Big Data Articles
SAP is releasing a next generation data warehouse solution for running a real-time digital enterprise on-premise and in the cloud. The new solution, SAP BW/4HANA, will be available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC).
Posted September 28, 2016
Data lakes are quickly transitioning from interesting idea to priority project. A recent study, "Data Lake Adoption and Maturity," from Unisphere Research showed that nearly half of respondents have an approved budget or have requested budget to launch a data lake project. What's driving this rapid rush to the lake?
Posted September 27, 2016
Database Brothers, Inc. (DBI) has released V6.3 of its flagship product, pureFeat Performance Management Suite for IBM DB2 LUW, which adds the Predictive Index Impact Analysis capability.
Posted September 27, 2016
Splice Machine, provider of an SQL RDBMS powered by Hadoop and Spark, now supports native PL/SQL on Splice Machine. Announced at Strata + Hadoop World in NYC, the new capabilities are available through the Splice Machine Enterprise Edition.
Posted September 27, 2016
ODPi, a nonprofit organization providing big data solutions, has announced that several new solution and application providers have signed onto the ODPi Interoperable Compliance Program. DataTorrent, IBM, Pivotal, SAS, Syncsort, WanDisco, and Xaivent will now work together across a wider range of commercial Apache Hadoop platforms.
Posted September 27, 2016
At Strata + Hadoop World, MapR Technologies announced support for microservices that leverage continuous analytics, automated actions, and rapid response to better impact business as it happens. The new capabilities in the MapR Platform range from microservices application monitoring and management to integrated support for agile microservices application development.
Posted September 27, 2016
At Strata + Hadoop World, Pentaho announced five new improvements, including SQL on Spark, to help enterprises overcome big data complexity, skills shortages and integration challenges in complex, enterprise environments. According to Donna Prlich, senior vice president, product management, Product Marketing & Solutions, at Pentaho, the enhancements are part of Pentaho's mission to help make big data projects operational and deliver value by strengthening and supporting analytic data pipelines.
Posted September 26, 2016
MicroStrategy is releasing a comprehensive update to its namesake platform, delivering new certifications to support more enterprise assets, allowing organizations to easily leverage their data investments.
Posted September 22, 2016
Talend is releasing a pre-configured, easy-to-use, virtual environment that gives companies a no-risk, zero-cost way to experiment with the latest big data technologies. Talend's new Big Data Sandbox provides an intuitive, drag-and-drop, visual design environment that makes it easy to build integration workflows, with pre-built, big data use cases, and a step-by-step ‘cookbook' that allows those with limited expertise to get up and running on Hadoop in minutes.
Posted September 21, 2016
SnapLogic is extending its pre-built intelligent connectors - called Snaps - to the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Store, providing fast, self-service data ingestion, and transformation from virtually any to Microsoft's cloud-based repository for big data analytics workloads. This latest integration between SnapLogic and Microsoft Azure helps enterprise customers gain new insights and unlock business value from their cloud-based big data initiatives, according to SnapLogic.
Posted September 21, 2016
Informatica is expanding its Data Lake Management solution to strengthen and deepen its overall platforms, enabling data analysts to easily find, prepare, govern, and protect data of any size and velocity to more efficiently and confidently drive business value from Hadoop-based data lakes.
Posted September 21, 2016
data Artisans, founded by the original creators of Apache Flink, is releasing a platform that will help extend distribution of Flink and assist users with their streaming application deployments.
Posted September 21, 2016
Blue Medora, a provider of enterprise cloud and data center management, is unveiling SelectStar, a new IT operational analytics (ITOA) platform. The solution combines comprehensive database and cloud infrastructure monitoring to help organizations track and optimize critical database performance and availability metrics.
Posted September 21, 2016
IOUG offers webcasts on a range of topics including big data, security, cloud, and many more.
Posted September 21, 2016
Oracle provides informational resources, including educational events, webcasts, and white papers.
Posted September 21, 2016
Connect with Oracle users and IOUG Members on a more personal level close to home. IOUG Regional User Groups are a vital route to information exchange.
Posted September 21, 2016
We are currently looking for session reviewers to support the development of our educational program. Selected session reviewers will receive a 50% discount from the early-bird registration fee to the conference.
Posted September 21, 2016
Make sure that you save room in your 2017 budget to invest in your professional development at COLLABORATE 17 - IOUG Forum. Get ready for the ultimate Oracle user experience with our COLLABORATE countdown, all leading up to registration opening on Thursday, October 27.
