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Teradata Launches Virtual Storage Software
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Teradata on Monday launched Teradata Virtual Storage, software that
virtualizes storage and seeks out hot data, information used most
frequently, to put it on the fastest hardware. Cold data, which is used
less frequently, is put on the back burner. Teradata, which is in a data warehousing dogfight with the likes of
Oracle and HP, said that its Virtual Storage technology can cut the
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Cherokee Automotive Group Forms Analytics Division
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Cherokee Automotive Group (CAG), the corporation for such
media properties as Auto Remarketing NewsMagazine and SubPrime Auto
Finance News, has announced the formation of Cherokee Automotive Group
Analytics. This division will gather and provide research, data and
trends for the automotive remarketing and subprime industries. Cherokee
Automotive Group, has covered the automotive industry for nearly 20
years. President Ron Smith has noted that because the industry is
always changing, there is a strong demand for constant research and
analytics. Read More... |
Volvofinans Analyzes Customer Data Using SAS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Volvofinans, the financial arm of Volvo in Sweden, is integrating its
decision support systems using a comprehensive analytics platform from
SAS, the leader in business
analytics software and solutions. Customer information is a priority
for Volvofinans,
and the investment in SAS software will help the company gain greater
value from this critical asset. By better determining which customers
are profitable, Volvofinans can target the right customers - especially
important in today's economic climate. Volvofinans provides finance for products marketed by Volvo in Sweden,
primarily through loans and leases to private individuals and companies.
In 2008, after two business units, Volvofinans Account and Volvofinans,
merged to become Volvofinans Bank, the company determined to unify all
analytics under one platform, provided by SAS.
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Merkle Scales-Out its ParAccel Consumer Data Warehouse to 20
Terabytes
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ParAccel, Inc., provider of the record-breaking ParAccel Analytic
Database, a high-speed, low-effort, massively parallel (MPP) columnar
database management system (DBMS) for data warehousing and analytics,
announced today that Merkle,  Inc., one of the nation's largest and
fastest growing database marketing agencies, has more than doubled the
size of its ParAccel Analytic Database cluster. Merkle's upgrade
linearly scales-out both the compute power and storage capacity of its
leading-edge consumer data warehouse. The new 20-terabyte capacity is a
planned upgrade and necessary for Merkle to keep up with data growth and
client demand.
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Balanced Insight Consensus 4.2 Released
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Balanced Insight today announced the release
of Balanced Insight Consensus version 4.2, further advancing the
powerful collaborative business intelligence development and lifecycle
management platform. Balanced Insight Consensus has already made
significant inroads with large enterprises who are looking to develop a
common language between their IT and business users and to drive the agile
delivery and alignment of their business intelligence solutions.
This release of Balanced Insight Consensus further enhances the ability of
large organizations to clearly define key business terms across the
organization and deploy them in market leading business intelligence tools,
eliminating confusion and inconsistency. Balanced Insight Consensus
becomes the assistant to business intelligence analysts, designers, and
developers who ensure the quality, use, and literacy of the information
assets throughout the enterprise.
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Dataspace Partners With Independent BI Leader Information Builders
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Information Builders, an independent leader in
business intelligence (BI)
solutions, today announced a new advisory partnership with Dataspace, a
consulting and software firm specializing in BI and data warehousing. With
tighter integration during the proposal process and more direct access to
Information Builders support personnel, Dataspace can better help customers
evaluate, select, and implement the best BI solution that meets their
needs. Companies, specifically in the insurance, manufacturing, utilities,
and banking industries, already benefit from this partnership for better
business decision-making.
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Levementum Announces Partnership with Pentaho ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Levementum, the industry leading open source system integrator,
announced today an alliance with Pentaho, the commercial open source
alternative for business intelligence (BI). The partnership will enable
Levementum customers to leverage Pentaho's BI capabilities to enhance
business decision-making throughout the enterprise. This alliance
combines Levementum's business and technical expertise to identify
solutions that provide quick, measurable ROI enabling incremental
deployment of solutions across business units and outward to partners
and customers with Pentaho BI
products. This combination delivers comprehensive, enterprise solutions
that allow customers to integrate, analyze, and share corporate
information via reports and dashboards. With these BI capabilities,
customers will be able to increase profitability, enhance client
relationships, expand market share, improve risk management, and
strengthen their competitive advantage. Read More... |
iDashboards Secures Fed Approval With GSA Schedule 70 Contract
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ iDashboards, the leader in Business Intelligence
(BI) dashboard software, today announced that it has been awarded a
Schedule 70 contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The
GSA Schedule is the preferred method of purchasing within government
agencies, and the contract award reaffirms iDashboards' commitment to
helping government agencies gain greater insight into their data. As a
result, federal government agencies will have easier access to iDashboards
BI dashboard software.
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Cyon Research Chooses Tableau Software for Interactive Data Visualization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tableau Software, the global leader in data visualization and rapid-fire business intelligence software, today announced that Cyon Research has standardized on Tableau's
interactive data visualization software for delivering research to its
clients in an explorable form. Cyon Research will be providing
interactive data visualizations, reports and dashboards to clients of
its research, including just released "2009 Survey of Engineering
Software Users" by delivering custom workbooks designed for access with
Tableau's free Tableau Reader. Cyon Research provides research, analysis and consulting for engineering technology
markets and recently published its survey on buying behavior for users
of CAD, CAE, PDM, PLM, and BIM software. Read More... |
IxReveal Partners with Henderson Research to Deliver Advanced Analytics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IxReveal, supplier of leading Web 3.0 data analytics products, today
announced the appointment of Henderson Research as its market
development and sales channel in Australia and New Zealand. "This is our
first foreign-based  partnership," said IxReveal COO Beth McCague. "Australia is a sophisticated market of the right size for an evolving
company to use as a model for international operations."
