By Merv Adrian on June 23, 2011
In the months since IBM closed its Netezza acquisition, the data warehouse appliance pioneer has been busy, if the announcements at this week’s Enzee are any indication. An enthusiastic crowd – 1000 strong – heard CEO Jim Baum deliver the news: new hardware, software and partnerships.The biggest news was The Appliance Formerly Known As Cruiser, [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ADBMS, analytics, Data warehouse, data warehouse appliance, Data Warehousing, Database, DBMS Blogs, gartner, ibm, Industry Trends, mapreduce, Netezza, oracle |
By Jeff Nolan on April 28, 2011
Yesterday at the Pervasive Software Metamorphosis event I spoke on a panel hosted by the esteemed Ray Wang and on this panel, which was for an audience of journalists and analysts, we talked about the cloud and big data. Here’s my take on a range of topics we discussed: 1) Amazon Out(r)age It happened and we [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon EC2, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Database, Ray Wang, Uncategorized |
By Dennis Moore on February 7, 2011
Enterprise news and headlines, second half of January 2011 Salesforce.com takes it to a new level with Super Bowl ads, SAP and Microsoft reposition themselves for the cloud – while juggling execs and responsibilities, Microsoft sues former employees and their new employers, Oracle raises the ire of the open source community, Microsoft and SAP deliver [...]
Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, android, applications, Big Data, Cloud, Database, databases, erp, google, hp, iaas, ibm, Informatica, Java, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, news, NoSQL, Open source, oracle, PaaS, SaaS, salesforce, salesforce.com, sap, SAP AG, SQL, Sun, Tibco, Venture Capital |
By Dennis Moore on January 22, 2011
2011 has gotten off to a very interesting start inthe world of enterprise software and solutions. Headlines and summaries follow, but so far we’ve seen an announcement that Eric Schmidt is stepping down from his role as CEO of Google,that HP is turning over a substantial fraction of its board under the new leadership of [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged apple, applications, Cloud, Database, enterprise, google, Hewlett-Packard, hp, ibm, news, oracle, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap |
By Anshu Sharma on December 8, 2010
Why? Developers are moving to the cloud because users expect their applications to be available from multiple devices – not just a PC or Mac – but a myriad new computers that come in the shapes of tablets, smart phones, and purpose-built devices. Users want be able to access their data from home, work, and [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Database, database.com, df10, Dreamforce, Google App Engine, PaaS, SaaS, salesforce.com, vmforce |
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 |
By Merv Adrian on October 8, 2010
Yes, I know – not everyone believes database benchmarks are useful. My position is that there is value in benchmarks’ role in helping engineers wring out bottlenecks, bugs and performance impediments in their products. In a conversation I recently had with Berni Schiefer, Distinguished Engineer and manager of the DB2 UDB Performance and Advanced Technology [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Database, database performance, DB2, DBMS, Exadata, flash, ibm, Industry Trends, microsoft, oracle, pureScale, sap, SQL Server, TPC, TPC-H |
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 |
By R "Ray" Wang on August 9, 2010
Welcome to a part 2 of a multi-part series on The Software Insider Tech Ecosystem Model. Subsequent posts will apply the model to these leading vendors:
Posted in Business | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, Alliances, analytics, Apps Strategy, business int, business process outsourcing, Cisco, Cisco Systems, Cloud, Cloud Computing, collaboration software, custom apps, Database, Dell, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, escrows, financing options, Hardware, hp, ibm, implementation partners, information management, IT budgets, IT Strategy, last mile solutions, managed service provider, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, middleware, middleware platforms, Monday’s Musings, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, On Demand, on-premise, operating systems, oracle, packaged apps, partner ecosystems, partners, partnerships, procurement, Research Report, resellers, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, software escrow, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Storage, System Integrators, technology budgets, third party financing, trusted advisors, vars, vendor strategy, vertical apps |
By R "Ray" Wang on July 27, 2010
Is your technology provider a hardware vendor or a software vendor? Does your System Integrator now provide solutions in the cloud? These questions will continue as models converge. Hardware, software, and system integration vendors must reinvent new models of revenue. The economic recession has forced business model shifts at the major technology companies.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, Alliances, analytics, Apps Strategy, business int, business process outsourcing, Cisco, Cisco Systems, Cloud, Cloud Computing, collaboration software, custom apps, Database, Dell, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, escrows, financing options, Hardware, hp, ibm, implementation partners, information management, IT budgets, IT Strategy, last mile solutions, managed service provider, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, middleware, middleware platforms, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, On Demand, on-premise, operating systems, oracle, packaged apps, partner ecosystems, partners, partnerships, procurement, Research Report, resellers, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, software escrow, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Storage, System Integrators, technology budgets, third party financing, trusted advisors, vars, vendor strategy, vertical apps |