To expand its portfolio of information management solutions, and enhance the company's open approach to data management,Dell has acquired Oklahoma-based StatSoft.
Posted March 24, 2014
Continuing to expands its Asia-Pacific presence, San Jose-based MapR has opened a new Melbourne, Australia office.
Posted March 24, 2014
Alyssa Johnson, who became president of the OAUG in January, recently spoke with DBTA about the challenges and choices facing OAUG members. A major topic of discussion for Oracle users at the upcoming COLLABORATE 14 conference will be how and when to migrate to E-Business Suite 12, says Johnson. Covering a range of business areas, including CRM, financial management, supply chain management, EBS is a backbone suite of ERP applications on which many companies rely to run their businesses. End of support is looming for 11i, Johnson says, and it's time to decide on 12.1.3 or 12.2 and start planning that upgrade now.
Posted March 24, 2014
Newton, Mass.-based ScaleBase has announced the 3.0 version of its Distributed Database Platform. ScaleBase also introduced a beta program for a new product called Analysis Genie that helps companies determine the best way to scale out a database from a single MySQL instance to a distributed cluster by analyzing their schema and queries.
Posted March 20, 2014
SAP PowerDesigner, an information modeling and enterprise architecture tool, can now integrate into an organization's operational process intelligence. The new release of SAP Sybase PowerDesigner includes integration with the SAP Solution Manager application management solution, full business process model and notation (BPMN) standard support for improved visibility upstream and downstream across teams using SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration and additional support for SAP HANA.
Posted March 19, 2014
Today, HP announced the new ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA, a portfolio of integrated systems to help accelerate clients' SAP HANA time to value. According to HP's Frances Guida, HP is addressing two dominant market trends with products - the strong rate of in-memory adoption and the need for purpose-built systems that alleviate integration complexity.
Posted March 19, 2014
Oracle announced that fiscal 2014 Q3 total revenues were up 4% to $9.3 billion. In constant currency, Oracle's Cloud Software subscriptions revenues grew 25% and its Engineered Systems revenue grew more than 30% in the quarter, said Oracle president and CFO Safra Catz in a statement released by the company.
Posted March 19, 2014
HP, which has a decades-long partnership with Oracle, has been named an Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Diamond level partner, which is the highest ranking available in the OPN Specialized program.
Posted March 19, 2014
Using a single codebase, Appmethod, a new application development platform from Embarcadero, allows developers to build multi-device applications up to 20 times faster. The new platform delivers an end-to-end solution that aims to alleviate the increasing pressure on developers to quickly deliver new apps that support multiple platforms and devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and laptops.
Posted March 19, 2014
At an event in New York City, IBM and leading researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) unveiled a new collaboration to advance genomic medicine using IBM Watson, the cognitive computing system that won fame and fortune in its 2011 Jeopardy! competition.
Posted March 19, 2014
Oracle announced that fiscal 2014 Q3 total revenues were up 4% to $9.3 billion. In constant currency, Oracle's Cloud Software subscriptions revenues grew 25% and its Engineered Systems revenue grew more than 30% in the quarter, said Oracle president and CFO Safra Catz in a statement released by the company.
Posted March 18, 2014
Cloudera has closed on a new round of funding for $160 million which will be used to further drive the enterprise adoption of and innovation in Hadoop and promote the enterprise data hub (EDH) market; support geographic expansion into Europe and Asia; expand its services and support capabilities; and scale the field and engineering organizations. The funding round was led by T. Rowe Price, and included an investment by Google Ventures and an affiliate of MSD Capital, L.P., the private investment firm for Michael S. Dell and his family.
Posted March 18, 2014
6 Reasons to Attend DBTA's Data Summit
Posted March 18, 2014
Attachmate Reflection 2014, the newest version of Attachmate's terminal emulation software, provides enterprise customers with support for advanced security protocols and the Windows 8.1 operating system, as well as features that make it easier to access legacy applications from mobile devices.
Posted March 17, 2014
Private equity firm HGGC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Serena Software, a provider of application delivery management solutions, from Silver Lake Partners. HGGC is partnering with Serena Software's founder, Doug Troxel, on the deal.
Posted March 17, 2014
William Data Systems, a provider of network management solutions for System z systems, announced that its ZEN Rexx is now available at no additional cost to all WDS customers via the base ZEN component. ZEN's Rexx support consists of three offerings: a ZEN Rexx Interface, a ZEN Rexx Function Pack, and a command interface.
Posted March 17, 2014
Embarcadero, a provider of software solutions for application and database development, is acquiring CA Technologies' ERwin Data Modeling solution. The acquisition will provide Embarcadero additional channel partners. ERwin is sold almost exclusively through more than 500 partners in over 70 countries.