"Henderson Research is a great fit as it specializes in High Performance
Computing and emergent technology," said McCague, and "already has
identified strong interest from major Federal Government agencies,
national and state police forces, and systems integrators in the natural
learning capabilities of uReveal (IxReveal's main unstructured and
structured data analysis product)."
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Start Up Gives SMEs a Cost Effective Tool to Evaluate Online Expenditure
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Smart Digital Spending, a New York start-up launched today, offers a
new approach to analyzing online advertising which could save firms
thousands of dollars each year. Smart Digital Spending provides
written, audio and video instructions on how to analyze online
campaigns using data analysis techniques in order to make simple yet
effective media optimization decisions. Offering data analysis
advertising tutorials is the brainchild of online marketing analyst
Eric Melchor. Paula Lynn commented, "I think there is a real
need for these tutorials. Marketing data analysis is usually seen as
really complex and hard to implement, but these guides explain how
advertisers can incorporate online media measurement into their media
planning strategy very easily. There may be other options out there,
but simplicity doesn't seem to be what is happening with other
companies offering their services." Read More... |
Netezza Announces Manta Compliance Appliance
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Netezza Corporation, the global leader in data
warehouse and analytic appliances,
today announced the Netezza Mantra appliance, the first solution to
offer database activity monitoring integrated with Netezza's data
warehouse appliances. The Netezza Mantra appliance offers comprehensive
discovery, monitoring, auditing and analytics of all
compliance-sensitive data and activities across Netezza enterprise data
warehouse appliances including the recently announced Netezza TwinFin
product. Netezza's Mantra solution delivers complete compliance
visibility and risk management with the highest performance and lowest
total cost of ownership.
"Netezza's recent TwinFin
announcement and the follow-on family of products extended our
leadership for price/performance and investment protection across
enterprise scale warehouse appliances. With the introduction of the
Mantra appliance, Netezza continues to broaden its product portfolio by
adding a new dimension to the enterprise warehouse environment - that
of trust, security and compliance." said Jim Baum, president and CEO of
Netezza. "With the Mantra appliance integrated within Netezza's
offerings, we now offer a robust, trust-worthy data warehouse appliance
that will enable our enterprise customers to get ahead of and fully
manage compliance, governance and security requirements." Read More... |
The First BI Award in the Tri-State Area Awarded to ServiceLink Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Datavibes, Inc. awarded Brian Berger, Manager - MIS at ServiceLink, a
BI Champion award, the first of its kind to be instituted in the
tri-state area. The award recognizes individuals who have made a
contribution to the local business intelligence (BI) community by
demonstrating the impact that BI can make on the business bottom line. Brian
Berger was chosen from a pool of influential nominees for his
innovative use of Business Intelligence technology to create measurable
business impact. Brian used disruptive business intelligence technology
to cut down information integration time for a ServiceLink business
unit by 10-12 hours every week. This saved the mortgage services
company, which is a division of Fidelity National Financial, nearly 500
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Microsoft, Panorama Offer Webinar
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Analysis Services is one of the most powerful BI platforms available today with
the ability to create and integrate all of your business data as the foundation
for all of your traditional reporting, OLAP and KPIs. While some strong BI
tools are available from Microsoft directly, many have shown interest in
extending those tools with a complete end to end BI solution that will satisfy
the needs of the most advanced users as well as the broader information worker
community. Join us for this highly informative webcast, featuring
Microsoft and Panorama teams, to see an end to end BI solution that brings
together the best of SQL, Office and SharePoint with Panorama's new NovaView
suite to solve the needs of the most demanding enterprise companies. Read More... |
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Interactive Analytics Software Available from Centrifuge Systems
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Centrifuge Systems, Inc., a leading provider of next generation
business intelligence software, today announced the availability of
Centrifuge 1.7, the latest version of its groundbreaking Interactive
Analytics technology. The application is available for a free
evaluation. Click on Try It Online. Recorded videos are available at centrifugesystems.com and "See It in Action" on YouTube. Interactive Analytics (IA) is an exciting, new analyst-centric approach
to understanding data in support of better decision making. It brings
together three modern innovations in analysis: Interactive Data
Visualization, Unified Data Views and Collaborative Analysis, Widely
used by US Government agencies in some of the most demanding
applications in the world including cyber security, financial crimes,
homeland defense and counter-terrorism applications, IA is gaining
recognition in other industries where companies are looking to extract
insights from lots of rapidly changing data.
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Jaspersoft Drives 190% Pipeline Conversion With Manticore Technology Marketing Automation
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Manticore Technology, a
leading provider of easy-to-use, powerful, marketing automation
solutions, today announced that Jaspersoft, provider of the world's
most widely used business intelligence (BI) software, has realized a 190%
increase in the conversion of qualified leads to closed deals with
Manticore Technology. Jaspersoft selected Manticore from a number of other marketing automation vendors
to increase the efficiency of the company's marketing team and increase the
returns on their marketing program expenditures. The Jaspersoft marketing
department was already doing reporting and analysis, but they realized an
effective marketing automation solution would help them escalate more
prospects into the sales funnel, fine-tune their conversion ratios and
maximize revenues. The Jaspersoft team integrated Manticore Technology with
their existing Salesforce.com solution to create a comprehensive sales
pipeline management solution that fully aligns marketing programs with
sales revenue objectives.
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