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Surviving and thriving: or why MISO has it (mostly) wrong

Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle collectively make up what Irregulars call MISO. Harsher critics might think they are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Whichever your chosen position I am coming to the view that the way they are going to market is wrong for the conditions in which we...

Tags: CIO, Oracle Corp., Social Computing, SAP AG, IBM Corp., MISO, Vendor Response, David Dobrin, Vertica, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queries

Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queriesSybase Lawsuit Against VerticaSybase has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vertica. Sybase's patent on the "organization of the columnar structure to support decision support systems" is 10 years old and is in force until 2018. The lawsuit was filed in...

Tags: Databases, Tools & Techniques, Vertica, Sybase Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Additional Resources

If you have a proprietary partner is it still open source?

Aren't Most Open Source Based Solutions HybridsDon't most application stacks custom or COTS that include open source components also include proprietary components? For example, every Vertica implementation is on an open source OS. I know there are many pure open source implementations, but I'd be curious to know if...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Any friends OK for open source?

Any friends OK for open source?Bye Bye PentahoI have been moving our data integration from Pentaho to Talend the department may look at Jaspersoft for BI. The folk over at Pentaho seem to be in another world or something. I'm not going to say I got deep into their community...

Tags: Managed hosting, Satyam, Pentaho, open source

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

New year fast approaching, and so is the next-generation enterprise data warehouse

This has been one of the most pivotal years in the evolution of the enterprise data warehousing EDW market. Every EDW vendor of note has firmly repositioned its go-to-market strategy around the appliance approach, with some also taking tentative steps into what is sure to be a key theme in...

Tags: Appliance, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., I&KM, MPP, Business Intelligence, Databases, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Data Centers, Pricing, Programming Languages, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Web Services, Management, Storage, Hardware, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, James Kobielus

Blog posts 2008-12-24

The Vertica Analytic Database - Introducing a New Era in DBMS Performance and Efficiency

As businesses become more analytical to gain competitive advantage and comply with new regulations, they are changing the demands placed on data warehouses and driving demand for new query-intensive database applications. The table below illustrates how data warehouse workloads have changed over recent years as they are pushed to answer...

Tags: Data Warehouse, DBMS, VERTICA SYSTEMS, Data Management, Storage, Business Intelligence, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-11-24

Gathering clouds brew up a storm

With all kinds of cloud announcements promised at Microsoft PDC next week, rival vendors Amazon and Rackspace have tried to steal a little early thunder with some announcements of their own. This is the beginning of a titanic struggle to establish the top cloud providers, and this week's announcements have...

Tags: Rackspace, Web Hosting, It Services, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-10-25

Increasing Enterprise Data Warehouse Performance, Longevity and ROI With the Vertica Analytic Database: How Vertica Complements and Enhances Your Existing Enterprise Data Warehouse

Considering the strategic importance of Enterprise Data Warehouses EDWs and the millions of dollars spent creating and maintaining them annually, it is imperative for organizations to easily gain access to the wealth of information retained within them. However, many EDWs become victims of their own success. Over time, satisfied users...

Tags: Data Warehouse, ROI, VERTICA SYSTEMS, Business Intelligence, Storage, Roi/Tco, Service Level Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, It service Management

White papers 2008-08-01

Fast Data Loading Into the Vertica Analytic Database: Vertica Data Loading Architecture, Benchmarks and Best Practices

The grid-based, column-oriented Vertica Analytic Database is well known for its blinding query performance against large volumes of data, but unlike other column databases, Vertica has the unique ability to insert data at very high rates of speed. It can even load on a non-stop basis while the database is...

Tags: Best Practice, Speed, VERTICA SYSTEMS, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-07-01

The CIO's innovation dilemma

The often uncomfortable relationship between IT and business is nothing new but has taken on fresh piquancy. The visibility achieved by the impact coming from the use of socialprise I have seen among major brands fuels that debate. There is a history here and I sense that...

Tags: Information Technology, Ross, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-25

H-Store: Complete destruction of the old DBMS order?

Guest Post: Curt Monash reports from the front lines of a database revolution. Mike Stonebraker created much of the database management industry. Now he wants to blow it up. Via a project called H-Store [pdf file], he proposes to manage high-end OLTP databases entirely in...

Tags: Disk, DBMS, Brown University, OLTP, RAM, H-Store, I-Store, H-Store Team, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Curt Monash

Blog posts 2008-02-20

News to know: Vista SP1 benchmarks; HP; Wireless price wars; Apple; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks Larry Dignan: HP: No tech slowdown here AT&T matches Verizon: Welcome to the wireless price wars Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1 prerequisite update ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., HD-DVD, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Toshiba Corp., Wireless, Hd Dvd, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer Electronics, Viruses And Worms, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Vertica brings higher speeds to ad hoc queries

Michael Stonebraker has a history of database breakthroughs. He was a founder of Ingres, Illustra, Cohera and StreamBase Systems. He also served as CTO of Informix and helped develop Postgres. His most recent creation is Vertica, which just launched version 2.o of its database. The claims...

Tags: Michael Stonebraker, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Adobe Acrobat enters third dimension

Adobe Acrobat enters third dimensionI *hate* "vertical" marketsA "vertical" market is one where there is almost no competition, and they can get away with charging ridiculous prices - you know you're looking at software designed for a "vertical" market when the software costs more than a computer."Vertica" markets are anti-competitive...

Tags: CAD, Bentley MicroStation, 3D, Adobe Systems Inc., third dimension, Adobe Acrobat, software, Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2006-01-23