Mainframes represent some of the most important log data available, since they host the most mission-critical applications. However, according to the companies, the terabytes of data in more than 200 different log types produced by a typical mainframe system were previously inaccessible to Splunk software without significant work. Delivering on the technology alliance recently announced by Splunk and Syncsort to pull mainframe data into Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud, Syncsort has introduced Ironstream.
Posted October 02, 2014
Cisco brought the fifth annual Data Virtualization Day to the Waldorf Astoria in New York City to share details about advancements coming in Cisco Information Server 7.0, the advantages of data virtualization, and the importance of the network. A key component of 7.0 release of Cisco Information Server which will be shipped next month, is the Business Directory, which will support greater access to data among more users on a self-service basis.
Posted October 01, 2014
Big analytics and visualization company Datameer is releasing version 5.0 of the company's data analytics application for Hadoop. "Our vision overall is to make data simple and accessible for everyone," said Matt Schumpert, director of product management with Datameer, about version 5.0 improvements.
Posted October 01, 2014
Oracle's new Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, unveiled by Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison during his opening keynote, is touted as the world's first and only engineered system designed specifically for Oracle Database protection..
Posted September 30, 2014
In his keynote address, Thomas Kurian, executive vice president, Product Development, Oracle, showcased a brand new product, Oracle Big Data Discovery - a visual face to Hadoop - "that allows you to go to a browser, profile the data, explore the data, analyze the data, and do prediction and correlation," he said.
Posted September 30, 2014
Meeting High Performance Requirements with Memory-First Database Architecture
Posted September 30, 2014
GridGain Systems, a provider of open source in-memory computing solutions, has launched the GridGain In-Memory Data Fabric. According to the company, the GridGain In-Memory Data Fabric is designed to serve the emerging needs of the real-time enterprise, which does not view datasets as historical events, but instead as actionable intelligence for immediate decision-making, and as a way to deal with changing market forces. Although analytics and transactional data functions have traditionally operated separately, companies now need to view them as part of the same "data fabric," and should implement strategies that are able to connect enterprise-wide data from all sources.
Posted September 30, 2014
A goal at many organizations is to make the data that matters more broadly accessible to more users in a timely fashion. However, at the same time, enterprise data environments are becoming more complex and costly, running on many platforms, supporting many applications, and handling growing volumes of data. IT is expected to respond quickly to new initiatives that can support the business but as IT environments become more unwieldy, agility is an elusive concept.
Posted September 30, 2014
IBM and AT&T are jointly working on extending AT&T NetBond services to the SoftLayer platform to offer customers a combined security and performance solution. This alliance is intended to help enable businesses to create hybrid-computing solutions. AT&T Virtual Private Network (VPN) customers can use AT&T NetBond to connect their IT infrastructure to SoftLayer's cloud services.
Posted September 29, 2014
Phoenix Software, a provider of System z management tools, has begun shipping the latest version of its z/OS monitoring tool. The new release, product, (E)JES V5R4, includes (E)JES Web, a Java-based web interface that is engineered to sync to the response time characteristics of (E)JES under ISPF. All (E)JES displays are supported, including time-oriented browsers like OPERLOG. "Our intent is for (E)JES Web to be the de facto (E)JES interactive interface for users that are uncomfortable navigating traditional 3270 interfaces." said Ed Jaffe, chief technology officer for Phoenix Software International.
Posted September 29, 2014
HP plans to open a software-defined networking (SDN) App Store to support innovation within enterprises. The HP SDN App Store is intended to provide HP's partners a platform together with consulting and support services that will enable customers to uncover the business value of SDN. The HP SDN App Store will be generally available on Oct. 1.
Posted September 29, 2014
Brocade is beefing up its routers with capabilities to address the bandwidth, scale, and performance needed for emerging software defined networks. The Brocade MLX Series routers will include new hardware modules and software. As part of the update, Brocade is delivering software enhancements to the Brocade MLXe carrier-class routing platform, including support for OpenFlow 1.3 with significant features to help organizations deploy new application- and user-specific services in a secure manner.
Posted September 29, 2014
"Digital disruption" driven by technology is having an impact on the decisions IT organizations are making, Mark Hurd told the audience at the Moscone Center in his first OpenWorld keynote as Oracle CEO. Hurd described the dramatic impact cloud, exploding data volumes, social, business, consumer sophistication, and mobility are having on IT organizations, and then interviewed executives about the individual challenges faced by each, including Yael Cosset of dunnhumby; Stephen Little of Xerox; Jamie Miller of GE; Filippo Passerini of P&G; Kimberly S. Stevenson of Intel Corporation; and Tim Theriault of Walgreen Co.
Posted September 29, 2014
At Oracle OpenWorld, Continuent, a provider of open source database clustering and replication solutions, announced Continuent Tungsten 3.0, a new solution that combines both advanced clustering and replication technologies to meet the transaction processing and analytic needs of the entire business.
