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Big Data Weekly : Social media analytics + (Hadoop) ETL back in the spotlight
The past week saw a number of notable Big Data developments, particularly in the social media analytics markets, which was thrust back into the limelight last Thursday after customer experience management firm Lithium Technologies confirmed reports that it has acquired Klout. Terms of the deal were not disclosed by the companies, but Fortune cited insiders ...
A finger on the pulse of disruption in cloud and Big Data | #CubeConversations
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the world of enterprise IT, with two of the industry’s hottest trends each passing multiple milestones on the backdrop of increased competition among the top market contenders. Wikibon analysts Stu Miniman and Jeff Kelly discussed the landmark developments during the latest episode of SiliconANGLE’s Cube Conversations series. ...
SAP reinforces core strategic pillars with Fieldglass buy + new products
Cloud computing, Big Data and mobility constitute the core pillars of the aggressive growth strategy being pursued by SAP, which hit major milestones in all three segments this week as part of its ongoing push to diversify beyond the monolithic, on-premise enterprise software it has been selling for the better part of the past 40 ...
Enabling data protection at the speed of business : #theCUBE Conversations
Robert Dillard, the vice president of technology services at Healthcare Realty, appeared on the latest episode of SiliconANGLE’s Cube Conversations series to share how his company manages business information, with Wikibon co-founder Dave Vellante. He provides a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a decentralized organization where corporate data must not only be readily ...
Intel buys into wearable tech with Basis Science acquisition
Intel hopes to make up for its late entry into mobile by gaining an early start on what it perceives as the next big wave in consumer technology: wearable gadgets. With PC sales continuing to decline at a steady pace and ARM showing no signs of loosening its grip on the smartphone and tablet universe, ...
The product news to watch for : #AWSsummit SF
The product floodgates have officially opened at today’s AWS Summit in San Francisco. Amazon kicked things off with the launch of a new peering option for its free Virtual Public Cloud capability, which allows users to carve out a chunk of the shared EC2 environment into a private network that provides increased control and security. ...
In latest milestone for software-defined storage, Amplidata nets $11M from investors
Belgian object storage startup Amplidata has nabbed another $11 million in funding to expand sales and marketing operations and accelerate the development of its flagship AmpliStor solution. Like many of the newer products on the market, the appliance is built from commodity hardware and delivers differentiation up in the software layer, in this case with ...
Tableau rides Big Data wave with secondary offering
Unlike some of the other buzzed-about technology companies that went public in recent years, Tableau has managed to sustain its growth streak on the back of accelerating demand for self-service analytics among everyday business users. And investors have taken note. The data visualization firm saw its share price nearly double since its stock exchange debut ...
EMC promotes three insiders to key positions
Storage industry giant EMC has promoted three insiders to senior posts in its core Information Infrastructure business this week, two months after tapping chief operating office and theCUBE alumnus David Goulden to head the division. As part of the shuffle, chief marketing officer Jeremy Burton has been named president of products and marketing. His responsibilities ...
Hortonworks joins the Hadoop IPO race with $100M funding round
The Hadoop ecosystem is going through the same stages of explosive maturation as the social networking space had before it, with the top players now gearing up for public offerings to fuel their growth ambitions. Cloudera fired the opening shot last week with the closing of a $160 million round that bumped up its valuation ...