Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2015

Datawatch Corp.
www.datawatch.com
Datawatch Desktop 12.4—provides a visual data discovery solution that leverages structured and unstructured data, including historic and real-time, streaming sources, to help users unlock insights from data in static reports, PDF files, print spools, and EDI streams

Product Spotlight by Ben Plummer,
Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President,
Strategic Alliances

The data visualization market is undergoing some major changes. These changes are being driven by major trends in the industry like big data, a whole new series of use cases, as well as the Internet of Things, which is changing the way companies want to use operational analytics to manage their business. These changes are shaking the foundations of many visualization tools and creating a new set of requirements that these tools need to meet. At Datawatch, we’ve found a better way to do visualization ... read on.

DBI Software (Database Brothers, Inc.)
www.dbisoftware.com
DBI Software pureFeat V6.1 Performance Management Suite for IBM DB2 LUW—provides tools to optimize DB2 databases, including the ability to see what’s inside costly procedure calls, and gain insight into current activity functions

Product Spotlight by Scott Hayes, President & Founder

DBI Software’s pureFeat™ V6.1Performance Suite for IBM DB2 LUW makes it faster and easier than ever to fight the right fires fast. Already the acknowledged leader in optimizing IBM DB2 databases, pureFeat V6.1 pulls even farther ahead of the pack by adding two powerful feature ... read on.

Dell Software
http://software.dell.com
Dell SharePlex—a replication and data integration solution for Oracle databases, as well as other data management systems; Dell also offers SharePlex for SAP, and the SharePlex Connector for HadoopProduct Spotlight by Bill Brunt, Dell SharePlex Product Manager

Product Spotlight by Bill Brunt, Dell SharePlex Product Manager

As Dell’s SharePlex product manager, I was excited to learn DBTA selected it for this month’s product spotlight. I love any opportunity to change the way people think about data-sharing tools. It’s always cool to be able to say, “Hey, you think data replication has to be expensive? We actually have this solution that not only includes more functionality than other tools, but it also costs a fraction of the price!” That’s why SharePlex is so popular among today’s most successful companies—from eHarmony to a German luxury-brand automotive company ... read on. 

Denodo Technologies
www.denodo.com
Denodo Express—a free, single user package that offers the essential features of Denodo’s Data Virtualization platform, such as integration of disparate sources, abstraction, and high performance real-time query optimization

Product Spotlight by Paul Moxon, Senior Director, Product Management

Data virtualization is a hot topic and more and more software companies are jumping onto the bandwagon and claiming that they provide Data Virtualization capabilities. The result has been a lot of hype and confusion about the definition and capacity of Data Virtualization. This dilution has therefore made it difficult for data management and integration professionals to understand the benefits—and potential pitfalls—of using Data Virtualization. How can these professionals cut through the hype and confusion and understand what Data Virtualization is and what it can do for them? How can theyidentify if Data Virtualization is right for their project? ... read on. 

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
www.embarcadero.com
Embarcadero XE6 Portfolio—database tools for DBAs, data architects, and developers that deliver productivity gains by supporting a wide range of relational DBMSs along with big data and NoSQL platforms

View from the Top by Wes Kranz, Senior Director of Database Products

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. provides data modeling and management software tools that empower data professionals to design, build, and run databases more efficiently in heterogeneous IT environments. Designed for developers, DBAs, and architects, Embarcadero tools enable customers to work in the environments they choose. The XE6 release of the industry-leading database tools portfolio expands Embarcadero’s reach across the enterprise with added support for popular big data environments ... read on.

Product Spotlight by Dr. Stefan Wess, CEO

Empolis Smart Information Management® combines the capabilities of the digital forces, Big Data and Analytics, Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence, to the unique demands and challenges faced by enterprises and large organizations. Smart Information Management and its underlying Artificial Intelligence is paired with Cloud Services to deliver cheap, reliable and practically “invisible” smartness that operates with every business process ... read on.

FairCom Corp.
www.faircom.com
FairCom c-treeAce V10.3—the latest edition of the c-treeACE database technology provides new compression options, shared memory advances, batch updates to improve efficiency, and SQL enhancements

Product Spotlight by Tom Scribner, Vice President of Product Development

As a worldwide leader in high-performance, engineeringlevel database technology, FairCom breaks through boundaries with c-treeACE®. Instead of seeing technology in terms of “vs.”—as in “NoSQL vs. SQL” or “In-memory vs. On-Disk”—FairCom focuses on the plus, as in “NoSQL + SQL” and “In-Memory + On-Disk.” The result is a cross-platform database engine that software developers embed in their applications and then deploy with the application as an integrated solution ... read on.