Posted March 17, 2014
Delphix has released the Delphix Modernization Engine, a new product aimed at addressing the challenges that it says too many modernization projects face - taking too much time and costing too much. Because of this, Delphix contends, many of them fail, either ending over budget, behind schedule, or reduced in scope, limiting the effectiveness of the investment.
Posted March 17, 2014
Pivotal has introduced Pivotal HD 2.0 and Pivotal GemFire XD, which along with the HAWQ query engine, form the foundation for the Business Data Lake architecture, a big data application framework for enterprise
Posted March 17, 2014
HP, which has a decades-long partnership with Oracle, has been named an Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Diamond level partner, which is the highest ranking available in the OPN Specialized program.
Posted March 17, 2014
Using a single codebase, Appmethod, a new application development platform from Embarcadero, allows developers to build multi-device applications up to 20 times faster. The new platform delivers an end-to-end solution that aims to alleviate the increasing pressure on developers to quickly deliver new apps that support multiple platforms and devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and laptops.
Posted March 14, 2014
Attunity Gold Client Solutions 8 has achieved certified integration with the SAP ERP 6.0 application running on the SAP HANA platform. Gold Client Solutions 8 allows enterprises to select, protect and copy a reduced and relevant data set to SAP HANA for proof of concept (POC) evaluations, in their data center or in the cloud. Once customers are ready to move the rest of their data to HANA, the solution helps enable a rapid data migration and synchronization across SAP applications that are running on HANA.
Posted March 14, 2014
Embarcadero, a provider of software solutions for application and database development, is acquiring CA Technologies' ERwin Data Modeling solution. The acquisition will provide Embarcadero additional channel partners. ERwin is sold almost exclusively through more than 500 partners in over 70 countries.
Posted March 14, 2014
Cloud Technology Partners has announced the GA of PaaSLane 2.0. Previously available only in beta, the PaaSLane software solution analyzes Java and .NET application source code to reveal problems that could impact cloud readiness, and accelerates the migration of applications to public or private clouds.
Posted March 13, 2014
New integration between the Vormetric Data Security platform and IBM QRadar provides companies with automated data access pattern analysis, enabling them to identify potential threats to sensitive data at the source. The combined solution identifies unauthorized data access attempts - indicating accounts that represent a possible threat - and includes capabilities to monitor and alert on data access patterns that may indicate the presence of an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) or a malicious insider attack.
Posted March 13, 2014
KnowBe4 has announced the latest release of KnowBe4 Compliance Manager, a cloud-based audit and compliance workflow automation tool which now includes self-assessment capabilities.
Posted March 11, 2014
Azul Systems has introduced a new technology that, the company says, solves the "warm-up" problem prevalent in many Java applications. The technology, ReadyNow!, is included in the latest version of Azul's Zing runtime for Java, version 5.9. According to the company, ReadyNow! is particularly well-suited for use in the financial markets, where a warm-up period can have serious consequences, resulting in lost trading opportunities, lost liquidity, lost revenue, lost market and risk data, and ultimately a loss of customers.
Posted March 11, 2014
DBTA Webcast Uncovers Top Database Availability Trends for 2014
Posted March 11, 2014
DBTA Announces Agenda for 2014 Data Summit
Posted March 11, 2014
Delphix has released the Delphix Modernization Engine, a new product aimed at addressing the challenges that it says too many modernization projects face - taking too much time and costing too much. Because of this, Delphix contends, many of them fail, either ending over budget, behind schedule, or reduced in scope, limiting the effectiveness of the investment.
Posted March 11, 2014
Tableau and Splunk have formed an alliance, which allows users of Tableau's visual analytics software to access machine data with Splunk Enterprise. The ability to use Tableau to visualize structured data with machine data in Splunk will enable customers to gain new business insights.
Posted March 10, 2014
OpenText unveiled a new integrated OpenText Microsoft SharePoint Services (SPS) for Extended ECM for SAP Solutions. This solution, stemming from long term partnerships with SAP and Microsoft SharePoint, is designed to help deliver comprehensive and compliance assurance capabilities to customers globally which can benefit enterprises and enhance their information governance strategy for Microsoft SharePoint content.
Posted March 10, 2014
McAfee, a provider of security solutions and services for systems, networks, and mobile devices, has improved its capabilities for finding, freezing, and fixing advanced threats faster to thwart targeted attacks. The McAfee solution binds and shares threat intelligence and workflows across endpoints, network and the cloud , resulting in a level of protection that the company says cannot be achieved with individual point products.
