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• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Insurance company uses Cohesity backup to wean off tape

  Illinois Mutual wanted to switch from tape backup to something cloud-based. It needed a vendor that integrated with Hyper-V but could also support tape during the transition.

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Tableau Foundation, Splash fight for clean water in schools

  With funding and analytics technology from Tableau, Splash, a global nonprofit organization, is providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene to children in Ethiopia and India.

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Confluent introduces ksqlDB event streaming database

  Getting streaming data optimized to work inside of a database often involves disparate vendors and technologies, a challenge that Confluent aims to help fix.

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Clumio extends support to AWS EBS with $135M funding bump

  Clumio plans to use its funds to expand its data protection to data sources including more public clouds, SaaS applications and containers. It's starting with Amazon EBS support.

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Alteryx analytics platform focuses on ease of use

  Alteryx is focusing on ease of use in new platform updates as it looks to attract users beyond its traditional base of data scientists and data analysts.

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• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Odaseva introduces high availability for Salesforce

  Odaseva is rolling out a feature that can provide Salesforce with high availability, letting them work with Salesforce data even when the SaaS application is down.

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  CockroachDB 19.2 improves distributed database performance

  New release of CockroachDB cloud-native distributed database platform helps to reduce latency; it also gets enhanced data backup capabilities.

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Redis Labs eases database management with RedisInsight

  Based on the open source RDBTools project, Redis Labs' new tool gives database administrators a stable graphical user interface for database management.

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Zerto plays big role in McKesson's disaster recovery plan

  McKesson Corporation's disaster recovery plan is deeply detailed and relies on Zerto's technology across its many globally distributed business units.

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Guarding the shop: Rewind backup protects e-commerce data

  E-commerce sites need backup in the event of data loss situations, especially during the holidays. Rewind gives merchants the chance to go back to a safe point in time.

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  Salesforce acquisition of Tableau finally getting real

  With Salesforce and Tableau finally free to start integrating, Andrew Beers, Tableau's chief technology officer, talks about what the future might be for Tableau and its users.

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  Tableau analytics platform upgrades driven by user needs

  In a Q&A, Tableau chief technology officer Andrew Beers talks about the driving factors behind recent product upgrades centered around data management and augmented intelligence.

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Datrium opens cloud DR service to all VMware users

  Datrium's upcoming DRaaS Connect will extend its cloud DR with fast RTO to all users of VMware vSphere infrastructure on premises, not just its DVX customers.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Salesforce acquisition of Tableau details emerge as CEOs speak

  The Salesforce and Tableau CEOs appeared together for the first time at Tableau Conference 2019, five months after the analytics vendor agreed to be acquired by the CRM giant.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  With Vitess 4.0, database vendor matures cloud-native platform

  Scaling a MySQL database in the cloud is not easy, but the open source Vitess project manages the project at scale for cloud-native Kubernetes deployments.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Vancouver Canucks defend data with Veeam backup

  To prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vancouver Canucks used Veeam to protect against point-of-sale system failures -- a major upgrade over its previous tape backup.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  HYCU backup for Google Cloud adds SAP HANA support

  HYCU dives deeper into the Google Cloud Platform with backup for SAP HANA. The backup vendor aims to keep costs down and provide a fully managed service.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Tableau analytics platform gets AI, data management upgrades

  Augmented intelligence, improved data management capabilities and a tool to monitor KPIs are at the core of improvements unveiled by Tableau on Wednesday.

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Tableau partners with AWS to release Modern Cloud Analytics

  Tableau revealed an expanded partnership with AWS on Tuesday to help the vendor's on-premises users migrate their analytics operations to the cloud.

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Commvault lays out Metallic and Hedvig roadmaps

  Commvault is adding nonbackup capabilities to Metallic and integrating Hedvig with HyperScale. The vendor will roll out features for the two ventures over the course of next year.

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  ScyllaDB set to improve NoSQL database performance

  ScyllaDB has been helpful for big organizations such as Comcast, which was able to trim from nearly 1,000 database nodes to 78 ScyllaDB nodes and now has more room to grow.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Yellowfin 9 marked by developer tools, revamped mobile app

  The latest product update from BI vendor Yellowfin features new dashboard design tools, a revamped mobile app and a repackaged data presentation platform.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Emerson Electric consolidates on Nutanix, Commvault

  As part of a project to get its branch offices and business units on the same backup product, Emerson Electric used Commvault to simplify, save money and lower its RTO and RPO.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Evolution of analytics marked by wider dissemination of data

  With BI platforms getting easier to use by the year and enabling more self-service users in process, the value of analytics is being realized by a growing audience.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Analytics revolution has spread the wealth of information

  Business intelligence over the last 20 years has been marked by the opening up of data to everyday business users after it was once the sole possession of IT departments.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Translytical data platforms provide options to unify databases

  Forrester identifies top vendors in the translytical database category and common elements that help make the unified database model well adapted for multiple use cases.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Oaktree Capital Management invests in upgraded backup

  Switching to Veritas NetBackup let Oaktree perform hourly backups instead of daily, greatly reducing risk of data loss during restores. Oaktree also uses Data Insight for audits.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Looker 7 advances embedded BI capabilities of vendor's suite

  The latest update of Looker's business intelligence platform, unveiled Wednesday at the vendor's user conference, is highlighted by improved embedded analytics capabilities.

