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?”
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Aster Data Systems: Specialty DBMSs Will Change the Market
In a market suddenly awash with new analytic DBMS entrants, Aster Data Systems differentiates itself with an aggressive posture: in-database computations, MapReduce integration and commodity hardware. Like several other firms I’ve talked to recently, the San Carlos-based vendor has a Big Customer (mySpace), a Recent Launch (May 2008) and a Core Team of Hotshots with industryContinue reading “Aster Data Systems: Specialty DBMSs Will Change the Market”
Marge Breya: NetWeaver + BI Forms a New Layer
In the final excerpt from our interview with Marge Breya, we discuss the role of NetWeaver in SAP’s product strategy. Breya, Executive Vice President & GM Intelligence Platform & NetWeaver of SAP BusinessObjects, oversees full product line responsibility for BI and information management solutions, as well as the company’s OnDemand business. In addition, Breya isContinue reading “Marge Breya: NetWeaver + BI Forms a New Layer”
What To Expect at Sapphire? Breya Hints At BO-BWA Connection
IT Market Strategy recently sat down with Marge Breya, Executive Vice President & GM Intelligence Platform & NetWeaver of SAP BusinessObjects, to discuss the first full year of life within SAP after being acquired at the beginning of 2008. Breya oversees full product line responsibility for BI and information management solutions, as well as theContinue reading “What To Expect at Sapphire? Breya Hints At BO-BWA Connection”
Birst Hopes to Ride On-Demand BI Wave
Birst CEO Brad Peters checked in with IT Market Strategy to update us on the most recent developments in the on-demand BI market. They’ve been busy; when we last talked in January, Birst had just hired Randi DiPrima to head up a global partners program, and a significant new round of financing was freshly deposited.
Dataupia – Optimism for 2009
I recently had the chance to chat with John O’Brien, CTO and co-founder of MPP data warehouse appliance vendor Dataupia (pronounced like “utopia”). He was in an upbeat mood, as the company leverages the recent addition to its B round of financing secured late last year to drive business to the next level. With aContinue reading “Dataupia – Optimism for 2009”