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Kimball University: Three ETL Compromises to Avoid
March 1, 2010
by
Bob Becker
Why neglecting slowly changing dimensions, failing to capture metadata and overlooking scope creep can be the undoing of a dimensional data warehousing initiative.
SAS DataFlux Unit Bows Unified Data Management Platform
February 23, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
Integrated product combines data integration, data quality and master data management capabilities while adding tools and interfaces for business users.
Upstart Vendors Keep Data Warehousing Competitive
February 22, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
Announcements from Aster Data, Kognitio, ParAccel and Vertica highlight a healthy and growing market for data analysis alternatives.
Sybase Acquires Event Processing Vendor Aleri
February 5, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
Deal complements Sybase IQ analytic database with real-time stream analysis technology.
Expert Analysis: The New Masters of Master Data
February 1, 2010
by
David Stodder
Can the MDM market overcome the governance problem? Data owners still need a clear business case.
Insurance Database Connects Dots on Truck Theft
January 26, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
Integrating multiple sources, CargoNet will drive nationwide alerting and truck stop watch programs.
Talend Enters Master Data Managment Arena
January 26, 2010
by
Charles Babcock
The company's general purpose, open source MDM system steps into territory dominated by Oracle and IBM.
Netezza Rolls Out Entry-Level Data Warehouse Appliance
January 25, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
At $12,500 per terabyte, Skimmer release targets analytic applications, data-marts and development environments.
Microsoft Sets SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch for May
January 21, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
In-memory analysis and scalability features highlight database upgrades.
Oracle Sun Merger Wins EU Approval
January 21, 2010
by
Paul McDougall
Larry Ellison's company says it now expects to close the deal shortly on heels of nod from the Continent's competition watchdogs.
Jaspersoft Enterprise BI Opens Cloud Deployment Options
January 19, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
IT departments deploy SaaS-style to deliver shared services. Version 3.7 upgrade improves in-memory analysis.
Oracle Acquires Data Quality Vendor
January 7, 2010
by
Doug Henschen
Silver Creek buy will bolster Oracle product data management capabilities and might trigger more vendor consolidation.
Intelligent Enterprise Top Stories of 2009
December 21, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
Our ten most-popular articles of the year delivered helpful advice, forward-looking insight and deep analysis. Plus, we add our list of popular 'evergreen' gems offering timeless insight.
BI and Data Warehouse Vendors Chime in on Oracle's MySQL Commitments
December 16, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
Open source partners say promises are a positive development for popular data source and growing data warehousing alternative.
Oracle To Plead Sun Acquisition Case Before EC
December 7, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
The company will make its case with support from the likes of Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center, the Justice Department, and an Oracle users group.
Business Intelligence Tracks Flu Cases in Upstate New York
December 7, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
Dashboard environment monitors flu, finance, HR, quality of care, growth and operational measures at five-hospital Kaleida Health network.
IBM Buys Database Security Company
November 30, 2009
by
Thomas Claburn
By purchasing Guardium, IBM is strengthening its ability to sell to healthcare and financial companies.
IBM and Informatica Take Next Steps Toward Cloud Delivery
November 20, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
As the cloud model matures, new offerings pave the way for shared analytic insight and services-based data integration.
Data-Driven Crime Fighting
November 13, 2009
by John Soat
Law enforcement agencies adopt new tools in an effort to be more proactive in getting resources where they're most needed.
Informatica 9: Another Step Toward Next-Era Data Integration
November 11, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
Collaboration, data quality and data services functionality moves Informatica beyond its batch-oriented roots.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2: A Closer Look
November 9, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
PowerPivot for Excel and PowerPivot for SharePoint speed multidimensional analysis. Parallel Data Warehouse edition now set for 2010 with IBM as a hardware partner.
SaaS Provider Oco Unveils Customer, Sales Analytics
November 6, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
Oco's new product integrates data from various sources into a single data warehouse to provide a 'comprehensive view of the customer' through interactive scorecards, what-if dashboards, multi-dimensional reports, and adhoc analysis tools.
Aster Data Upgrades MPP Analytic Database
November 6, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
The new version of the massively parallel processing analytic database includes a 'data-application server' that acts as a host for application processing, while also managing workloads, security and fault isolation.
EnterpriseDB, Postgres Maker, Raises $19 Million
October 28, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
IBM, Red Hat, and NTT are backing the open source database maker.
Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard CEO Hurd's Strategy: The Infrastructure Company
October 26, 2009
by
Bob Evans
Promising that HP can combine massive scale and innovation, CEO Hurd says it will separate itself from IBM and others by having a complete end-to-end line of hardware, software, and services.
Oracle Patches 36 Bugs
October 22, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
Three of the fixes with the highest vulnerability rating are for the core Oracle Database Server itself.
Teradata Taps the Cloud, Announces Solid-State Appliance
October 19, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
Data warehousing specialist promises cloud flexibility (with limits), and (oh by the way) solid-state hard drive speed.