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Okera shines Spotlight on data lake insights

  Data stored in a data lake can be an important asset, but understanding how the data is being used, or in some cases not used, is another challenge altogether.

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Analytics for the cloud

  New Microsoft Azure analytics service provides cloud BI and machine learning, enabling users to do analytics on data in various sources, including data warehouses and data lakes.

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  Veeam cloud backup sells back N2WS, adding AWS and Azure products

  Veeam cloud backup gets a shakeup. The company has sold off N2WS, an AWS data protection company, and has a number of cloud-focused product updates set to launch.

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Data silos and culture lead to data transformation challenges

  Data continues to grow at a rapid rate, and users are faced with increasing complexity and challenges to make sense of it all in a way that helps improve business outcomes.

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Recovering from ransomware soars to the top of DR concerns

  Ransomware recovery may not have always been a featured topic in TechTarget's 20 years of coverage, but it's certainly made an impression in the last few.

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Druva unveils Slack and Microsoft Teams backup

  Druva's next update will include Slack and Microsoft Teams backup, on top of integrations with ServiceNow, Splunk and Okta. The company is capitalizing on increased SaaS adoption.

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  Druva CEO talks about cloud migration, Kubernetes and IoT

  Helping customers overcome the hurdle of cloud migration is just the first step, Jaspreet Singh says. Companies must be ready for the next step: monetizing the data.

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  Domo BI platform helps Dal-Tile solve data management problems

  Overwhelmed by an influx of data, Dal-Tile, a leading manufacturer of ceramic tile products, went to Domo to try to solve its business intelligence problems.

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  ThoughtSpot-Qlik battle shines a light on non-compete contracts

  ThoughtSpot and Qlik CEOs squabble online over controversial but widely used non-compete agreements and the larger impact these contracts have on the IT industry.

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  IBM Spectrum Protect supports container backups

  IBM focuses on data protection with backup support for container volumes in Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift environments, VMs in VMware Cloud on AWS; adds new Virtual Tape Library.

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  AI for BI at the heart of third-generation analytics

  Doug Henschen, analyst at Constellation Research, details in a Q&A some of the findings of his recent report on augmented capabilities in BI platforms.

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  AI at the core of next-generation BI

  AI is part of BI platforms, but this is only the start of a new analytics generation. In a Q&A, Constellation Research analyst Doug Henschen discusses AI tools in BI platforms.

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  Veritas Flex appliance line extends out to the edge

  Veritas makes an edge play with a smaller Flex appliance running NetBackup, designed for remote offices to deduplicate data at the source before it is migrated to a data center.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Grafana Labs observability platform set to grow

  Raj Dutt, co-founder and CEO of Grafana Labs, provides insight into what his company is doing and where it's headed, now that it has raised new money and is seeing new use cases for its data observability technology.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Backblaze cloud backup extends version history

  Backblaze gives users the ability to keep everything in the history of their backups. The cloud storage and backup vendor also enhanced upload performance.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Splunk advances Data-to-Everything initiative

  Splunk execs outline the vendor's direction and new capabilities at its annual user conference, including the general availability of Data Fabric Search and Data Stream Processor.

• October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19

  SAP Tennis Analytics adds tool to track patterns within points

  Players and coaches in the Women's Tennis Association are now able to discover the tendencies of their opponents within a given point thanks to SAP's Patterns of Play.

• October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19

  Commvault displays a new personality, experts say

  In 2019, Commvault has hired a new CEO, made its first acquisition and launched its first subsidiary. At Commvault Go 2019, the company also reflected a new culture and attitude.

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  New tools add AI power to Teradata Vantage platform

  Teradata unveiled Vantage Analyst and Customer Experience, two new tools now part of the vendor's analytics platform, on Tuesday at its user conference in Denver.

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Open source database use is a growing trend

  Study shows that more users are using open source software for data management, with most organizations using more than one technology to help meet different needs.

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Commvault customers lukewarm on Metallic and Hedvig

  Customers at Commvault Go said they were having trouble coming up with reasons for adopting Metallic SaaS backup or Hedvig software-defined storage until they hear more details.

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Databricks contributes Delta Lake to the Linux Foundation

  Databricks has found a new home at the Linux Foundation for its open source Delta Lake data lake project, in a bid to help grow a broader community and accelerate adoption.

