming, hot and historical data, in production at scale.
Posted June 27, 2019
Talend, a provider of cloud data integration and data integrity, is introducing a new technology partner program, extending and accelerating the development of partner-built solutions for Talend Data Fabric. The new Technology Alliance Program is available worldwide and provides partners with access integration tool kits, product licenses for testing and demonstration, marketing assistance, and technical resources, including development support to speed the building of value-added data integrations and connectors for customers.
Posted June 27, 2019
Timescale, the company behind the open-source time-series SQL database TimescaleDB, is releasing Timescale Cloud , an on-demand and managed cloud service that makes it easy to work with time-series and IoT data. Timescale Cloud is a multi-cloud time-series database service that runs on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Posted June 27, 2019
Salesforce has unveiled its Customer Data Platform (CDP) with the next generation of Customer 360. New platform services will enable companies to unify disparate customer data throughout their entire organization and then personalize every engagement based on a single view of the customer. Customer 360 will go beyond traditional CDP capabilities and extend the power of CRM with consumer-scale data management and activation.
Posted June 27, 2019
Oracle has introduced the new Autonomous Database Dedicated service to provide customers with more control for their most mission-critical workloads. "Our Autonomous Database Dedicated service eliminates the concerns enterprise customers previously had about security, isolation, and operational policies when moving to cloud," said Juan Loaiza, executive vice president, Mission-Critical Database Technologies, Oracle.
Posted June 26, 2019
Unravel Data, a data operations platform providing full-stack visibility and AI-powered recommendations, is introducing the Unravel Partner Program, bringing together world-leading technology innovators to simplify the way businesses optimize the performance of their modern data applications and the complex pipelines that power those applications.
Posted June 26, 2019
Skillsoft, a provider of corporate learning, is releasing Skillsoft learning solutions for SAP SuccessFactors Learning on the SAP App Center. Skillsoft integrates critical, high-value content in the SAP SuccessFactors Learning solution, enabling customers to access critical enterprise learning. With the ability to discover, try, and purchase Skillsoft learning solutions through the SAP App Center, organizations will gain access to hundreds of thousands of multi-modal learning assets across Skillsoft's Technology & Developer, Compliance and Leadership & Business Skills portfolios.
Posted June 26, 2019
Onapsis, a provider of business-application cyber resilience, is introducing its Business Risk Illustration assessment for business-critical applications for SAP. Onapsis's Business Risk Illustration provides valuable insights into the existing risk posture of an organization's SAP applications, custom code, and systems.
Posted June 26, 2019
e-Spirit, maker of the FirstSpirit Digital Experience Platform, is receiving certification for SAP Commerce Cloud's Integration API. The integration incorporates e-Spirit's hybrid (headless+) Content Management System (CMS) technology into SAP Commerce Cloud, which enables B2B and B2C companies to easily create and deliver content-rich, personalized digital experiences across all channels such as websites, mobile devices, social media, digital signage, progressive web applications, and conversational platforms.
Posted June 26, 2019
IBM has announced Rapid Move for SAP S/4HANA, an approach designed to help accelerate the process of migrating existing SAP systems to SAP S/4HANA.
Posted June 26, 2019
MultiValue Providers Continue to Shine on This Year's DBTA 100
Posted June 26, 2019
Evoke is releasing the final phase of its multiple developer system to its low-code Rapid App Development Platform, supporting a group of developers working on the same app at the same time. It is designed to maintain the integrity of the project by monitoring the development efforts of various developers, controlling the acceptance of these developments in to base projects, and maintaining version control of the project as a whole and that of the individual developer's sub-projects.
Posted June 26, 2019
ONgroup is introducing a new web-based administration tool to simplify and streamline administration of the MVON# environment. Open files, program variables, subroutines and executes are all monitored, providing a holistic view of the system and how it is performing, allowing for continuous improvement and more effective administration of the MVON# system.
Posted June 26, 2019
Oracle recently unveiled a new, customer-centric vision for Oracle Analytics at its Analytics Summit. A key element of the strategy is the concept of one offering: Oracle Analytics, rationalizing 18-plus products down to a single brand.
Posted June 25, 2019
Why is Data Integration So Hard Now? (VIDEO)
Posted June 25, 2019
Experts Discuss Data Science and Machine Learning Best Practices
Posted June 24, 2019
Oracle recently announced fiscal 2019 Q4 results and fiscal 2019 full year results. "In Q4, our non-GAAP operating income grew 7% in constant currency—which drove EPS well above the high end of my guidance," said Oracle CEO Safra Catz. "Our high-margin Fusion and NetSuite cloud applications businesses are growing rapidly, while we downsize our low-margin legacy hardware business. The net result of this shift away from commodity hardware to cloud applications was a Q4 non-GAAP operating margin of 47%, the highest we've seen in 5 years."
Posted June 24, 2019
TrustArc, a privacy compliance management company, is releasing Privacy Profile, a solution that will automate identifying the privacy and security regulations applicable to any business. Privacy Profile, part of the Intelligence Engine within the TrustArc Platform, simplifies privacy management through an intelligent, easy-to-use interface by providing actionable compliance guidance based on an automated review of key company information, including the location of customers and employees along with other relevant business details.
