Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
October 1, 2014
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: October 1, 2014. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Cisco brought the fifth annual Data Virtualization Day to the Waldorf Astoria in New York City to share details about advancements coming in Cisco Information Server 7.0, the advantages of data virtualization, and the importance of the network. A key component of 7.0 release of Cisco Information Server which will be shipped next month, is the Business Directory, which will support greater access to data among more users on a self-service basis.
Big analytics and visualization company Datameer is releasing version 5.0 of the company's data analytics application for Hadoop. "Our vision overall is to make data simple and accessible for everyone," said Matt Schumpert, director of product management with Datameer, about version 5.0 improvements.