Posted March 05, 2014
SAP underscored the company's strategy which focuses squarely on HANA and the cloud in a webcast presented by Jonathan Becher, chief marketing officer of SAP, and Vishal Sikka, member of the Executive Board of SAP AG, Products & Innovation. The company rolled out new and enhanced offerings for the SAP HANA Cloud Platform, the SAP HANA Marketplace, HANA's new pricing, innovations on top of HANA, and also announced that HANA had broken the Guinness World Record for the largest data warehouse ever built - 12.1PB.
Posted March 05, 2014
To take advantage of new Oracle Database capabilities, CSX Corporation, an international transportation company, upgraded more than 400 databases supporting critical commercial, packaged and proprietary business applications, including payroll, dispatching, and a customer-facing order entry system. To minimize the business impact and downtime during the transition, CSX used Oracle Real Application Testing, an Oracle Database option, in conjunction with Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Posted March 05, 2014
Informatica Cloud Spring 2014, the latest Infomatica software release, introduces Informatica Cloud Designer which brings Informatica's integration design tools into a 100% cloud-based design environment.
Posted March 04, 2014
Percona, a provider of MySQL support, consulting, remote DBA, training, and software development for MySQL, is hosting its third Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo from April 1-4 in Santa Clara. The company also recently introduced a new release of Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6., the latest version of its open source high availability clustering solution for MySQL.
Posted March 04, 2014
CA has introduced CA Layer 7 API Portal, which supports partner, third-party and internal developers across multiple groups simultaneously, granting each unit its own set of access and API publishing privileges — all from a single portal.
Posted March 03, 2014
IBM announced a new development environment and capabilities-as-a-service, intended to help clients and developers speed the adoption of hybrid clouds. To support this initiative, IBM has invested more than $1 billion for software cloud development and is launching new capabilities running on SoftLayer.
Posted March 03, 2014
A new solution, Novell ZENworks Suite 11 Support Pack 3, is intended to enable enterprise IT to oversee asset management, configuration management, service management and endpoint protection in one offering. The all-inclusive suite essentially replaces all existing ZENWorks suite/bundled options.
Posted March 03, 2014
Three new products from BMC are designed to give end user employees control of their IT experience via a mobile interface. The new products are purpose-built to manage a wide range of digital services that give employees the tools they need to maximize performance and creativity.
Posted March 03, 2014
Teradata and EMC have collaborated to provide a certified backup and recovery approach for Teradata Database customers. The Teradata and EMC partnership was formed in October 2013 when Teradata certified the Data Domain Operating System 5.4. Teradata has also just certified EMC's latest product - the Data Domain DD720 - bringing greater backup performance improvements to customers.
Posted March 03, 2014
AvePoint Compliance Guardian Service Pack (SP) 2, the latest release of AvePoint's enterprise platform for managing information, availability, risk, and compliance adds support for cloud and social platforms, improved incident tracking and management and encryption and redaction.
Posted February 28, 2014
2014 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards: The Nominations Are Open
Posted February 28, 2014
Key Trends for Database Availability to be Explored in Upcoming DBTA Webcast
Posted February 27, 2014
Teradata and EMC have collaborated to provide a certified backup and recovery approach for Teradata Database customers. The Teradata and EMC partnership was formed in October 2013 when Teradata certified the Data Domain Operating System 5.4. Teradata has also just certified EMC's latest product - the Data Domain DD720 - bringing greater backup performance improvements to customers.
Posted February 27, 2014
These days, companies have more and more of their applications and data being accessed through mobile devices. To enable secure access to sensitive enterprise applications and data on mobile devices, Oracle rolled out the Oracle Mobile Security Suite, which, combined with Oracle's existing Identity and Access solutions, aims to deliver an integrated platform for managing access to all applications from a complete range of device types.
Posted February 26, 2014
The newest version of DataStax's eponymously named enterprise database platform adds a new in-memory option as well as enterprise search enhancements to support high performance. Along with the latest release of its enterprise NoSQL database, DataStax has also introduced version 4.1 of DataStax OpsCenter which supplies improved capacity management capabilities and visual monitoring of production database clusters.
Posted February 26, 2014
ISUG-TECH 2014 in Atlanta, April 14-17, will be the first technology event to explore the features and functionality in Sybase ASE 16. The conference will provide more than 150 hours of technical session, more than 60 hours of workshops, and more than 50 expert speakers, and a range of workshops, including the SAP ASE Quick Start for Oracle and SQL Server DBAs workshop which will double as a refresher course for people who had been Sybase DBAs but have not recently been in that role.
Posted February 26, 2014
After almost two decades of delivering technology training and education to customers, partners, consultants, and employees through the SAP TechEd conference series, SAP is changing the conference name to SAP d-code.
Posted February 26, 2014