Posted September 21, 2016
In his keynote on Monday at Oracle OpenWorld 2016, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd showcased customer success stories and offered three new predictions for the future of cloud, which, he said, represents a generational shift in the IT market.
Posted September 21, 2016
RedPoint Global, a provider of data management and customer engagement technology, has made updates to the RedPoint Convergent Marketing Platform to solve what it describes as a customer engagement gap facing marketers today. The new version of the platform is aimed at helping marketers become more effective in coordinated cross-channel campaigns, including those integrating Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Posted September 20, 2016
Trifacta is releasing an enhanced version of its namesake platform, further boosting its data wrangling capabilities and bolstering the solution for more data sources and diverse users. The v4 release extends the ability of users to directly connect to a variety of enterprise data sources, including Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Teradata, and expands support for customers deploying Trifacta in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.
Posted September 20, 2016
Do not miss your chance to learn from Director of Enterprise Architecture Mark Irose as he explains how his team at Electric Insurance Co. uses web services to link legacy applications in CICS and Datacom with contemporary web and mobile apps.
Posted September 19, 2016
On Monday, March 6, 2017, award-winning speaker and author Connie Podesta will deliver a keynote during the SHARE San Jose event. As a former radio and television personality, Connie Podesta is an expert on psychology, sales, leadership, change and life balance.
Posted September 19, 2016
"In this coming year, you'll see us aggressively moving into infrastructure-as-a-service," Larry Ellison, Oracle's chief technology officer and executive chairman of the board, said to kick off the company's OpenWorld conference Sunday night at the Moscone Center. In the first of his two scheduled keynote addresses, Ellison went on to outline a number of strategic announcements that aim to strengthen the company's offerings, as well as to help it compete with Amazon.com, one of its top challengers.
Posted September 19, 2016
Nuxeo, developer of an enterprise content management platform for managing complex digital content at scale, has announced that Goldman Sachs has made a $20 million investment in the company, adding to the $10 million commitment by Kennet Partners announced in June, for a total of $30 million.
Posted September 14, 2016
As data volumes continue to grow along with the number of (mobile) devices, agile jacks-of-all-trades such as enterprise apps are taking the place of standard applications. These programs allow companies to combine analytical functions and transactional capabilities to design flexible business process. At the same time, apps support smart decision-making and offer a link to social networks.
Posted September 14, 2016
The year 2015 was especially rich in cyberattacks with companies such as T-Mobile, Kaspersky, and Anthem having had their security compromised and all sorts of personal information about users exposed. The urgent need to solve the problem of anomaly detection lies in the fact that any deviation from a general picture showing the current state of the system may carry important information about the existing issue.
Posted September 14, 2016
Clustrix is releasing a new version of its software, designed to help customers meet the challenge of transactional workloads. The new version of the platform combines in-memory processing, containerization, and encryption to improve performance, ease-of-use, and security, according to the company.
Posted September 13, 2016
Percona, provider of MySQL and MongoDB solutions and services, is releasing an open source database performance analysis tool that will enable DBAs and application developers to optimize the performance of their MySQL and MongoDB databases.
Posted September 13, 2016
At its partner conference this week, Teradata is announcing three key new offerings to support customers choosing hybrid environments spanning cloud and on-premise, and relational and big data technologies.
Posted September 12, 2016
Conventional wisdom insists that IT will migrate to the cloud entirely at some point. But practical experience shows that enterprises that have invested in legacy architecture that still has many years of life left in it are not likely to rip and replace, at potentially astronomical costs. Instead, implementing a Bimodal IT approach supported by SDDC on integrated systems will allow companies to address scalability needs with agility, while also ensuring the mission-critical functions of their legacy systems are not compromised.
Posted September 12, 2016
Data lakes are quickly transitioning from interesting idea to priority project. A recent study, "Data Lake Adoption and Maturity," from Unisphere Research showed that nearly half of respondents have an approved budget or have requested budget to launch a data lake project.
Posted September 12, 2016
Capgemini, a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing services, and SAP SE are deepening their strategic partnership with the launch of a new joint initiative to help clients in the discrete manufacturing industries.
Posted September 08, 2016
Every month IOUG shines the spotlight on one of our members! This month we are spotlighting Vicki J. Terrell, Database & Reporting Manager for Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company, a division of Strickland Insurance Group in Goldsboro, NC.
