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Tableau unlocks the value of data through visualization | #tcc13
With the exponentially growing Internet of Things generating unstructured information faster than our ability to monitor it, enterprises are struggling to collect and process data at the speed of business while maintaining cost efficiencies. But overcoming the technical barriers to analytics is only the first step towards unlocking the value of Big Data. In order ...
Tableau makes Big Data accessible for business users | #tcc13
Wikibon co-founder Dave Vellante and Principal Analyst Jeff Kelly kicked off the sixth annual Tableau Customer Conference in Washington, D.C. with a thorough introduction to the company, its impact on the analytics landscape and the competition. Vellante opens the discussion with a little background on Tableau, detailing that the firm’s sales grew more than 70 ...
Analysis: Amazon consumerizes enterprise computing | #re:Invent2013
Amazon’s recently concluded re:Invent 2013 summit marked a turning point in the company’s journey to extend its dominance to the enterprise. The re:Invent 2013 juggernaut advanced into the realm of managed services and opened new fronts against traditional IT vendors, furthering its vision to to bring about the demise of the data center. Like Hadoop, ...
Amazon closes the loop on Big Data | #re:Invent 2013
After three days of sifting through product announcements and interviewing the tech industry’s top thought leaders, SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier and Wikibon Principal Analyst Jeff Kelly got back into theCUBE to wrap up re:Invent 2013 and provide their unique insight into how AWS is reshaping the Big Data marketplace. Furrier views Kinesis, Amazon’s new managed ...
Apprenda nabs $16 million to accelerate private PaaS
Apprenda announced on Wednesday that it has received $16 million in a series C financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics. Existing investors Ignition Partners and New Enterprise Associates also participated, bringing the startup’s total capital raised to $31 million. Founded in 2007, Apprenda offers a specialized platform-as-a-service solution that can be deployed in the cloud ...
Cisco diversifies as CEO reassures investors of comeback
A day after Cisco chief exec John Chambers promised shareholders that his firm will overcome slow sales by pursuing new markets, the networking vendor pulled the curtains back on a set of new solutions for reducing data center energy costs. Cisco claims that IT power consumption is “the last and largest unmanaged business expense,” accounting ...
MapR gears up for IPO with latest executive hire
It appears that MapR is laying down the groundwork for an initial public offering. The San Jose, Calif-based Hadoop distributor named Dan Alter as its first chief financial officer on Wednesday, signaling that it wants in on the Big Data gold rush sweeping through Wall Street. Alter brings much-needed financial experience to the company, having ...
DDN whips out “extreme” storage appliances
DataDirect Networks is pushing ahead of the competition with two new high-performance storage systems that it pegs as the industry’s fastest Big Data appliances. The product family deliver “extreme performance” to help customers consolidate their IT infrastructure and keep up with the rapid growth in unstructured information. The SFA12KX uses the latest generation Intel Ivy ...
HP and Salesforce team for dedicated SaaS
Hewlett-Packard and Salesforce are going after the enterprise in a joint push to make cloud services operationally viable for mission-critical workloads that require high level security and transparency. The pair are rolling out a solution called Salesforce Superpod, a dedicated instance in the Salesforce multi-tenant cloud that runs on converged infrastructure supplied by HP. The ...
SimpliVity raises a massive $58M for hyperconverged infrastructure
Just over a year after closing its second funding round, SimpliVity has raised another $58 million in Series C financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and DFJ Growth. New investors Meritech Capital Partners and Swisscom Ventures also participated in the round, along with existing backers Accel Partners and Charles River Ventures. Founded in 2009, ...