Bringing the Analytic Data Warehouse to the Cloud
Previously I wrote about Apple’s Steve Jobs and the importance of great software. Now it’s time for antithesis; Ray Ozzie, who recently announced he was leaving the position he inherited from Bill Gates, that of Microsoft’s chief software visionary. When Ozzie joined Microsoft he released a memo setting out a…
On openness, integration, and the importance of great software
The topic of platform openness vs. tight hardware integration, and the importance of great software is once again lighting up the blogsphere, thanks to comments made last week by Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs. The iPhone and iPad maker’s remarks, directed towards rival Research in Motion, were biting. He accused RIM…
How SAND powers Tesco Club Card and big data for dunnhumby
Paul Hunter, head of core delivery for dunnhumby talks about using SAND, the world’s most advanced column MPP database, to deal with big data — large concurrent user populations, and complex analytics for over 350 million retail analytics customers on behalf of clients such as Tesco, Kroger, and Home Depot….
Real-time business intelligence requires innovation, not integration
I gave my take on the IBM Netezza acquisition yesterday, but Steve Lohr’s post, *I.B.M.’s Hybrid Strategy in Business Intelligence*, on *the New York Times* blog caught my eye. In it, Lohr says: >The real-time model of business intelligence, though, requires not just software, but a tight integration with hardware….
SAND at TDWI Solution Summit: Deep Analytics and Big Data, Oct. 3-5 in San Diego
SAND will be attending TDWI’s Solution Summit on Deep Analytics and Big Data, October 3-5 in San Diego. >The TDWI Solution Summit shows you how to compete using analytics. Through case studies and expert presentations, you will learn how to leverage new analytical databases and computational techniques to gain valuable…
IBM and Netezza: 1990 is calling, wants its database strategy back
It seems like just the other day I was shaking my head at the determination of relational database vendors to keep fine-tuning their legacy software in order to optimize it for dedicated proprietary hardware. In essence, to deliver the last drips of performance by acquiring huge alloy wheels, an enormous…
Leading Media Service Provider GroupM Uses SAND CDBMS to Power High-Performance Customer Analytics for Targeted Marketing Campaigns
Montreal, September 16, 2010 – SAND Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: SNDTF.OB), provider of leading column-oriented database software, today announced that GroupM, one of the world’s leading media service providers, has implemented a SAND CDBMS solution to optimize its customer analytics platform for targeted marketing campaigns. The GroupM network specializes in “targeting”…
SAND Technology Announces Release of SAND CDBMS 6
MONTREAL—September 14, 2010— SAND Technology Inc. (OTCBB: SNDTF.OB), today announced the general availability of SAND CDBMS 6, the latest release of its industry-leading massively parallel, column-oriented database management system. SAND CDBMS 6 is specifically designed to deliver optimal performance for complex analytics on massive and continuously growing amounts of data,…
One with data
This was sent to me while I was working on our upcoming SAND CDBMS 6 launch: >**Tuesday 10:41am:** I am in my office. It’s small, a bit modern, and there are photographs of my family on my desk. My phone rings. I answer, it is the head of our Data…
SAND Information Lifecycle Management Solution Cuts 14 TB Warehouse Down to Size for Atos Origin
The RSP selected Atos Origin to design, build and operate the UK rail settlement system, which allocates more than £3.5 billion in annual passenger revenue to Britain’s passenger train operators. The SAND solution has delivered a number of benefits to Atos Origin, the most important being that it has enabled…