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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

IBM’s IOD Showcases DB2, Informix, InfoSphere. Now, About Marketing….

IBM’s IOD Showcases DB2, Informix, InfoSphere. Now, About Marketing….

By Merv Adrian on November 15, 2010

It was hard to decide where to look first in Las Vegas this year at IBM’s flagship information management event. Coming as it did on the heels of a massive, sprawling Oracle Open World, it was also overwhelming, but distinguished itself immediately by its focus. Whereas Oracle has smashed together hardware systems, apps, middleware, java […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cisco, cluster, cognos, column stores, CPU, cubing services, data compression, data governance, Data mining, Database, DB2, DBMS, Exadata, flash, Guardium, ibm, Industry Trends, information management, Informix, InfoSphere, IoD, Linux, mainframe, mdm, microsoft, Omegamon, Optim, oracle, PL/SQL, power, pureSca, QMF, replication, sap, shared storage, smart analytics optimizer, smart analytics system, SQL Server, SSD, text analytics, time series, Websphere, zenterprise

EMC Jumps Into ADBMS Appliance Game

EMC Jumps Into ADBMS Appliance Game

By Merv Adrian on November 4, 2010

The Data Computing Appliance, first deliverable from EMC’s acquisition of Greenplum, was announced last month, only 75 days after the acquisition closed, and it doesn’t lack for ambition.  Pat Gelsinger, EMC CEO, pointed to the high level opportunity: unlocking the “hidden value” of enormous and growing data assets every company is increasingly holding, and often […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged ADBMS, analytics, Aster Data, backup, Cisco, data load, Data replication, Data warehouse, data warehouse appliance, DBMS, deduplication, Dell, EMC, Exadata, Greenplum, ibm, Industry Trends, intel, MPP, multicore, oracle, ParAccel, rack, RDBMS, RecoverPoint, recovery, SAN, server, Storage, Sybase IQ, terabyte, Teradata, Vblock, VCE, Vertica

Database Benchmarks – The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Database Benchmarks – The Gift That Keeps on Giving

By Merv Adrian on October 8, 2010

Yes, I know – not everyone believes database benchmarks are useful. My position is that there is value in benchmarks’ role in helping engineers wring out bottlenecks, bugs and performance impediments in their products. In a conversation I recently had with Berni Schiefer, Distinguished Engineer and manager of the DB2 UDB Performance and Advanced Technology […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Database, database performance, DB2, DBMS, Exadata, flash, ibm, Industry Trends, microsoft, oracle, pureScale, sap, SQL Server, TPC, TPC-H

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

EMC Buys Greenplum – Big Data Realignment Continues

EMC Buys Greenplum – Big Data Realignment Continues

By Merv Adrian on July 6, 2010

EMC’s acquisition of Greenplum, announced today as a cash transaction, reaffirms the obvious: the Big Data tsunami upends conventional wisdom. It has already reshaped the market, spawning the most ferment in the RDBMS (and non-R DBMS via the noSQL players) space in years. When I first posted on Greenplum over a year ago, I said […]

Posted in Business | Tagged ADBMS, AIX, Aster, blades, business intelligence, Cloud, core, CPU, data integration, data load, Data Warehousing, Database, database performance, DB2, DBMS, Documentum, EMC, ETL, Exadata, Exasol, Greenplum, Hardware platforms, hp, ibm, indexing, Industry Trends, Java, Kickfire, Linux, mdm, microsoft, MPP, multicore, Netezza, NoSQL, NUMA, Open source, oracle, PADB, ParAccel, Postgres, PostgreSQL, rack, RDBMS, sap, Solaris, Sun, Sybase, Teradata, TPC, TPC-H, unisys, Vendor image and communications, Virtual Machine, VM, VMware, vSphere, windows | 2 Responses

Oracle Exadata: Early Signs Promising

Oracle Exadata: Early Signs Promising

By Merv Adrian on June 15, 2010

Exadata is looking good. In the past few months, I’ve had the chance to talk to several early adopters of Oracle Exadata V2, some in connection with a sponsored white paper Oracle has just published. It’s still early, but I see this product as a milestone, regardless of its commercial success. That is still to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged BladeSystem, Data Management, data storage, data warehouse appliance, Data Warehousing, DB2, DBMS, Exadata, Hardware platforms, hp, I/O, ibm, Industry Trends, Kickfire, microsoft, Netezza, oracle, Parallel Data Warehouse, RDBMS, smart analytics system, Software infrastructure, SQL Server, SSD, Storage, Sun, Teradata | 1 Response

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