The demand for Big Data
Deborah Gage, writing for the Wall Street Journal on how *The Big Data Revolution Will Affect Us From Head To Toe*, based on a conversation with John Webster, storage analyst at the Evaluator Group, at SNW Spring 2011 >”Big data is about getting creative – it’s about leveraging the technology,…
SAND announces multi-dimensional reality alteration in-database analytics
April 1st, 2011 — SAND today announced the general availability of SAND multi-dimensional reality alteration in-database analytics. Legacy technologies have tried to alter reality for years but SAND has taken this concept to a new level. Using the works of Tom Weiler of Vanderbilt University SAND’s multi-dimensional reality alteration analytic…
Old cars and data warehouses
I read a post the other day involving two people arguing about which one of their boxes was better. Teradata this. Exadata that. They spent all their time “working” on their system so they had a lot of ammunition for their argument. I suppose if you want to spend your…
If Larry ran Apple and Oracle made iPads…?
Apple looks like they have another hit on their hands with iPad 2 and if reports of their enterprise adoption rates are accurate, we’ll only be seeing more of them in business. Now, perhaps, we see why Steve Jobs called it the most important product he’d ever worked on. But…
Extreme Data Velocity
extreme data varieties ranging from ERP to Social Media feeds and the associated explosion in the extreme data volumes is of increasing concern to the enterprise. How fast the data enters the enterprise and how fast it is accessed by users is critical to the equation. Legacy vendors have not…
The column database singles circuit
Derrik Harris, writing for Giga Om on *Why ParAccel’s Time on the Big Data Singles Circuit Won’t Be Long*: >Greenplum, Netezza, Vertica, Aster Data Systems — one by one, they all got bought, leaving ParAccel standing all but alone as an independent company dedicated to the cause of analyzing big…
The key to SAP BW performance
What do some of the largest companies in the world have in common? They use SAND’s certified, integrated Nearline solution to improve SAP BW performance. On March 29, 2011 SAND Chief Operating Officer Mike Pilcher presented a special webinar on the **key to achieving SAP BW performance** — the one…
5 big changes in Consumer Analytics
SAND powers hundreds of terabytes, thousands of users, and the most complex Consumer Analytics in the world for companies like dunnhumby, Krogers, Tesco, and Home Depot. On March 1, 2011 SAND Chief Operating Officer Mike Pilcher presented a special webinar on the **5 big changes in Consumer Analytics** and outlining…
US Eastern Regional Sales – BI, Analytics, Database
SAND is hiring a regional sales manager for the Eastern US. Successful candidates should have a track record in enterprise software that demonstrates ability to build pipeline, close business, forecast and achieve sales of $1M+ annually. Experience in database software, business intelligence, analytics or related fields is required. Candidates should…
Canadian Regional Sales – BI, Analytics, Database
SAND is hiring a regional sales manager for Canada. Successful candidates should have a track record in enterprise software that demonstrates ability to build pipeline, close business, forecast and achieve sales of $1M+ annually. Experience in database software, business intelligence, analytics or related fields is required. Candidates should be based…