Posted September 29, 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 September 29, 2014
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison took the stage at the Moscone Center to kick off the Oracle OpenWorld conference on Sunday evening. As he does each year, Ellison outlined major announcements for the week and explained the company's technology vision to set the tone for the conference. Confirming analysts' predictions that 2014 would be the year of the cloud for Oracle, Ellison said 2014 is an inflection point for the company. Ellison's key announcement was Oracle's upgraded platform-as-a-service capability: a fourth generation upward-compatible database.
Posted September 29, 2014
Attivio has released a new version of its Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) with enhancements to help help business users, developers and administrators do more with data and human-generated content. AIE 4.2's offers new user interfaces and role-based management enhancements.
Posted September 25, 2014
Oracle made two new announcements around NoSQL. It is extending Oracle Enterprise Manager capabilities to MySQL databases. With this new offering, customers can manage complex deployments of Oracle technologies that include MySQL, either on-premise or in a cloud. In addition, Oracle announced a new development milestone release for MySQL 5.7 which extends performance, scalability, reliability and management capabilities. The company also announced several MySQL product releases and early access features, as well as the availability of MySQL source code on GitHub.com.
Posted September 25, 2014
Getting Started with Big Data Projects
Posted September 25, 2014
Bradmark Technologies has announced a new Readiness Assessment services program to support new and existing SAP database operations looking to grow or scale their IT infrastructure.
Posted September 24, 2014
SAP has agreed to acquire Concur, a provider of travel and expense (T&E) management software, for $8.3 billion. "The acquisition of Concur is consistent with our relentless focus on the business network," said Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP, in a statement released by the company. "We are making a bold move to innovate the future of business within and between companies. With Ariba, Fieldglass and Concur, SAP is the undisputed business network company."
Posted September 24, 2014
Just after Oracle announced that Larry Ellison would take on the role of executive chairman and CTO, and be succeeded as CEO by Safra Catz and Mark Hurd, the three Oracle executives hosted the company's fiscal 2015 Q1 earnings call. Ellison noted that at Oracle OpenWorld, which starts September 27, 2014, the company will be rolling out its new database cloud service with its new multitenant DBaaS offerings. "Our customers and ISVs can move any of their existing applications and databases to the Oracle Cloud with the push of a button," said Ellison.
Posted September 24, 2014
In what is being heralded as an epic change at Oracle, Larry Ellison, the charismatic CEO of Oracle, is stepping down and will be succeeded by Safra Catz and Mark Hurd who will share the CEO position. Despite the widespread pronouncements that this is the end of an era and that Ellison is relinquishing his membership in the exclusive club of rock-star tech leaders that has included Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates, some industry insiders believe that is simply not the case. Ellison, they say, will remain a force to be reckoned with at Oracle.
Posted September 24, 2014
SAP has made updates to its solutions for enterprise information management (EIM) that provide enhanced support for big data sources, integration with SAP Lumira software for data discovery, as well as data protection and masking capabilities for better information governance. The solutions help customers put data to work by allowing them to have up-to-date, accurate information supporting their decisions.
Posted September 24, 2014
To help customers to meet demanding data challenges, Embarcadero Technologies has announced a major new XE6 release of its portfolio of database tools, including ER/Studio, DBArtisan and Rapid SQL.
Posted September 24, 2014
Kore Technologies was a featured vendor at Encounter, the second-annual Eclipse Users Group Conference, held recently in Atlanta. Kourier Integrator 4.2 includes new RESTful Web Services architecture that supports inbound RESTful APIs, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 support, and significant performance improvements, according to the company.
Posted September 24, 2014
Rocket Software will be hosting a series of one-day technical events in the U.S. and Australia targeted at developers, architects, and IT staff responsible for business solutions based on Rocket U2 data servers, tools, and related technology. "The goal is to get customers excited about all the development options we have with our MultiValue and complementary technologies, focusing on modernizing their applications and other business drivers they face today," said Michael Byrne, Rocket MultiValue evangelist for the Rocket U2 and Rocket D3 family of software.
Posted September 24, 2014
Entrinsik has announced that the Connecticut Department of Social Services has adopted its Informer business intelligence and reporting software.
Posted September 24, 2014
Speeding Up Analytics to Enable Faster Data Insights
Posted September 23, 2014
Melissa Data, a provider of contact data quality and data integration solutions, has formed a strategic relationship with V3Gate, an IT solutions provider to the federal government. Melissa Data and V3Gate will jointly execute a go-to-market plan with a near-term focus on Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Posted September 23, 2014
MapR Technologies has introduced the 4.0.1 version of the MapR Distribution including Hadoop. The latest MapR release expands real-time capabilities for use cases including operational applications, interactive queries and stream processing with new versions of Apache Drill, Apache Spark, and Apache HBase, while leveraging Hadoop 2.4, including YARN.
