Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
October 23, 2012
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: October 23, 2012. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Platfora has introduced what it describes as the first in-memory business intelligence platform for Hadoop. The company unveiled its product, which is now in beta, at the Strata + Hadoop World Conference in New York. It will go GA in Q1 2013. "There is a lot of excitement out there among our early customers as well as the Hadoop distribution companies and other systems vendors," Ben Werther, founder and CEO, Platfora, tells 5 Minute Briefing.
InterSystems Corporation, a provider of software for connected care, and eHealth Technologies, a provider of imaging solutions for electronic health records (EHR) and health information exchange (HIE) solutions, announced a partnership to provide single-click access to diagnostic-quality images such as X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds via the InterSystems HealthShare strategic informatics platform. HealthShare is currently used by hospitals, integrated delivery networks, and regional and national health information exchanges worldwide.
Hadoop technology provider MapR Technologies has announced a new big data platform that will bring Hadoop and NoSQL capabilities together. MapR M7 will allow organizations to perform big data operations with enterprise-grade reliability and protection.
Splice Machine, the developer of a SQL-compliant database designed for big data applications, has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV), enabling it to continue the development of the Splice SQL Engine. "We are providing the first SQL-compliant database designed for big data applications," Monte Zweben, chairman and CEO at Splice Machine. tells 5 Minute Briefing. The company has been in stealth mode and this is its first public announcement, says Zweben.
Webcast on Integrating Enterprise NoSQL into Hadoop For Cost-Effective Analytics - Thursday, October 25
Enterprise NoSQL database provider MarkLogic and Hadoop big data solutions provider SGI have partnered to deliver the SGI DataRaptor with MarkLogic database. This optimized hardware and software solution enables organizations to achieve reliable, secure and scalable results from their big data.
Versant Corporation, a data management software vendor, has announced the general availability of Versant JPA, a Java-based API supporting high-performance database and analytics operations for big data applications. The release, which is compliant with the latest JPA specifications, reduces the cost and risks of migration to other NoSQL technologies, and features the first zero application downtime solution for schema changes, a Java standards-based analytics framework, and compliance with JBoss Application Server.
Think About It
Fall is my favorite time of the year for a lot of reasons. I love the cooling temperatures and the falling leaves. I enjoy the fall sports and school activities of my kids. And, perhaps best of all, I get to enjoy the yearly high-point for SQL Server professionals, the annual Community Summit put on by the Professional Association for SQL Server (www.sqlpass.org).For a technologist, the reasons to attend the annual conference of your profession should be self-evident. At the PASS 2012 Summit, there are nearly 200 technical sessions from beginner to advanced level over the duration of the week of November 5.