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  SAS analytics platform aided by $1 billion AI investment

  The SAS suite of business intelligence products is quickly seeing results from the vendor's $1 billion commitment to AI seven months after the investment was made public.

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Apache Rya matures open source triple store database

  Open source triple store database technology used by the U.S. Navy moves forward as a stable, mature project at the Apache Software Foundation.

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  ThoughtSpot BI platform an early adopter of AI

  Due to AI, ThoughtSpot's analytics tools have been accessible to citizen data scientists from the start, Andrew Yeung, the vendor's senior director of product marketing, said in a Q&A.

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  ThoughtSpot 6 advances AI power of BI platform

  New augmented intelligence and machine learning tools, along with a new mobile app, highlight the release of the new update to the ThoughtSpot business intelligence platform.

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  PostgreSQL 12 boosts open source database performance

  Widely used open source PostgreSQL database platform gets a major update providing users with new SQL query capabilities for JSON and improved performance.

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Commvault adds SaaS backup subsidiary Metallic

  Metallic is a Commvault brand focused on delivering cloud-based SaaS backup, with separate products protecting servers and VMs, Office 365 and endpoints.

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  Promethium tool taps natural language processing for analytics

  The software, called Data Navigation System, was designed to enable non-technical users to make complex SQL requests using plain human language and ease the delivery of data.

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  Intelligence as a service is key to nonprofit's urban planning

  Cobalt Community Research, a nonprofit organization based in Michigan, uses data collected and packaged by TruFactor for urban planning projects.

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  Aparavi brings archive intelligence to backup

  Aparavi's new File Protect & Insight is designed to clean up backup data by combining data protection with the classification and search capabilities of archiving software.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  MemSQL 7.0 set to advance both row and column data stores

  As MemSQL pushes into the cloud with its Helios service, the vendor is also pushing the boundaries of traditional row and column data stores with its SingleStore technology approach.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Couchbase Server 6.5 improves NoSQL database queries

  Now available in beta, the Couchbase Server 6.5 update brings distributed ACID transactions and query optimizations to the open source NoSQL database platform.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  GoodData BI customers now able to use data on Amazon Redshift

  GoodData partners with Amazon Web Services to allow the vendor's users to store and manage their data in Amazon Redshift, a cloud data warehouse powered by AWS.

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Acquisition of AI lab a benefit for Alteryx BI users

  With the acquisition of Feature Labs, a startup founded at MIT, Alteryx is making a heavy investment in augmented intelligence and machine learning capabilities.

• October 04, 2019 04 Oct'19

  Tibco Spotfire BI platform gets an AI boost

  Tibco Spotfire customers will benefit from AI upgrades.

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  PayGo cloud migration to AWS includes SIOS for HA, DR

  Utility payment company realized "astonishing" savings by migrating from a private data center to AWS but the move required more than just throwing the red switch.

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Rubrik denies claims of possible sale

  Rubrik's CEO shot down a recent article claiming he was looking for buyers. Experts say unless there's a buyer making a massive offer, there's no good reason for Rubrik to sell.

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  Talend offers automated migration to cloud data warehouse

  The new capability is supported by BladeBridge's converter technology and includes self-service tools for data preparation and data integration, among other features.

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Zerto 7.5 focuses on security, backup integration

  Through deeper integrations with partners, Zerto 7.5 continues its convergence of DR and backup by enhancing security and shoring up its long-term retention capabilities.

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Immuta introduces new features to Automated Data Governance

  The new updates also bring about native Hadoop distributed file system workspaces within Immuta and more ways to integrate Immuta with other applications and tools.

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Qlik Sense Business improves Qlik's cloud, AI capabilities

  Qlik's new product shows the vendor's strategy of providing a cloud-based service for users that's rich in augmented intelligence and machine learning capabilities.

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Cloud database services multiply to ease admin work by users

  The list of vendors offering managed cloud database services is growing rapidly, which gives IT teams more opportunities to offload management of database systems.

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Former accountant embezzled $3.5 million from QlikTech Singapore

  A former employee of analytics vendor Qlik’s Singapore subsidiary embezzled nearly $4 million. Ariel Biasong Salamanes worked in the Singapore office’s sales and marketing department.

