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Open-source analytics options grow

Posted June 14, 2011 - 12:04 pm

The options for open-source data warehousing and analytics grew on Tuesday, with a number of announcements from Infobright, Jaspersoft and Ingres.
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BMC supercharges IBM DB2 for mainframes

Posted April 8, 2011 - 4:45 pm

BMC's new tools for IBM's DB2 version 10 take advantage of the System z zIIP co-processor
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Need for 'big data' analytics drives vendors' acquisitions

Posted March 4, 2011 - 10:51 am

Acquisitions such as Teradata's planned purchase of Aster Data Systems are driven by the growing demand for technologies that can help enterprises mine massive volumes of unstructured data, analysts said.
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UPDATE: Teradata buys Aster Data, boosts 'big data' wares

Posted March 3, 2011 - 10:02 pm

Teradata said Thursday it plans to buy data warehousing startup Aster Data Systems, continuing a run of consolidation in the market for technology that can process ever-growing amounts of "big data."
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Teradata buys Aster Data, boosts 'big data' wares

Posted March 3, 2011 - 11:16 am

Teradata said Thursday it plans to buy data warehousing startup Aster Data Systems, continuing a run of consolidation in the market for technology that can process ever-growing amounts of "big data."
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Edison taps Teradata for smart meter data

Posted March 2, 2011 - 10:46 am

A growing number of utility companies have begun implementing data warehousing and analytics technologies to handle smart grid data.
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Q&A: Netezza to focus on workload optimized systems, CEO says

Posted February 14, 2011 - 12:16 pm

In this interview, Netezza CEO Jim Baum talks about what the datawarehousing company's acquisition by IBM means for enterprises and about trends that are driving the market and shaping the company's products.
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Teradata buying marketing vendor Aprimo for $525M

Posted December 22, 2010 - 10:57 pm

Teradata is planning to buy integrated marketing software vendor Aprimo for US$525 million, the company announced Wednesday. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of next year.
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Kognitio releases new range of data warehouse devices

Posted November 12, 2010 - 11:56 am

Data warehousing specialist Kognitio has launched a new range of appliances claiming faster performance
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IBM expands analytics with $1.7 billion Netezza buy

Posted September 20, 2010 - 11:40 am

Netezza's high-performance analytics capabilities will be added to IBM's offerings.
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IBM to buy analytics software vendor Netezza

Posted September 20, 2010 - 11:20 am

Big Blue seems pretty serious about this analytics thing.
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Cloudera preps Hadoop for the enterprise

Posted June 29, 2010 - 4:13 pm

Cloudera expands its commercial Hadoop packages
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More functionality for massive data warehouses

Posted June 23, 2010 - 10:42 am

Aster has released a new set of tools incorporating SQL and MapReduce
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Greenplum's Chorus builds data marts from multiple sources

Posted April 12, 2010 - 9:36 am

Database and data warehousing vendor Greenplum plans Monday to unveil Chorus, a bundle of software that allows users to quickly provision new data marts composed of many sources.
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Ingres moving forward with database booster

Posted February 26, 2010 - 10:43 pm

VectorWise technology improves data-intensive workloads such as data warehousing apps.
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Gartner lists 3 challenges for rebounding Teradata

Posted February 22, 2010 - 10:08 pm

The harsh winter seems to have so far bypassed the Dayton, Ohio, headquarters of Teradata Inc., which has been showered with good news over the past month or so.
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Aster upgrades data warehouse in three key areas

Posted February 22, 2010 - 9:54 pm

When Gartner Inc. placed Aster Data Systems Inc. firmly in the "Visionaries" section of its data warehousing "Magic Quadrant" last month, it seemed like faint praise.
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Data warehousing vendors squabble over flash memory

Posted February 1, 2010 - 12:06 pm

Scalability has been the buzzword for data warehousing vendors over the past several years, with the standout questions being, how many petabytes of data can I store? And how many servers and nodes?
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Crunching data on the cheap

Posted December 1, 2009 - 5:55 pm

Data warehousing vendors are offering free, open-source versions that actually pack some heat.
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BI a strategic tool, but BI strategies are rare

Posted November 18, 2009 - 12:53 pm

Company-wide efforts should replace departmental point solutions.
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Teradata: We still rule over Oracle, IBM in analytics

Posted October 20, 2009 - 4:38 pm

Business intelligence vendor Teradata is unfazed by Oracle Corp.'s and IBM Corp.'s recent saber rattling, saying the vendors' respective technologies remain fundamentally unsuited for high-performance analytics.
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SAP, HP to deepen ties around BI

Posted October 9, 2009 - 9:18 pm

SAP and its long-time partner Hewlett-Packard will announce plans next week to more closely link their technologies for BI (business intelligence) and data warehousing.
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Hawaii taps HP for health data warehouse projects

Posted September 18, 2009 - 9:55 am

Hewlett-Packard Co. is working with Hawaiian state health officials on two data warehousing projects, one of which will be one of the first examples of HP's new go-to-market strategy in the business intelligence (BI) market.
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Tips for deploying BI cheaply, profitably and effectively

Posted September 17, 2009 - 5:13 pm

When Raghu Bala, CTO of Automotive.com, joined the company in 2006 to help it build out its business intelligence infrastructure, he put up on his office wall a picture of a cup stuffed with dollar bills and change, with a caption underneath that said, "Panhandling for BI budget."
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The tech behind 236 eHarmony members getting hitched daily

Posted September 17, 2009 - 9:41 am

While eHarmony Inc.'s goal is to get its 20 million members married or into long-term relationships, the online matchmaker is a downright commitment-phobe in its use of technology.
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