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2013 Data Resolution: Avoid Architectural Cul-de-Sacs

2013 Data Resolution: Avoid Architectural Cul-de-Sacs

By Merv Adrian on January 3, 2013

I had an inquiry  from a client using packaged software for a business system that is built on a proprietary, non-relational datastore (in this case an object-oriented DBMS.) They have an older version of the product – having “failed” with a recent upgrade attempt. The client contacted me to ask about ways to integrate this OODBMS-based […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged data integration, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Database, DBMS, Information technology, Software infrastructure

Amazon Redshift Disrupts DW Economics – But Nothing Comes Without Costs

Amazon Redshift Disrupts DW Economics – But Nothing Comes Without Costs

By Merv Adrian on December 10, 2012

At its first re:Invent conference in Late November, Amazon announced Redshift, a new managed service for data warehousing. Amazon also offered details and customer examples that made AWS’  steady inroads toward enterprise, mainstream application acceptance very visible. Redshift is made available via MPP nodes of 2TB (XL) or 16TB (8XL), running Paraccel’s high-performance columnar, compressed […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ADBMS, Amazon, analytics, Data warehouse, Data Warehousing, Database, DBMS, hadoop, mapreduce, On Business Intelligence, Redshift, software licensing, Vendor image and communications | 2 Responses

How is big data faring in the enterprise?

How is big data faring in the enterprise?

By Dion Hinchcliffe on August 10, 2012

With the hype sometimes seeming to reach a fever pitch, we take a look at how enterprises are really using big data along with the overall maturity of the new industry itself.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged BigData, Data Warehousing, databases, deloitte, Emerging Tech, hadoop, NoSQL | 6 Responses

Big Data Predictions for 2012

Big Data Predictions for 2012

By Dion Hinchcliffe on January 24, 2012

Over the last several years, the desire to understand the surging rivers of digital data forming all around us has led inexorably towards something more meaningful than simple analysis. The rise of consumer analytics, and by that I mean analytics tools that literally anybody could and would use, could be arguably said to have begun

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Big Data, BigData, Blog Post, business intelligence, Data Warehousing, Google Analytics, Social Media | 2 Responses

IBM Fills Out Netezza Lineup With High Capacity Appliance

IBM Fills Out Netezza Lineup With High Capacity Appliance

By Merv Adrian on June 23, 2011

In the months since IBM closed its Netezza acquisition, the data warehouse appliance pioneer has been busy, if the announcements at this week’s Enzee are any indication. An enthusiastic crowd – 1000 strong – heard CEO Jim Baum deliver the news: new hardware, software and partnerships.The biggest news was The Appliance Formerly Known As Cruiser, […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ADBMS, analytics, Data warehouse, data warehouse appliance, Data Warehousing, Database, DBMS Blogs, gartner, ibm, Industry Trends, mapreduce, Netezza, oracle

PaaS Strategy:  Data not Code

PaaS Strategy: Data not Code

By Bob Warfield on October 12, 2010

This is part one of a two-part series I’ve wanted to do about strategy for PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) vendors… The PaaS market is a fascinating one.  Building SaaS and Cloud apps that really take advantage of the Cloud is non-trivial.  And, as I’m fond of saying, at least 70% of the software you build winds up adding […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged benchmarking, business intelligence, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Data Warehousing, PaaS, SaaS, strategy | 5 Responses

IBM Acquires Netezza – ADBMS Consolidation Heats Up

IBM Acquires Netezza – ADBMS Consolidation Heats Up

By Merv Adrian on September 20, 2010

IBM’s bid to acquire Netezza makes it official; the insurgents are at the gates. A pioneering and leading ADBMS player, Netezza is in play for approximately $1.7 billion or 6 times earnings. When it entered the market in 2001, it catalyzed an economic and architectural shift with an appliance form factor at a dramatically different […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged ADBMS, analytics, BI, business intelligence, Business Objects, Cloudera, cognos, Data mining, Data warehouse, data warehouse appliance, Data Warehousing, Database, DatAllegro, DBMS, FPGA, GNU, hadoop, hp, ibm, IBM POWER, Industry Trends, Kalido, Kona, mainframe, mapreduce, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, NEC, Netezza, node, oracle, R, SAS, Skimmer, smart analytics system, spatial analysis, spss, statistical analysis, storage engine, Teradata, Tibco, TwinFin, UDF

6 Bullet Points of Shame for BI Endeavors

6 Bullet Points of Shame for BI Endeavors

By Bob Warfield on September 13, 2010

Fellow Enterprise Irregular Vinnie Merchandani’s “You Can’t Handle the Truth” post on BI is excellent.  He identifies what I call 6 bullet points of shame for BI endeavors that are brilliantly on the money: 1.  Most companies don’t seek out primary, real-time data. Rinse that same old data through 8 or 10 times, surface it […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, BI, Business, business intelligence, Data Warehousing, databases, Extraction and Transformation, Sherlock Holmes

Kalido “Cascades” Continue Cadence on Designed DW Development

Kalido “Cascades” Continue Cadence on Designed DW Development

By Merv Adrian on September 13, 2010

Kalido‘s ongoing evangelization of automation for governed, designed data warehouses has delivered fine results for the small, Massachusetts-based firm. In a recent conversation, the team shared recent results: a profitable fiscal year, with a Q4 that was up 35% and momentum that carried into the traditionally slow Q1 with 25% year over year growth. Since […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged business intelligence, data governance, data modeling, Data warehouse, Data Warehousing, DW, Industry Trends, Kalido, mdm, Netezza, QlikView, Teradata

More TDWI Notes – ParAccel Rolling On, HP Stalled, Vertica Leading Insurgents

More TDWI Notes – ParAccel Rolling On, HP Stalled, Vertica Leading Insurgents

By Merv Adrian on August 20, 2010

On my second day at TDWI, I was in meetings all day – events like this are a great opportunity for analysts to catch up with many of the companies they follow at one time, and this particular one was packed with sponsors. Congrats to the folks who sell sponsorships – they had a packed […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 1010 Data, ADBMS, column stores, Data Warehousing, DB2, DW, Endeca, hp, Industry Trends, Information Builders, Kickfire, Knightsbridge, mapreduce, MPP, NeoView, ParAccel, Parallel Data Warehouse, sessionization, smart analytics system, Sybase IQ, TDWI, Teradata, Vertica, Xtreme Data

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