Posted September 07, 2016
IOUG's highest rated member benefit, SELECT Journal, is a quarterly technical publication that provides four to five in-depth, peer-reviewed articles each issue from recognized authorities in Oracle technology and is an easy way to get exclusive, timely and practical information from trusted independent industry sources.
Posted September 07, 2016
The Call for Speakers is now open for COLLABORATE 17 - IOUG Forum! Influence, educate, and connect with COLLABORATE attendees by submitting a presentation of your own Oracle technology specialty.
Posted September 07, 2016
Come and visit with IOUG at the Database Showcase in Moscone South. Attendees can stop by to pick up a special edition of our COLLABORATE 16 conference proceedings, as well as to learn more about membership benefits, how to get involved in our Special Interest Groups, and to take advantage of special OpenWorld membership promotions.
Posted September 07, 2016
Data governance is sometimes viewed as a roadblock that keeps data scientists and analysts from turning data into business insights quickly and efficiently. Yet, in the enterprise data and analytics work that we've undertaken for clients across diverse industries, we've found that it's often a lack of sound data governance that prevents organizations from realizing the full value of their data.
Posted September 07, 2016
patchVantage has announced plans to formally launch its flagship product which automates backup, cloning, and patching for Oracle databases and applications.
Posted September 07, 2016
Can Oracle and its partners keep up with the increasing demands of customers for real-time digital capabilities? Is the Oracle constellation of solutions—from data analytics to enterprise applications—ready for the burgeoning requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT) and data-driven businesses? For Oracle—along with its far-flung network of software vendors, integrators, and partners—times have never been so challenging.
Posted September 07, 2016
The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) is excited to be joining the Oracle technology community in San Francisco once again at Oracle OpenWorld 2016, September 18-22. IOUG's 30,0000+ member community is comprised of the top Oracle technology experts from around the globe, several of whom will be presenting sessions on hot topics like Data Intelligence, iOT, Data Security, and Cloud migrations.
Posted September 07, 2016
Oracle is acquiring LogFire, a provider of cloud-based warehouse management applications for integrated warehouse, inventory and workforce management. The pending addition of LogFire Cloud is expected to complement the logistics functionality of the Oracle Supply Chain Management product suite by adding cloud-based warehouse management capabilities. Oracle also said it is currently reviewing the existing LogFire product roadmap and will be providing guidance to customers.
Posted September 07, 2016
Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced plans for a spin-off and merger of its non-core software assets with Micro Focus in a transaction valued at roughly $8.8 billion. The software assets include HPE's Application Delivery Management, Big Data, Enterprise Security, Information Management & Governance and IT Operations Management businesses. According to the vendors, added to Micro Focus' complementary portfolio, the combined assets will create one of the world's largest pure-play software companies
Posted September 07, 2016
Datawatch Corporation unveiled an enhanced version of its self-service data preparation solution, making the platform faster and more intuitive. Datawatch Monarch 13.5 empowers business users and data analysts to overcome traditional data access and preparation challenges by enabling them to easily and rapidly mine data from virtually any source and then manipulate, blend, enrich, and prepare it for use in analytics tools or optimizing manually intensive business processes.
Posted September 07, 2016
Dell has completed the acquisition of EMC, creating a $74 billion company with a technology portfolio spanning hybrid cloud, software-defined data center, converged infrastructure, platform-as-a-service, data analytics, mobility and cybersecurity. Describing itself as the world's largest privately-controlled technology company, the combined entity will be known as Dell Technologies.
Posted September 07, 2016
SHARE is seeking the best of the best to submit presentation proposals for the upcoming SHARE San Jose event. Translation: YOU can take part in this leading enterprise technology educational event as a speaker.
Posted September 06, 2016
Software AG has formed a strategic OEM partnership with Cumulocity, an IoT application enablement platform vendor. By incorporating Cumulocity's device connectivity and management product, Software AG says its Digital Business Platform will provides the foundation for enterprises to securely integrate, link and scale to a network of millions of connected devices, distributed globally over thousands of tenants.
Posted September 06, 2016
GigaSpaces, a provider of in-memory computing (IMC) technologies, has launched InsightEdge, a data grid-enabled real-time analytics platform that incorporates Apache Spark to enhance data analytics. InsightEdge is the first product to be incubated and launched as a result of GigaSpaces' Open Source initiatives for its IMC business.
Posted September 06, 2016
It is widely accepted that to realize the full potential of blockchain technology we will need a next-generation blockchain to supplement the one provided in the Bitcoin implementation. Ethereum represents just such a next-generation blockchain.
Posted September 02, 2016