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Oracle targets data warehouse rivals with automated features for HeatWave MySQL service
Oracle Corp. today embellished the HeatWave database query accelerator it introduced last year with machine learning-based automation features that it says further improve performance. MySQL Autopilot, which is being introduced today, includes automated provisioning, parallel loading, data placement, query plan improvement, scheduling and error recovery. Oracle said the automated features make the query optimizer increasingly intelligent ...
Kyligence adds ad hoc exploration to its Apache Kylin-based analytics platform
Kyligence Inc., the developer of an analytics platform based upon the Apache Kylin open-source distributed data warehouse, today announced a new version of its self-tuning analytics acceleration platform. The version 4.5 release features the addition of ad hoc exploration, an integrated ClickHouse open-source analytical database management system and support for real-time data sources. Kylin is based on ...
Data warehousing has problems. A data mesh could be the solution
Since its founding 13 years ago as an online shoe seller, Zalando SE has grown to become one of the largest e-commerce fashion retailers in Europe. Given its roots on the web, it’s not surprising that about 15% of the firm’s 14,000 employees work in technology disciplines. Zalando “has been a data-driven company pretty much ...
AI development platform maker Dataiku’s $400 million in new funding pegs its value at $4.6 billion
Dataiku Inc., the maker of a data science platform targeted at artificial intelligence development, said it raised $400 million in a Series E funding round that boosts its valuation to $4.6 billion. That brings the company’s total funding to more than $646 million from 17 investors, including Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG LF venture fund and Snowflake ...
VMware ports Horizon VDI to Microsoft’s Azure cloud
VMware Inc. today is announcing that it will make substantially all of its VMware Horizon virtual desktop infrastructure available on Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud. Previously the service was available only on Amazon Web Services Inc. infrastructure. The move is part of a broad thrust by VMware to expand its end-user computing footprint to take advantage ...
Ahana lands $20M to commercialize Presto distributed query engine
Good times continue to roll in the database and analytics market. Ahana Cloud Inc., curator of a commercial version of the Presto open-source distributed query engine, today announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Third Point LLC, a hedge and venture firm whose other investments include data warehousing startup Yellowbrick Data Inc. ...
SAS Institute says it plans to go public in 2024
Just two weeks after SAS Institute Inc. reportedly backed out of talks to be acquired by Broadcom Inc., the company today issued a statement saying it plans to go public in 2024. The company said it will begin to take preparatory steps like refining its financial reporting structure, streamlining certain operational processes and focusing on ...
Strong sales growth calms nervous ServiceNow investors
ServiceNow Inc. today reported second-quarter revenue of $1.41 billion, well above analysts’ estimates of $1.36 billion and up 32% year-over-year. Profit of $1.42 per share also exceeded the $1.21 consensus. The results were driven by 27% growth in subscription revenues, to $1.33 billion when adjusted for constant currency. Current remaining performance obligations, which is contract ...
Noetic Cyber emerges from stealth with security monitoring using a graph database
Noetic Cyber, a firm founded by three veteran cybersecurity entrepreneurs, launched out of stealth mode today with $20 million in a Series A funding and an agentless technology that continuously monitors information technology assets and their relationships with each other. The company’s software-as-service offering derives information about multiple security and IT management tools by monitoring ...
Microsoft blows past earnings estimates on continuing strong cloud growth
Microsoft Corp. continued its recent record of smashing earnings expectations with fiscal fourth-quarter results that handily beat analyst estimates on growth in its cloud business that has accelerated since last quarter. The company reported sales of $46.2 billion today, up 21% from the same period last year. Profit surged 47%, to $2.17 a share, well ...