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• 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.

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• 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.

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Commvault acquires Hedvig storage for $225M, moves beyond backup

  Commvault makes its first acquisition: software-defined storage vendor Hedvig, with plans of converging primary and secondary storage to serve data management needs.

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Yellowfin analytics platform gets upgraded mobile app

  Yellowfin upgraded its business intelligence platform with a revamp of its mobile app that will enable users to have more complete functionality while away from their desktops.

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  Ascend releases Queryable Dataflows for building data pipelines

  Ascend releases a technology preview of a capability that will enable data engineers to directly query dataflows, without the need for data to first be in a data warehouse.

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  Data integration problems a hurdle companies must overcome

  Relevant data is hard for organizations to find, Talend CEO Mike Tuchen says. So is mining the right data amid the complexity that large data stores have created.

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  Talend CEO discusses importance of mining relevant data

  Enterprises can't do good business intelligence without good data. In the first part of a two-part Q&A Talend CEO Mike Tuchen talks about how hard mining the right data can be.

• August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19

  Domain-specific BI vendors gain foothold with expertise

  While leading BI vendors target large audiences with their analytics tools, many other companies target a single specialized industry and use their expertise to best serve users.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Clumio backup seeks to simplify with SaaS

  Clumio has come out of stealth to try to make its mark in a crowded backup market. The cloud-based vendor claims to make it easier to install and manage backups.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Tibco analytics platform keeps pace through innovation

  Tibco has remained one of the more active business intelligence vendors while some of its competitors have lost some momentum.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Align enterprise data architecture, governance for 'quick wins'

  Data management consultant Donna Burbank outlines how effective data governance hinges on the deployment of a comprehensive enterprise data architecture.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Druva backup user highlights importance of data searchability

  Regeneron saved money by switching from on-premises Data Domain to cloud-based Druva backup. But the real value came from creating a searchable data lake for all its research data.

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Cohesity backup users share cloud data protection stories

  Cohesity backup customers told tales both good and bad while offering advice about their journey to cloud-based data protection during a panel at VMworld 2019.

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  ThoughtSpot BI platform gets financial boost, IPO may be near

  With its latest round of venture capital funding, ThoughtSpot is planning to invest heavily in product improvement while also pondering a potential initial public offering.

• August 26, 2019 26 Aug'19

  Smart cloud storage tier management added to Druva cloud

  The new Druva cloud tiering capability saves customers money by automatically optimizing data stored in Glacier Deep Archive, Glacier and S3 based on usage patterns.

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Museums and data: A powerful combination

  With more and more museums using data to inform their decision-making processes, visitors are reaping the benefits by enjoying a better user experience.

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Acronis automates '3-2-1' rule for small business backup

  Acronis True Image 2020 improved its small business backup capabilities with simultaneous replication to local storage and the cloud, automating the '3-2-1' backup rule.

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  New Everbridge CEO talks education, NC4 acquisition

  Every company needs to be ready to respond in the event of a crisis. Everbridge's new CEO details why that's important and what a proper platform entails.

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  ArangoDB 3.5 update improves multi-model database platform

  ArangoDB 3.5 accelerates its database platform with improved query performance and enhanced data security capabilities, as market demand for multi-model platforms builds.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  SnapLogic boosts its data integration technology with AI

  SnapLogic's latest update for its Intelligent Integration Platform aims to make it easier for users to benefit from data integration.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Phocas BI tool proves its value for manufacturers, wholesalers

  With its focus on the manufacturing and wholesale distribution industries, Phocas Software has carved out a niche for itself among other BI software vendors.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  DigitalOcean Managed Databases add MySQL, Redis support

  Expanding its database management system offerings, cloud computing vendor DigitalOcean added Managed Databases support for MySQL and Redis.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Enterprise data marketplace aims to ease self-service chaos

  Self-service data preparation can duplicate work and slow down analytics. One possible fix: an internal marketplace where users can 'shop' for data assets.

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  The Salesforce acquisition of Tableau complements Einstein Analytics

  Given the different strengths of Salesforce's Einstein Analytics platform and Tableau, the BI tools could prove complementary now that Tableau is part of Salesforce.

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  Actifio GO 'SaaSifies' copy data management in GCP

  The new Actifio GO for GCP has expanded from backup as a service to include copy data management and disaster recovery, putting it on par with the vendor's on-premises product.

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  AWS Lake Formation goes GA, as cloud data lake market grows

  First released in late 2018, AWS Lake Formation is now generally available and it could be the force that helps to accelerate adoption in the cloud data lake market.

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Domo management expansion signals strategic shift

  Five months after it stated it would be pursuing strategic partnerships, Domo appears to be making a move toward implementing that strategy with the hiring of three new executives.

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Rubrik adds data governance tool in Andes 5.1 update

  With capabilities providing data governance, automated disaster recovery failover and failback and continuous data protection, Rubrik Andes 5.1 seeks to consolidate tools and silos.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Apollo data graph brings managed federation to enterprises

  The new Apollo update is intended to enable organizations to federate multiple enterprise data sets more easily and use APIs to tap into disparate data sources.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Reveal moves Infragistics BI platform into embedded analytics

  With the release of Reveal, an embedded business intelligence platform, longtime software vendor Infragistics is expanding its presence in the analytics space.

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  Deal boosts MicroStrategy platform's foray into government

  Through its new deal with ImmixGroup, a distributor of enterprise software to the public sector, MicroStrategy aims to increase sales of its BI platform to government agencies.

