With the August announcement of Vertica Analytic Database 3.5, Vertica is laying claim to leadership of the new ADBMS vendors. With its most recent numbers – several dozens of customers are now in production and the company expects to pass 100 this year – the assertion bears thinking about. Driving forward with an aggressive releaseContinue reading “Vertica Projects Leadership, Embraces MapReduce (Sorta)”
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Why Virtual Conferences Suck
Lately, I get a lot of questions about “virtual conferences” and how much I believe they will replace the struggling live conference business of today. My answer? In the next 12-18 months we will see a lot of awful failed experiments. Just like the ones we’ve been seeing for the past 12 months or so.
TDWI Disappoints, But There is Hope Ahead
Few events offer as much promise as The Data Warehouse Institute World Conferences. With a deep educational focus, TDWI provides important opportunities for users. For vendors, the event offers one of the most focused, serious prospect audiences possible. My expectations, tempered though they were by economic realities, were still fairly high for this year’s San Diego event.Continue reading “TDWI Disappoints, But There is Hope Ahead”
Sybase’s DBMS Business Shows Sea Legs – But Challenges Lay Ahead
Sybase has rolled out a good Q2 in difficult times, reflecting once again the steady, effective management that has characterized the past few years. All-time highs in margins, earnings, and cash flow – coming at the bottom (one hopes) of the current recession – are nothing to sneeze at. The first highlighted item in chairmanContinue reading “Sybase’s DBMS Business Shows Sea Legs – But Challenges Lay Ahead”
IBM’s Smart Analytics System: More Than An Appliance?
When is an appliance not an appliance? When it’s more. On July 28, IBM’s Software Group and Systems and Technology Group (i.e., the hardware folks) hosted an analyst event to introduce the Smart Analytics System.The discussion began with a series of conversations about the value of “workload optimization,” or the effective tuning of processors, storage, memory andContinue reading “IBM’s Smart Analytics System: More Than An Appliance?”
ParAccel Secures $22 Million – The Game’s Afoot
Recently, ParAccel published a TPC-H benchmark, and I said here that it was a coup that ought to get them significant attention. The blizzard of discussion that ensued was no doubt gratifying for ParAccel – Google reported 182 hits for “the past week” for them as of 6/28. Now, Google hits – and visibility in generalContinue reading “ParAccel Secures $22 Million – The Game’s Afoot”
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”
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”