Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
August 11, 2015
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: August 11, 2015. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Google, whose name became synonymous with internet search, is reorganizing to maintain its innovation and competitiveness. The company is creating a new public holding company called Alphabet, with Google as well as other companies, housed within the new structure. According to Larry Page, CEO of Google, the reorganization is part of an effort to avoid getting "too comfortable," observing in a blog post that in the tech industry, "where revolutionary ideas drive the next big growth areas, you need to be a bit uncomfortable to stay relevant.
Data integration software provider Informatica has been acquired by a company controlled by the Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Microsoft Corporation and Salesforce Ventures, Salesforce's corporate investment group, are also strategic investors in the company alongside the Permira funds and CPPIB. In making the announcement, Informatica said the new ownership would allow it continue to grow while taking a longer view rather than focusing on quarters.
Melissa Data has introduced data quality integration for Microsoft Dynamics CRM to simplify global address verification for enterprise users. Available as a pre-integrated package with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the Melissa Data plugin enables global address verification capabilities without complex programming or development resources.
Paxata is releasing an updated version of its Adaptive Data Preparation platform, addressing critical enterprise-grade security, manageability and performance functionality. "We are becoming a critical part of the enterprise fabric," said Nenshad Bardoliwalla, co-founder and vice president of products at Paxata. "Data preparation is becoming a mission-critical enterprise capability."
RethinkDB is updating its solution to support an automatic failover feature, enabling clusters to automatically select a substitute machine if one fails giving enterprise-class reliability to mitigate downtime and production errors.