iLuminate 4.0 has just been released, and its parent firm, Illuminate, is ramping a campaign to join the “new analytic DBMS” party. With a very different architecture based on storing and indexing values in an inverted-list like model, the “correlation database” or CDBMS has been winning some traction with a powerful value proposition: shorter “timeContinue reading “iLuminate Aims To Enable Exploratory Analytics”
Author Archives: Merv Adrian
Discussion of Steve Jobs’ Health Info is Becoming Excessive
Apple’s Steve Jobs has had health problems. And in our celebrity-obsessed society, that’s big news. Yes, I know that stockholders have a right to know about material matters that could affect the performance of a firm. And certainly Steve’s contribution to Apple is immeasurably important. But at some point we have to stand up toContinue reading “Discussion of Steve Jobs’ Health Info is Becoming Excessive”
Lucidera Hysteria Misses The Point
It’s early yet and the whole story has not been told. But the flurry of Lucidera “news” – mostly retweets and wild speculation – needs at least a brief response. It appears, in several stories from apparently reputable news outlets quoting thus-far unnamed sources, that LucidEra, a SaaS BI startup, is shutting its operations down.Continue reading “Lucidera Hysteria Misses The Point”
ParAccel Rocks the TPC-H – Will See Added Momentum
ParAccel, another of the analytic database upstarts, has weighed in on Sun hardware with a record-shattering benchmark that its competitors have thus far avoided – the 30 TB TPC-H. It’s been two years since anyone has published a 30 TB TPC-H, and only 10 of any size (all smaller) have been published in the past year. OneContinue reading “ParAccel Rocks the TPC-H – Will See Added Momentum”
IBM Touts Software’s Role in Infrastructure Security, Efficiency
In April, IBM used two events to roll out important software elements of its Dynamic Infrastructure strategy. On the 20th, IBM chose the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the world’s largest security event, to highlight its progress with integrating products from existing brand families like Tivoli and Rational – with special focus on the InternetContinue reading “IBM Touts Software’s Role in Infrastructure Security, Efficiency”
AR: Tiering Analysts Is Good, But Don’t Play Childish Games
Colleagues have recently told me of a disturbing AR/PR practice they’ve run into of late: some vendors have asked them to refrain from tweeting about the plan to have a briefing. Why? They don’t want others not being briefed to know about it. This is childish nonsense. Should some analysts be briefed more often than others in your planning?Continue reading “AR: Tiering Analysts Is Good, But Don’t Play Childish Games”
Can GoldenGate Software Continue to Grow Transactional Replication?
GoldenGate Software may not be a well-known name, except in circles where transactional replication is a hot topic, but after 15 years in business, they have assembled a sizable base of some 500 customers, with 4000 solutions deployed, and partnerships with vendors as diverse as Teradata and Ingres on the database side, and Microstrategy and AmdocsContinue reading “Can GoldenGate Software Continue to Grow Transactional Replication?”
Marriott Rewards Offers an Unexpected Internet Benefit
A nice surprise from Marriott today. I have a little time to kill and there is a Starbuck’s in the Courtyard hotel near my meeting two hours from now. So I stop in and grab a chai, find a power outlet and sit down to do a little work. Boot – find a wireless networkContinue reading “Marriott Rewards Offers an Unexpected Internet Benefit”
Sand Technology a Risky Bet
It’s a shame that Sand Technology isn’t doing better, because the technology is apparently quite good and has been for years. Decades, indeed, but after all that time, Sand is a US$7M firm. Why is that? Their June visit to the Boulder BI Braintrust (BBBT) offered some clues. And some followup into public filings paints an unattractiveContinue reading “Sand Technology a Risky Bet”
Symantec Rolling 14-Day Update For Windows 7 Beta Works!
In a previous post, I was critical of the way Symantec was handling their beta version of Norton 360 for Windows 7. Since Windows 7 won’t be released till October (as of the last official pronouncement form Microsoft), it’s impressive that Symantec actually has a beta version that you can use while beta testing theContinue reading “Symantec Rolling 14-Day Update For Windows 7 Beta Works!”