In his Weekly Update, Andrew Brust, the Gigaom Research research director for data, plays off of the impending delivery of Oracle’s new in-memory database product to look at ‘the convergence of… Read more »
In a database market that uses terms like “time to insight,” it’s clear that buyers and vendors are keen on eliminating data-analysis delays. Reducing the time between data being captured in… Read more »
Plummeting RAM prices and the massive throughput requirements of big data make in-memory databases incredibly attractive. Processing enormous data sets in a fraction of the time it normally takes sounds like… Read more »
IBM has been all over the media the past few weeks–both pitching its story and fielding brickbats and accolades for its prospects and position in the market. The company has been… Read more »
Dr. Vishal Sikka, credited with building the HANA real-time analytics franchise, is leaving the company for personal reasons, SAP said Sunday. Read more »
SAP reported first-quarter sales and earnings that missed analysts’ estimates as cloud computing alternatives growing in popularity. Germany-based SAP’s stock fell 1.2 percent on this news. The big hurt is that… Read more »
A new generation of contact-management capabilities is required for enterprises, and modern CRM solutions from companies like Contactually, Nimble, and Introhive point to how the market needs to evolve. Read more »