Posted June 24, 2019
Platform9, a provider of SaaS-managed hybrid cloud, is introducing Kubernetes Managed Apps, allowing the Platform9 fully-managed Kubernetes service and SLA guarantee to also cover a set of critical Kubernetes services and tools. Kubernetes Managed Apps enables self-service consumption, white-glove experience and Day-2 operations for these applications - at scale - all backed by Platform9's industry-leading 99.9% SLA.
Posted June 24, 2019
IBM POWER9-based IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers are now available in the IBM Cloud. This gives customers access to IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers in North America via the IBM Cloud catalog, providing scaleup compute for AIX and IBM i workloads for hybrid cloud. According to IDC, 90% of enterprises will embrace integrated hybrid cloud services, tools and strategies to support different applications and use cases by 2024.
Posted June 24, 2019
IBM Brings POWER to Supermajor Energy Company
Posted June 24, 2019
IBM is expanding its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in South Africa. Wits University is the first African academic partner in the IBM Q Network and will be the gateway for academic collaboration across South Africa, and to the other 15 universities who are part of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA).
Posted June 24, 2019
Bluewolf, an IBM company, has introduced AI Now for Connected Commerce at Salesforce Connections. With the goal of simplifying the retail landscape across service, marketing, and sales channels, AI Now For Connected Commerce is a B2C and B2B platform that can provide intelligent order management, price promotion and supply chain management—powered by IBM Watson on Salesforce Marketing, Commerce, and Service Clouds.
Posted June 24, 2019
Alluxio, developer of open source data orchestration technology for the cloud, is collaborating with Starburst Data, the Presto company, to offer a bundled solution that provides users with multi-cloud capabilities for interactive analytic workloads. The goal is to help customers transform their legacy data warehouse approach to a modern cloud approach, with a disaggregated compute and storage stack built on Presto, Alluxio, and any file or object storage.
Posted June 20, 2019
Syncsort has introduced Trillium DQ for Big Data to provide data profiling and data quality capabilities in a single solution that is designed to work natively with distributed architectures.
Posted June 20, 2019
Syncfusion has released Bold BI, a cloud-based business intelligence solution that allows business analysts and other users to create cutting-edge dashboards. Syncfusion's Bold BI platform offers integration with more than 80 of the most common data sources, including Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle, as well as generic access to any data source through support for REST.
Posted June 20, 2019
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has introduced SolarWinds Service Desk, an IT service management (ITSM) service desk solution for IT professionals.
Posted June 20, 2019
Cloudian is extending its native S3-compatible object storage solution for VMware Cloud Providers, managed directly from VMware vCloud Director. The Cloudian solution gives VMware Cloud Providers a limitlessly scalable, cost-effective, and feature-rich storage foundation for delivering new and enhanced value-add services to their customers.
Posted June 19, 2019
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is introducing new edge solutions, research labs, and programs to simplify and accelerate Intelligent Edge adoption. These initiatives will enable customers to create unique digital experiences and leverage analytics and machine learning to adapt to changes in real-time.
Posted June 19, 2019
The 53rd edition of the TOP500 list has been announced. The most recent list of the 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world signifies a milestone in the 26-year history of the list. For the first time, all 500 systems deliver a petaflop or more on the High Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark, with the entry level to the list now at 1.022 petaflops. The current and previous lists, which are published twice annually, are available at www.top500.org.
Posted June 19, 2019
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is continuing to expand its hybrid cloud portfolio with vast updates including enhanced automation, workload-optimized solutions, and a consistent experience across clouds. These updates include extending AI-driven operations and composability across its portfolio, adding new workload-optimized infrastructure, and expanding choice of clouds through new partnerships with Google Cloud and Equinix.
Posted June 19, 2019
To help organizations bring together customer data from across the entire organization, Oracle is collaborating with Accenture and Capgemini to focus on the customer data platform (CDP) market.
Posted June 19, 2019
Oracle has announced the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8 which features hardware and software enhancements, including AI and machine learning capabilities, to supercharge performance. With Exadata X8, Oracle introduces new machine-learning capabilities, including Automatic Indexing, which continuously learns and tunes the database as usage patterns change. Based on technology from Oracle Autonomous Database, the process is automatic and improves database performance while eliminating manual tuning.
Posted June 19, 2019
IOUG Insight: Tips for Managing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database Instances
Posted June 19, 2019
Tamr has announced the general availability of the Spring 2019 release of the company's patented data unification system. Purpose-built to leverage machine learning, human knowledge, and—where appropriaterules to solve data integration challenges, Tamr enables organizations to create unified data assets that fuel analytic insights and operational improvements.
Posted June 18, 2019
Scale Computing, a provider of edge computing solutions, announced that the KVM-based hypervisor in the HC3 product family is now fully supported by Parallels Remote Application Server17 (Parallels RAS). When combined with Parallels RAS, Scale Computing HC3 enables administrators to rapidly provision and manage virtual machines (VM) thin clones centrally from Parallels RAS Console to make VDI solutions faster, more affordable, and easier to use.
Posted June 18, 2019