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IBM STG Trip Report Part 1: Hardware-Software Synergy Yielding Dividends

IBM STG Trip Report Part 1: Hardware-Software Synergy Yielding Dividends

By Merv Adrian on November 30, 2010

Every year in the fourth quarter, IBM assembles its Systems & Technology Group (STG – the hardware guys) executives for discussions with the analyst community to review results and discuss the year ahead. STG’s Senior VP Rod Adkins teed up this year’s meeting with a reminder that STG and Software Group (SWG) both now report […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged blades, datapower, DB2, Exadata, hp, ibm, Industry Trends, Netezza, oracle, power, smart analytics system, SPARC, STG, SWG, workload, workload optimization, zenterprise

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

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

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

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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