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Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption

September 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption
Information Builders has enhanced the analytics capabilities in their platform, but the big news with this release is the UI changes, designed to make it much easier for a broader range of users to work with.

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Increasing data catalogue adoption leads Alation to establish first partner program

August 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Increasing data catalogue adoption leads Alation to establish first partner program
The Alation program launches with a dozen partners, which includes BI vendors and a mix of regional and niche integrators.

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Looker upgrades their platform’s machine learning with highly complementary Google Cloud BigQuery ML integration

July 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Looker upgrades their platform’s machine learning with highly complementary Google Cloud BigQuery ML integration
The integration between Looker and BigQuery ML unites all elements of data scientist workflows, so they can do all their work without having to Leave Looker.

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Sumo Logic lights up Google Cloud Platform with expanded application, TensorFlow integrations

July 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sumo Logic lights up Google Cloud Platform with expanded application, TensorFlow integrations
The Sumo Logic expansion of their GCP capabilities brings their GCP support up to the same level as their support for AWS and Azure, making it easier for partners to effectively provide a full multi-cloud strategy.

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OpenText CEO Barrenechea unveils new platform, augmented vision at EnterpriseWorld

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on OpenText CEO Barrenechea unveils new platform, augmented vision at EnterpriseWorld
The OpenText CEO kicked off his company’s flagship event by situating their corporate vision and strategy within the context of the massive changes in the industry that have taken place over the last year, and situating OpenText’s major announcement at the event within the context of that strategy.

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Imanis Data upgrades machine learning Data Management Platform as it expands channel strategy

July 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Imanis Data upgrades machine learning Data Management Platform as it expands channel strategy
Imanis Data is looking for selected channel partners who want to emphasize data management rather than just backup, and who get that this requires selling to the C-suite.

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MapR announces platform breakthroughs to deliver paradigm shift in automated analytics time-to-value

June 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on MapR announces platform breakthroughs to deliver paradigm shift in automated analytics time-to-value
MapR says these changes will let customers fundamentally reshape their use of analytics, which will also open up new opportunities for their channel partners.

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HPE unveils new initiatives to scale The Machine’s Memory-Driven Computing more broadly to customers

June 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE unveils new initiatives to scale The Machine’s Memory-Driven Computing more broadly to customers
HPE will be driving their Memory-Driven Computing model much more broadly to customers, partners and ISVs, by making a sandbox version available, particularly to expose it to developers, and also by bringing it to market selectively through their Pointnext flexible consumption model services.

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AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces

June 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces
AtScale allows organizations to use their familiar BI tools like Tableau and Excel to process Big Data at extreme speeds. The new cloud marketplace initiative is aimed mainly at departments of enterprises.

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Hitachi Vantara announces hardware, software enhancements to Unified Compute Platform

June 6, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Just in time for SAP SAPPHIRE, several significant new SAP HANA software applications were announced, but that’s only a part of a fairly comprehensive Hitachi Vantara announcement.