Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
January 27, 2014
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: January 27, 2014. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Attivio and Quant5 have joined forces to create a Predictive Customer Analytics Suite. Despite the increased focus on corporate "data-centricity," many large companies are struggling to effectively use customer data. According to the companies, the Quant5-Attivio partnership addresses this challenge by making data accessible with cloud-based solutions that provide immediate value to non-technical users, without requiring a team of data scientists.
DocAve Online, AvePoint's software-as-a-service platform for Microsoft Office 365 management, has added enhanced data protection, governance, and reporting to help companies improve the protection and control of their cloud-based assets. The company says the policy enforcement enhancements in DocAve Online Service Pack (SP) 3, hosted on Windows Azure, enable companies to have comprehensive governance policies that will address all-in cloud, hybrid, or on-premises deployments.
IBM Turns Attention to Cognitive Computing, Big Data, and Cloud with Sale of x86 Server Business