Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
November 18, 2013
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: November 18, 2013. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
DataStax has announced the latest version of DataStax Enterprise, version 3.2, which provides integrated and fault-tolerant analytics and enterprise search in a NoSQL database, a comprehensive security feature set, and OpsCenter 4.0 which provides visual features that make managing a distributed database cluster easier. According to the company, the new features provide a reliable out-of-the-box experience for companies to use the availability and scalability benefits of Apache Cassandra without the operational overhead of open source software.
Rocket Software has acquired the MultiValue database business from TigerLogic Corporation. According to Rocket Software, the acquisition demonstrates its commitment to MultiValue database technology, to its partners whose solutions depend on the technology, and customers that rely on those applications to run their businesses.
Tableau Software has expanded its work with Amazon Web Services. The combination of Tableau software and Amazon Redshift provides a business intelligence platform that delivers the reliability, availability, and capability to visualize large volumes of data, derive rapid insight, and make data-driven decisions faster without setting up a costly and time consuming traditional data warehouse environment.