Big data pushes enterprises to automated integrations, says panel
Enterprises are effectively harvesting data in all its forms, and creating integration that fosters better use of big data throughout the business process lifecycle.
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Ingres brings OpenROAD tool for rapid DB apps development to GPL
We've seen lots of tools move toward sunsetting via the open source route, but OpenRoad may have lasting appeal. Developers say it's twice as fast as Java tools for database centric apps. Those apps can be n-tier, or client-server. And MySQL nor Postgres have anything quite like it, so that may drive wider community involvement in the Empire community.
Sybase readies means to make iPhone a Lotus Notes client
We won't know if the total cost of the Sybase iAnywhere plus email plus iPhone costs competes with the total cost of the Blackberry approach until Sybase announces. But it is nice to see more competition. Prices are bound to come down.
Sybase moves to spur process modeling agility with latest PowerDesigner
The main goal, according to Sybase, is to create greater agility by breaking down the silos that currently wall off the various IT elements from each other and from the business goals. See my thoughts on my CEP is stepping up to the plate on similar values. And we've seen a lot of action on improving business process modeling lately.
Informatica's stretch goal
Informatica is within a year or two of becoming a $1 billion company, and the CEO’s stretch goal is to get to $3b.
Greenplum speeds creation of 'self-service' data warehouses with Enterprise Data Cloud release
There will be a building symbiotic relationship between cloud computing and such data warehousing solutions as Greenplum's Enterprise Data Cloud. The more data that can become housed in accessible clouds, the more need to access, manage and provision additional data for analysis pay-offs.
Data explosion and big data demand new strategies for data management, backup and recovery, say experts
Once you implement and have the proper tools in place, your virtual life is going to be a lot easier than your physical one. A lot of people initially moved to virtualization as a cost savings, but the benefits of virtualization are in the freedom, the dynamics.
Aster Data's newest offering provides row and column functionality for big data MPP analytics
Aster Data nCluster 4.6 includes a column data store and provides a universal SQL-MapReduce analytic framework on a hybrid row and column massively parallel processing (MPP) database management system.
Delivering data analytics through Workday SaaS ERP apps empowers business managers at actual decision points
The real destination here is business value, and what provides the roadmap to get from data to business value is the competencies, experiences, and the knowledge of business managers and users.
BriefingsDirect Insights analysts examine HP-Oracle Exadata, 'extreme' BI, virtualization and cloud computing
I think that Oracle is going to have a cloud offering, IBM is going to have a cloud offering, Sun is going to have a cloud offering, and it's going to be the big talk in the big industry over the next two or three years. I think they are just going to get out there and fight it out.