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As the volume and variety of data continues to increase, we’re going to see more companies entering the market with solutions to address big data and compliant retention and business analytics. One such company is RainStor, which while not a new entrant (with over 150 end-customers through direct sales and partner channels) has recently started…
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I just started writing a blog for AllAnalytics, focusing on advanced analytics. My first posting outlines five use cases for text analytics. These include voice of the customer, fraud, warranty analysis, lead generation, and customer service routing. Check it out. Of course there are many more use cases for text analytics. On the horizontal solutions…
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This week marks the one year anniversary of the IBM Watson computer system succeeding at Jeopardy!. Since then, IBM has gotten a lot of interest in Watson. Companies want one of those. But what exactly is Watson and what makes it unique? What does it mean to have a Watson? And, how is commercial Watson…
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Next in my discussion of big data providers is IBM. Big data plays right into IBM’s portfolio of solutions in the information management space. It also dove tails very nicely with the company’s Smarter Planet strategy. Smarter Planet holds the vision of the world as a more interconnected, instrumented, and intelligent place. IBM’s Smarter Cities…
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Next up in my discussion on big data providers is SAS. What’s interesting about SAS is that, in many ways, big data analytics is really just an evolution for the company. One of the company’s goals has always been to support complex analytical problem solving. It is well respected by its customers for its ability…
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For more years than I like to admit, I have been focused on the importance of managing data so that it helps companies anticipate changes and therefore be prepared to take proactive action. Therefore, as I watched the market for predictive analytics really emerge I thought it was important to provide customers with a holistic…
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Earlier this week, Informatica announced the release of the Informatica 9.1 Platform for Big Data. The company joins other data centric vendors such as EMC and IBM by putting its stake in the ground around the hot topic of Big Data. Informatica defines Big Data as, “all data, including both transaction and interaction data, in…
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I attended EMC’s User Conference last week in Las Vegas. The theme of the event was Big Data meets the Cloud. So, what’s going on with Big Data and EMC? Does this new strategy make sense? EMC acquired Greenplum in 2010. At the time EMC described Greenplum as a “shared nothing, massively parallel processing (MPP)…
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