Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
February 18, 2014
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: February 18, 2014. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Alpine Data Labs has introduced a collaboration solution that aims to help deliver on the predictive analytics potential of big data. Alpine Chorus 3.0 is a product that it allows users to log in, work with colleagues, and explore data.
Attivio has released the latest version of the Active Intelligence Engine unified information access platform, version 4.0, which includes new unified information access modules that give more control to non-technical business users and eliminates the source integration challenge.
The latest release of Embarcadero's portfolio of database tools adds first-class support for Teradata in addition to updating support for the latest releases of the major RDBMSs. Overall, a key theme for the XE5 releases is an emphasis on scale, as big data, with big models and big applications, requires close collaboration across big teams, said Henry Olson, Embarcadero director of product management.
Express Entry, an address auto-completion tool designed to eliminate bad data at the source of entry, has been introduced by Melissa Data. Free for up to 1,000 addresses per month, Express Entry validates addresses as they are entered, enabling fast and accurate customer data for CRM and call center applications.
Splice Machine, provider of a real-time SQL-on-Hadoop database for big data applications, has completed a $15M Series B round of funding, led by InterWest Partners, along with returning Series A investor Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV). The investment will be used to accelerate product development and expand sales and marketing in preparation for the company's upcoming public beta offering later this quarter.