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Three Ways Big Data has Changed Retail Analytics Forever
Forward-thinking retailers are tapping into Big Data to streamline operations and gain a competitive edge over rivals. Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly discussed this trend in a recently published article. Kelly gives Wal-Mart credit for pioneering data-driven merchandising long before the term Big Data was even coined. The brick and mortar giant started analyzing internally-generated data in ...
Fusion-io Appoints Former HP Chief Scientist as New CTO
Flash behemoth Fusion-io has appointed Pankaj Mehra as its new worldwide chief technology officer and senior vice president. Mehra has been advising to Neil Carson, the vendor’s previous CTO and current technology chief of Asia Pacific, for the last few months. Mehra joins Fusion-io from Whodini, a Big Data analytics firm he co-founded in 2010. ...
Accel Fund Doubles Down on Big Data + Academia in IT Renaissance : Symposium Recap
The 17th annual Accel Partners Symposium was held yesterday at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center in Stanford University. The main theme was the Renaissance for enterprise IT, and theCUBE crew was there to bring you latest analysis from the executives and investors who attended the event (full video below). SiliconAngle founding CEO John Furrier and Wikibon ...
How EMC Took on Virtualization : Rewriting the Datacenter for New Technology
Wikibon co-founder and chief analyst Dave Vellante caught up with Chris Ritter, a principal systems engineer for EMC, during the EMC SAP Week meeting at the company’s EBC headquarters in Hopkinton, MA. The two discussed virtualization and Amazon Web Services, the other elephant in the room (full video below). Vellante starts the interview by asking ...
Top 5 Big Data Use Cases in the Enterprise
IBM, the number one Big Data vendor by revenue, enjoys talking with CIOs, and Eric Sall, the vice president of product marketing for the vendor’s Information Management business, is no different in that regard. Earlier this week on theCUBE, Sall popped in for a quick chat to discuss the Big Data use cases his company ...
Hot Data for NetApp : Smart Flash Cache from SanDisk Picks ONTAP
SanDisk announced this morning that FlashSoft has been certified to run on systems powered by NetApp Data ONTAP, the vendor’s homegrown storage operating system. FlashSoft is a software-based flash caching solution that eliminates I/O latency and enables users to rapidly process frequently-accessed information, also known as hot data. The solution is named after the original ...
Cloudera Rolls Out Impala 1.0 – Validates Real-Time SQL on Hadoop
Cloudera just announced the general availability of Impala 1.0, the first “production-hardened and customer validated” version of its real-time SQL-on-Hadoop solution. The firm boasts that over 40 enterprises have deployed the engine in their environments since it made its debut at last year’s Strata + Hadoop World conference. Cloudera’s list of high-profile Impala users includes ...
WANdisco Reports Growing Interest in Big Data Software
WANdisco, is a well-known provider of active-active replication solutions that dived into the Big Data last November when it acquired AltoStar for just over $5 million. This week, the company announced that it’s just landed its first Big Data deal with a UK carrier, that chief executive David Richards calls “one of the biggest in ...
Actian Picks Up ParAccel to Boost Analytics Portfolio
Database solutions provider Actian bought out ParAccel, a Big Data startup that sells high-performance analytics software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the fact ParAccel raised $64 million in funding to date suggests that Actian shelled out a hefty sum for the Campbell, CA-based company. ParAccel claims that it has over 60 customers, ...
[EXCLUSIVE] Sqrrl Chief Discusses Disruptive Enterprise Security in First Video Interview
Mark Terenzoni, the recently appointed CEO of sqrrl, stepped into theCube this week to give one of his first video interviews to Wikibon co-founder and chief analyst Dave Vellante. The executive provided some background about his company and talked about the disruptive technology that the security firm introduced to the market. Sqrrl sells tools and ...