Posted September 23, 2014
NuoDB and Guardtime have formed an alliance to eliminate the confines and issues of sharing data on a global scale. According to Guardtime, its Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI) provides webscale, mathematical certainty that an enterprise's infrastructure is in the correct state and alerting when it is not. NuoDB is a distributed database designed for global application deployment.
Posted September 23, 2014
OAUG members will deliver educational sessions exploring common challenges and solutions relating to Oracle Applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite implementation best practices, integrations and upgrades, Oracle EPM Administrator, Oracle HCM, Oracle Data Warehousing, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), and OAUG president Alyssa Johnson will co-present a session titled, "Acquisition Migration from SAP and an Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Upgrade" on Monday, Sept. 29, at 4 p.m. PT in Moscone West 2020.
Posted September 23, 2014
In what is being heralded as an epic change at Oracle, Larry Ellison, the charismatic CEO of Oracle, is stepping down and will be succeeded by Safra Catz and Mark Hurd who will share the CEO position. Despite the widespread pronouncements that this is the end of an era and that Ellison is relinquishing his membership in the exclusive club of rock-star tech leaders that has included Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates, some industry insiders believe that is simply not the case. Ellison, they say, will remain a force to be reckoned with at Oracle.
Posted September 19, 2014
Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire Front Porch Digital, a Lafayette, Colorado-based provider of content storage management solutions that help companies migrate, manage and monetize large-scale media assets. According to John Fowler, executive vice president of Oracle Systems, Front Porch Digital's capabilities complement Oracle's existing engineered storage solutions.
Posted September 17, 2014
At Oracle OpenWorld 2014, Oracle executives, customers, and partners will participate in keynote presentations that examine how modern technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and engineered systems are having an impact on businesses globally and supporting innovation. The conference runs September 28 through October 2 at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
Posted September 17, 2014
Accelerating Your Analytics for Faster Insights Webcast - Thursday, September 18
Posted September 16, 2014
To help customers to meet demanding data challenges, Embarcadero Technologies has announced a major new XE6 release of its portfolio of database tools, including ER/Studio, DBArtisan and Rapid SQL.
Posted September 16, 2014
Ranks of Seasoned DBAs Expected to Thin Dramatically Within Next 10 Years
Posted September 16, 2014
FoundationDB has introduced SQL Layer, a SQL database engine powered by the FoundationDB key-value store. By providing a familiar SQL interface, the new SQL Layer "reduces the barriers to adoption by orders of magnitude," said Ori Herrnstadt, head of SQL Layer development at FoundationDB.
Posted September 16, 2014
Basho has announced the general availability of version 2.0 of its NoSQL database Riak, which extends the platform in five major ways: search, security, advanced data types, ease of use, and the tiered storage.
Posted September 16, 2014
Recognizing that it is the startups that need enterprise features and high level support more than anyone else, but are least equipped to pay for it, Aerospike Inc. has announced a startup special to attract new customers to its open source flash optimized, in-memory open source NoSQL database. In addition, Aerospike has also announced a new trade-in program, that allows enterprises to swap out certain existing technology for Aerospike Enterprise Edition, for no cost throughout the duration of their standing software and support licenses.
Posted September 16, 2014
The Attachmate Group has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Micro Focus. The transaction is expected to close on November 3, 2014.
Posted September 15, 2014
A new solution from BMC Software is designed to help reduce the need for multiple mainframe subsystems. The new software, BMC Subsystem Optimizer for zEnterprise, removes the traditional requirement that DB2, IMS and CICS subsystems must reside on the same logical partition (LPAR) to communicate and process workloads, the vendor said. Overcoming this requirement translates to "significant" mainframe monthly license costs (MLC) savings of up to 20% or more, according to BMC.
Posted September 15, 2014
Trident Services, Inc., a z/OS service provider and software developer, has begun shipping the latest release of its z/OS management product, zOSEM, which adds greater analytic capabilities.
Posted September 15, 2014
On the heels of the announcement of Compuware's planned acquisition by Thoma Bravo LLC, a private-equity company, Compuware says it plans to divide into two separate operating units - one for its mainframe business, and the other for its application performance management business.
Posted September 15, 2014
IBM has developed new M5 servers that are designed to support a wide range of enterprise workloads and computing environments, from infrastructure basics to cloud computing to big data and analytics. The M5 portfolio includes highly configurable models of rack and tower servers, dense systems, blades and integrated systems.
Posted September 15, 2014
IBM's SoftLayer cloud line will offer customers bare metal servers powered by Intel cloud technology, designed to provide monitoring and security down to the microchip level.
Posted September 15, 2014
A new line of PowerEdge servers from Dell, equipped with advancements in storage, processing and memory technology. The Dell PowerEdge 13th generation server portfolio is based on five form-factors across blades, racks and towers.
Posted September 15, 2014
Extending capabilities in enterprise business intelligence and agile visualizations as well as predictive analytics, SAP has introduced Lumira 1.1.8 and InfiniteInsight 7.0.
Posted September 11, 2014