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  • Microsoft adding in-memory technology to SQL Server

    In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system.

    Written by Joab Jackson07 Nov. 12 16:36
  • Sybase chief John Chen leaving SAP

    Sybase CEO John Chen is leaving SAP, roughly two-and-a-half years after SAP acquired the company for its database and mobility technologies, SAP announced Tuesday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus30 Oct. 12 16:47
  • Moving beyond Hadoop for big data needs

    Hadoop and MapReduce have long been mainstays of the big data movement, but some companies now need new and faster ways to extract business value from massive -- and constantly growing -- datasets.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan29 Oct. 12 10:16
  • VMware expands Redis programming options

    Redis, an open source in-memory data store maintained by VMware, has been upgraded to be more stabile and make more judicious use of memory, two traits that should make it more appealing for enterprise deployments.

    Written by Joab Jackson26 Oct. 12 20:51
  • Internal SAP document reveals potential plans for next-gen BI, 'HANA Explorer'

    SAP is working on a number of potential next-generation BI (business intelligence) technologies meant to exploit the company's HANA in-memory database, including a new version of the popular Explorer visualization tool, according to an internal document posted on the company's website.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus23 Oct. 12 19:49
  • IBM refreshes analysis offerings

    At IBM's Information On Demand and Business Analytics Forum, being held this week in Las Vegas, the company announced a number of new add-ons and services designed to help organizations analyze their expanding data sets more quickly.

    Written by Joab Jackson22 Oct. 12 19:50
  • Hadoop challenger works to add developers

    LexisNexis has worked for more than a decade to develop a large scale system for Big Data manipulation, and it believes that it has produced something that's better and more mature than the better known Hadoop technology.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau22 Dec. 11 22:29
  • SAP spells out vision for HANA-driven software architecture

    SAP executives provided new details about the company's plan to make the HANA in-memory database the focus of a sweeping reinvention of its software architecture during an event in Boston on Tuesday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus14 Dec. 11 08:11
  • EMC's Greenplum goes big in data analytics

    The Greenplum division of EMC is building a single data analytics platform that can crunch both structured and unstructured data and give a broad range of users the tools to study an enterprise's information.

    Written by Stephen Lawson08 Dec. 11 11:00
  • Salesforce.com's Heroku launches stand-alone database service

    Salesforce.com's Heroku division has launched a stand-alone version of its PostgreSQL-based database, giving developers a "battle-tested" way to build applications with the cloud platform of their choosing, the company announced this week.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus24 Nov. 11 02:40
  • Hadoop skills are in high demand

    The growing enterprise interest in Hadoop and related technologies is driving demand for professionals with big data skills.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan11 Nov. 11 10:04
  • SAP pumps up its in-memory, mobile and cloud strategies

    SAP is expected to make a slew of announcements related to in-memory computing, mobile applications and cloud-based services on Wednesday during the Sapphire conference in Madrid.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus09 Nov. 11 18:01
  • Hadoop ready for corporate IT, execs say

    NEW YORK -- Despite some lingering technology issues, <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221495/Q_A_Hadoop_creator_expects_surge_in_interest_to_continue">Hadoop</a> is ready for enterprise use, IT executives said Tuesday at the Hadoop World conference here.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan09 Nov. 11 07:52
  • Oracle's best-of-breed strategy, as described by president Mark Hurd

    It used to be easy journalistic shorthand to write 'database-giant Oracle Corp.', but that labeling no longer fits a company that's now a key player in applications, appliances, servers, development tools, operating systems and, yes, even cloud computing. How do all these components gel into a coherent plan for IT customers? What makes Oracle better than the other big integrated systems players like HP and IBM? In this latest installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Oracle President Mark Hurd spoke with IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant about Oracle's strategy and why the company is uniquely positioned to help IT leaders deal with the difficult challenges they're facing today. Hurd also clarified Oracle's stance on cloud -- a position clouded -- sorry -- by some earlier comments from CEO Larry Ellison -- and what makes Oracle's approach better than 'very old' cloud solutions like salesforce.com. He explained more about customer migrations to Oracle's new Fusion applications and discussed how Oracle plans to win in the evolving server market.

    Written by John Gallant05 Nov. 11 01:40
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