Thursday, March 15, 2012
No unified stack soon for big data Hadoop and other big data tools need a standardized software stack to deploy more easily, experts agreed at a GigaOm panel
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
NetBase adds new capabilities to social media analysis platform The company now has a library of widgets that can be combined into custom dashboards
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
SAP ports HANA to its financial planning app It's the latest move by SAP to seed HANA throughout its product portfolio
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Next Hadoop confirms data as a platform Hadoop could become much more than just a storage system
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Big data creating big career opportunities for IT pros Data scientists, who typically has a background in computer science or mathematics as well as the analytical skills necessary to find the proverbial needle in a haystack, are suddenly all the rage
Friday, March 02, 2012
Teradata introduces more ‘intelligent’ DB analytics Teradata 14 now has the capability to query columns, a major benefit for doing business analytics
Friday, March 02, 2012
Forget big data. This is bigger data Plans call for Hadoop 0.23 to run across 6,000-machine clusters, each with 16 or more cores, and process 10,000 concurrent jobs
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Leafs turn to cloud for executive ticket tracking Toronto Maple Leafs offering new ticket tracking system to premium suite holders
Friday, February 17, 2012
IBM analytics breathes new life into data IBM analytics software is being used in wide range of industries, making more mileage out of stored data
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
HP gives Vertica a fresh face Vertica users can now provision Vertica clusters through a drag-and-drop browser interface
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Salesforce.com yields to pressure over pricing Salesforce.com's upcoming Analytics Edition features will now be included in some editions at no additional cost
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
HP analytics tech powers Rogers' wireless profiling With the shift from analogue to digital networks, profiling wireless usage becomes more critical. Plus, how a lack of legacy is an advantage for new carriers
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Polar gets $6 million investment in MediaEverywhere Polar Mobile says new product will provide seamless integration of media across platforms and screens
Monday, January 23, 2012
Interview: What CIOs should know for 2012 RADIO ITWC Executive advisor for IDC, David McNally, joined us to talk about IDC’s CIO predictions for 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
One Way to Avoid ERP Cost Disputes How about trying fixed-cost contracts? Here are some of the pros and cons
Monday, January 16, 2012
IBM unveils next-gen Connections LOTUSPHERE 2012 New IBM Connections features sophisticated business intelligence tools. Naming the three Cs of social business
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012 Analytics will be everywhere -- in-memory, on mobile, on demand as a service -- in 2012, the tea leaves say
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Income up, hardware sales down at Oracle Still, sales of Oracle's specialized hardware-software appliances grew rapidly in the quarter, according to CEO Larry Ellison. How Oracle will challenge SAP's HANA
Friday, December 02, 2011
Control slipping away for IT, Gartner says PREDICTIONS 2012 The research firm sees more cloud, more consumerization, and more cybercrime for the coming years. See Prediction No. 8 to find out why American IT will see more "Made in Canada" stickers
Friday, November 25, 2011
CRTC dumps UBB, SAP talks Big Data ITWC THIS WEEK VIDEO PLAYLIST The CRTC announces a capacity-based billing regimen for independent ISPs to buy bandwidth for the telcos, SAP's Mark Aboud on in-memory analytics and Zynga's compression gives gamers more options
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Big Data analysis the stuff of heroes The hero of the next age will be the person who can manage Big Data, says futurist Thornton May. Plus, how your dark data can inform your analysis of social media
Friday, October 28, 2011
Getting a jump on Big Data PREMIER BUSINESS LEADERSHIP SERIES In-memory analytics on a database appliance will bring analysis of huge bodies of data closer to real time, according to SAS 
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Exploiting social media: The next step in business analytics SAS PREMIER LEADERSHIP SERIES The holy grail of enterprise social media programs is tying them to ROI
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
IBM bets big on big data strategy IOD 2011 It's about turning insight into action, says the head of Big Blue's software and systems group
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Oracle buys firm for unstructured search technology Goal is to create a suite of analytic tools to analyze structured and unstructured data to improve e-commerce Web sites and call centres