Why Analytics Are Now Assumed to Run in the Cloud

Not long ago, companies considered big data analytics such a strategic advantage that they wouldn’t dream of letting it outside their firewall. That hesitation has almost completely melted away to the point where spend Read more…

Embattled Redshift Gets Analytics Backing

Amazon Web Services' Redshift data warehouse service got some much needed support this week with a partnership between a data management for analytics specialist and a tool developer aimed at helping RedShift users autom Read more…

SAP Expands Hadoop Reach With Altiscale Deal

SAP completed it acquisition of big data analytics startup Altiscale Inc. this week, saying it would fold Altiscale's data cloud and Hadoop services into its existing SAP HANA cloud and emerging analytics efforts. Rep Read more…

Datos IO Partners With AWS on Data Backup

Growing deployment of distributed applications on scale-out and cloud databases has, vendors claim, fueled the need to protect critical application data, resulting in data governance standards that mandate backup and rec Read more…

Salesforce Analytics Cloud: Now with More Hadoop

Salesforce customers who use the vendor's hosted Wave analytics platform now have an easier way to access data from their on-premise Hadoop clusters and cloud-based big data repositories. Today's launch of Salesforce Wav Read more…

Intel Capital Invests in GoodData

Intel Capital led the latest funding round for cloud analytics specialist GoodData, raking in an additional $25.7 million, the company said Oct. 2. The Series E funding round continues the sustained uptick in venture Read more…