Teradata Unveils 'Extreme' Data Warehouse Appliance
October 19, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
The new Extreme Performance Appliance 4555 delivers sub-second responses to complex queries, while offering scalability and flexibility over other technologies, such as complex event processing and in-memory processing, according to the vendor.
Kognitio Upgrade Maximizes In-Memory Performance
October 13, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
WX2 version 7.0 improves in-memory analytics and reliability, cuts scheduled downtime.
Oracle, Sun Claim Fastest Database
October 13, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
Oracle OpenWorld highlighted an Exadata database machine with flash memory that's become the transaction processing leader, the companies say.
Sun Unveils 2 TB Flash Storage Array
October 12, 2009
by
Antone Gonsalves
The storage device's benchmarks may make it the highest-performing solid-state drive array on the market.
SAP and HP Partner on Data Warehousing, BI Software
October 12, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse integrated with HP's Neoview enterprise data warehouse. HP BI and EDS units resell SAP BusinessObjects software.
Ingres Goes After Sun's Customers
October 12, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
The open source database maker offers a migration path for Sun customers with its latest release, Ingres 9.3.
D&B, Kalido Unveil Data Management Products
October 12, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
Kalido adds new collaboration features between business users and IT in the latest version of Information Engine and D&B launches its first online data management application.
Kimball University: Six Key Decisions for ETL Architectures
October 9, 2009
by
Bob Becker
Best-practice advice on software vs. coding, where to integrate, how to capture changed data, when to stage data, where to correct data and what latency levels to shoot for.
IBM Offers DB2 On Unix Rack Mount Servers
October 9, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
DB2 pureScale is intended to compete with Oracle Real Application Clusters and other scalable database systems.
Hadoop World NYC Highlights Budding Alternative for Big Data
October 5, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
East Coast event highlights growing, mainstream adoption of open-source software designed for terabyte- to petabyte-scale data processing.
Kickfire Offers Data Warehouse Appliance for the Masses
September 30, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
MySQL-based offering targets 500-gigabyte to 5-terabyte range. Upgrades bolster enterprise performance and scalability.
Sybase Offers Software For Amazon EC2
September 7, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
The latest products enable developers to take Sybase's SQL Anywhere, IQ or Adaptive Server Enterprise data-management products and use them to set up and allocate data and analytic servers in Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud.
Oco Unveils Supply Chain Analytics Suite
September 7, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
The software-as-a-service offering provides reports, analytics, dashboards and tools to address supply chain-specific issues, such as transportation and logistics, inventory, customer service and sourcing.
Oracle, MySQL Not Competitors, Says Ingres CEO
September 4, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
Sun's ownership of the MySQL open source database is being viewed as a potential anti-competitive issue by the European Commission.
Oracle Sun Deal Faces EU Investigation
September 3, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
The move will delay Oracle's ability to close the deal by up to five months.
Oracle Unveils 11g Database, R2
September 2, 2009
by
Charles Babcock
Release 2 of Oracle's flagship database seeks to consolidate departmental, smaller systems on a data center grid.
IDC Ranks Vendors In Growing Business Analytics Market
August 24, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
In 2008, Oracle led the overall market, followed in order by SAP, IBM, SAS and Microsoft, a recent IDC report says. Rounding out the top 10 were Teradata, Fair Isaac, Informatica, Infor and MicroStrategy, respectively.
IBM Adds Intelligence To Sensor Data
August 19, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
The WebSphere Sensor Events software can draw data from readers of radio-frequency identification tags on items moving between suppliers, manufacturers and distribution centers, and then send that information to business systems for processing.
Kimball University: Five Alternatives for Better Employee Dimension Modeling
August 17, 2009
by
Joy Mundy
The employee dimension presents one of the trickier challenges in data warehouse modeling. These five approaches ease the complication of designing and maintaining a 'Reports To' hierarchy for ever-changing reporting relationships and organizational structures.
IBM Targets Mainframe At Specific Applications
August 17, 2009
by
Antone Gonsalves
IBM hopes to counter plummeting System z sales with seven packages of integrated hardware, software, and services tailored to specific application workloads.
Vertica Gets Flexible, Taps MapReduce
August 5, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
Upgrade automates best-possible storage and query approaches. MapReduce connection lets Hadoop be Hadoop.
Better, Faster, Cheaper: Summer ’09 Data Warehousing Roundup
August 3, 2009
by
Doug Henschen
Netezza and Teradata news follows Sybase and IBM announcements. Vendors promise higher performance, lower cost and greater deployment flexibility.
Groovy Claims SQL Switch Beat Fastest RDBMS
August 3, 2009
by Antone Gonsalves
Based on the Dell DVD Store Database Test Suite, the Groovy SQL Switch was 105 times faster and processed 37 times more orders per minute than the previous test winner, a 'well-tuned' MySQL, according to the company.
