Chris Preimesberger

It’s true: An increasing number of enterprises are looking to replace older-generation MySQL with other database storage processors that are designed specifically for working with massive data sets and time- sensitive processing. This means the future of the original MySQL in the enterprise is questionable. Ideally, moving applications to the cloud means businesses are able […]

Just when you think there’s no more innovation on the horizon in the data storage sector, somebody comes up with a new take on the standard idea of storing, protecting and restoring digital data. Datos IO, which eschews conventional snapshots in lieu of a rapid-fire, almost “live-streaming” report on the state of a Cassandra database, […]

Oracle always shows a profit, but it nonetheless has missed Wall Street earnings estimates in half of its past eight quarters, which can have a major impact on the stock price. However, this wasn’t a problem in the IT giant’s Q1 2015 report, made public Sept. 16. Oracle beat profit expectations, but final results also […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Salesforce never wastes any time connecting dots in order to produce new marketing opportunities. This is a main reason why it is: a) the largest business cloud services provider in the world; and b) why it unveiled its Salesforce IoT Cloud on Sept. 15 at DreamForce 2015 here at the Moscone Center. When new […]

When to Select Apache Spark, Hadoop or Hive for Your Big Data Project Apache Spark is making remarkable gains at the expense of the original Hadoop ecosystem. Here’s a guide to help decide between Spark and other Hadoop engines. Sparking the Hadoop Industry Spark has been gaining major traction in the Hadoop community, with IBM […]

Most analytics software—big data or otherwise—is cube-based, so to speak. By that we mean that virtually all users of that type of application are housed in offices somewhere, cranking out answers to complicated questions submitted by fellow employees or contractors in other locations. There are many reasons for this, and they are mostly about convention. […]

Not feeling supremely confident about your company’s data—and business data created by employees on personal devices—being stored in your public cloud service? Have no fear: Palo Alto Networks now has an app service for that. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based data security company on Sept. 15 launched Aperture, a new security-as-a-service offering to help organizations safely […]

Get ready for a new category called stream analytics, which is based on real-time streaming integration. Startup WebAction, which is betting on this taking place, revealed on Sept. 14 that it has landed $20 million in Series B funding led by Intel Capital. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company raised $12 million in its initial funding […]

Eight Tactics for Circumventing Insider Security Threats Although perimeter defenses aren’t impenetrable, firms can aggressively hit back at cyber-criminals and insider threats using big data security analytics. Use Machine Learning With the massive number of potential threats security monitoring systems are flagging, it’s no wonder that analysts are suffering from alert overload. Forget about trying […]

Hewlett-Packard, which is in need of some good news, received a healthy dose Sept. 9 from IT industry analysis firm Synergy Research Group. New Q2 2015 research data indicates that HP has wrestled leadership of the rapidly growing cloud infrastructure equipment market away from Cisco Systems, which led the world sector throughout 2013 and 2014. […]

How to Build an Effective Digital Transaction Management Platform More and more large enterprises are supporting digital transaction management initiatives. To be successful with such initiatives, here is what they need to do. What Does Good DTM Look Like? Success here requires more than secure, trustworthy e-signatures and the electronic signing ceremony workflow. It requires […]

Seattle-based DevOps automation software provider Chef, formerly known as Opscode, revealed Sept. 9 that it has closed a $40 million Series E funding round. The initiative was led by DFJ Growth and includes Millennium Technology Value Partners in addition to all of its existing investors. These are Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures, DFJ, Ignition Partners, and […]