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Forrester Wave shows newcomers edging out legacy vendors

  Well-funded startups moved up in the 2019 Forrester Wave, while most legacy vendors dropped. Cyberattack recoverability and single-pane-of-glass management were leading factors.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Quilt Data emerges from stealth to enable cloud data search

  Startup emerges with a new approach to organize and search cloud data storage repositories.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Experts detail cloud backup market evolution, where it's headed

  As part of TechTarget's 20th anniversary, we're taking a look at some of the top trends and technologies in IT over those years. Here, experts discuss the newer cloud backup trend.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Information Builders BI platform making a return to form

  After lagging behind the pace of innovation in recent years, Information Builders is modernizing its BI platform and again offering a full suite of analytics tools.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  IBM certification program tackles shortage of data scientists

  IBM reported it certified 140 new data scientists, the first to be certified under a program IBM developed with The Open Group to address the dearth of data scientists.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Rubrik customers get validated NetApp StorageGrid target

  Rubrik's Cloud Data Management is now tested and validated to work with NetApp's StorageGrid, giving customers a new target option for backup and archiving across hybrid clouds.

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Cloudera Data Platform gives big data users multi-cloud path

  Cloudera released a big data platform combining its technologies and ones from Hortonworks, initially in the AWS cloud but with multi-cloud support to come.

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Experts: Disaster recovery plans may overlook major outages

  Disaster recovery needs to provide protection from natural disasters such as hurricanes, fires and floods, as well as cyberattacks that concern many IT pros.

• September 24, 2019 24 Sep'19

  TigerGraph Cloud releases graph database as a service

  TigerGraph, a graph database vendor, now offers a native cloud database-as-a-service product with its newest release.

• September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

  Dell PowerProtect comes to new Data Domain series

  Aside from improvements to the Data Domain hardware, Dell also upgraded the PowerProtect software with a new air-gapped vault feature and improved integration with VMware vSphere.

• September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

  Quest Software updates NetVault Backup capabilities

  Quest Software has added backup and restoration of user mailboxes and OneDrive user and group files. SAP HANA and Nutanix AHV plug-ins have also been added.

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  Qlik exec discusses AI and its role in the future of BI

  The next major trend in business intelligence will be the increasing impact of augmented intelligence and machine learning, Qlik's VP of product marketing Dan Potter says in a Q&A.

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  Dremio Data Lake Engine 4.0 accelerates query performance

  Dremio issues a new platform update, defining itself as data lake engine technology that looks to help users connect and query data faster in AWS and Azure.

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  SAP BI platform stays strong due to cloud-based architecture

  A cloud-native BI platform along with domain-specific applications that can be embedded to serve the needs of various industries keep SAP current and positioned well for the future.

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Tableau 2019.3 highlighted by enhanced AI, new data catalog

  Tableau released its third-quarter update Wednesday, featuring Explain Data, an enhanced augmented intelligence tool, and Tableau Catalog, a data management suite.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 expands open source time series database

  While the core open source InfluxDB 2.0 project is still in alpha, InfluxData has advanced its cloud service to support new features as it grows its time series database service.

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database

  Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database and automated cloud service as Oracle OpenWorld 2019 got underway.

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  How big tech breakup would affect the tech industry

  Breaking up the tech giants would be difficult and might create initial chaos in market, help smaller competitors and potentially raise prices for enterprises.

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Oracle BI platform on the comeback trail

  Time had seemingly left Oracle's business intelligence tools behind -- until the vendor responded by consolidating its BI products and catching up to the pace of innovation.

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Cobalt Iron extends data protection SaaS tool's capabilities

  Cyber Shield, an extension of Cobalt Iron's Adaptive Data Protection SaaS, uses automation and analytics to identify and contain cyberattacks.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Amazon Quantum Ledger Database brings immutable transactions

  Based on technology built internally at Amazon, the tech giant's newest database provides a centralized approach for enabling a cryptographically secure ledger system.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  BI for mobile remains a challenge for vendors

  While some BI vendors have developed effective mobile apps that provide concise insights, those that have attempted to recreate their desktop dashboards on phones have struggled.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Cohesity Agile Dev and Test quickly delivers clean test data

  Cohesity's new feature lets test/dev teams access fresh, accurate and compliant data directly through Cohesity DataPlatform, without going through backup admins.

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  Stibo Systems advances multidomain MDM system

  The new Stibo Systems 9.2 update expands the MDM platform's features with Sisense business intelligence integration and machine learning capabilities.

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  Magento BI update a benefit to vendor's e-commerce customers

  Magento rolled out the Magento Business Intelligence Summer 2019 Release, updating its BI platform with enhanced scheduling capabilities and new data visualizations.

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Flowhub provides cannabis industry with tailored BI platform

  With marijuana now legal in some form in more than 30 states, Flowhub is selling business intelligence software to an industry still in its early stages.

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  KCF Technologies taps Rubrik for Cassandra backup

  KCF Technologies decided getting Cassandra backup through a vendor like Rubrik would be less work and more reassuring than putting it together from open source tools and scripting.

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Cloudera Data Platform to debut, as big data fortunes waver

  The interim CEO of Cloudera is cautiously optimistic about growth prospects as the big data vendor acquired Arcadia Data and planned to bolster its own cloud platform.