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Pyramid sees opportunity in staying an independent BI company

  As competitors merge forces, Pyramid Analytics not only chooses to stay independent but also sees an opportunity to grow into the space left behind by the wave of consolidation.

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Elastic Stack 7.3 adds new features to expand data analysis

  Elastic Stack, in a new update, adds data frames capabilities to enable new forms of analysis, as well as integrating more data sources that can be searched and analyzed.

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Splunk Business Flow evidences company's heightened focus on BI

  Long known as a data security and IT monitoring vendor, Splunk is honing its data analytics tools and making the foray into business intelligence.

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  HPE buys MapR assets to fuel AI applications

  Longtime independent big data vendor MapR goes out of business, selling technology and intellectual property to HPE. The move marks the continuing decline of the Hadoop market.

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Merger and acquisition activity is altering the BI landscape

  From Qlik's acquisition of Podium Data in July 2018 through Salesforce's purchase of Tableau Software in June 2019, the last year in BI has been characterized by a wave of consolidation.

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Cohesity CyberScan scans backup copies for security risks

  Cohesity CyberScan uses Tenable.io to find security vulnerabilities in backup copies. Because the app is scanning backups, it doesn't affect performance of production environments.

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Data ethics issues create minefields for analytics teams

  Organizations have to map out ethical boundaries for data mining and analytics applications, according to participants in a roundtable discussion on data and ethics.

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Startup Dgraph Labs growing graph database technology

  Dgraph Labs looks expand its graph database platform, which offers the promise of reducing isolated data sources and speeding up queries.

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Asigra appliance uses Zadara technology

  Asigra partnered with Zadara to release a purpose-built backup appliance with a subscription-based pricing model. It's aimed at service providers who would rather rent than buy.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Naveego launches tool for analyzing data quality and health

  Naveego Accelerator enables users to check for inaccurate data, incomplete data or improperly formatted data to prevent inconsistencies that could cost businesses money.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  NuoDB 4.0 improves cloud-native database capabilities

  Support for multiple clouds, tighter integration with Kubernetes and indexing enhancements that accelerate database performance highlight the new NuoDB release.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Backup trends of 2019: Acquisitions, funding and CEO changes

  The acquisitions, funding rounds and CEO changes among backup vendors so far this year hint that even more changes are coming. Experts weigh in on the trends in backup we've already seen in 2019.

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Hitachi Vantara updates Pentaho 8.3 to expand DataOps vision

  Hitachi Vantara's new Pentaho update brings DataOps capabilities for data management to help organizations derive better data insights.

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Carbonite CEO joins IDG, interim CEO steps in

  Former Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali joined tech media company International Data Group as Steve Munford stepped in to become interim CEO.

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  Looker's acquisition by Google seen in a good light for users

  Overshadowed at the time by Salesforce's acquisition of Tableau, a few months later, Google's acquisition of Looker is still seen as a major positive for Looker's users.

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  Cloudera open source route seeks to keep big data alive

  Inspired by the IBM-Red Hat model, Cloudera goes the open source route to broaden its market as demand for Hadoop weakens and the vendor takes on big competitors like AWS.

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Analyst forecasts the next big things in BI

  In a Q&A, Wayne Eckerson looks at the state of the business intelligence industry, and self-service analytics, and discusses what new innovations excite him about the future.

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Enterprises that use data will thrive; those that don't, won't

  A data divide is growing between enterprises that embrace business intelligence and those that don't. It's the data elite that will survive, analyst Wayne Eckerson says in a Q&A.

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Acronis CEO: 'Backup is dead'

  Backup alone is not enough, according to Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov. True data protection involves a combination of security, privacy and accessibility on top of backup.

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Cohesity Runbook simplifies DR failover

  Cohesity Runbook is billed as a simple way to orchestrate disaster recovery failover and create best practices, but it can be used to automate workflows beyond DR.

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  Carbonite Endpoint 360 protects and backs up Office 365 apps

  Carbonite Endpoint 360 brings data protection to Microsoft Office 365 applications and emphasizes the need to protect SaaS applications and cloud-stored data.

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  ThoughtSpot strategic partnerships help add capabilities

  Through its partnership strategy, ThoughtSpot is adding to its capabilities as a BI software vendor the same way others are improving theirs by mergers and acquisitions.

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  Druva cloud migration enhanced by CloudLanes acquisition

  Druva plans to add CloudLanes' data ingestion technology to Druva Cloud Platform. Unlike with the 2018 CloudRanger purchase, CloudLanes will not be its own business.

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  HYCU Protégé offers multi-cloud disaster recovery, migration

  HYCU is seeking to make the process of multi-cloud data protection and migration more seamless. While many organizations use multiple clouds, they can lead to complexity issues.

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  IBM battling to change perception of Cognos Analytics BI platform

  While some see IBM's BI suite as being too complicated and expensive for citizen data scientists, the company is adding updates to try and attract the modern user.

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  Howard Dresner talks business intelligence trends

  In this Q&A, analyst Howard Dresner talks about trends in the business intelligence software market, industry consolidation and what excites him about analytics.

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  As public cloud adoption grows, new drawbacks discovered

  Public cloud adoption has grown, but some companies find benefits are offset by high egress charges, hidden and complicated bills and added IT complexity.

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  AI in digital marketing powers hidden advertisements

  With AI in advertising and marketing, companies can provide potential customers with more personalized results, while also increasing engagement rates.

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  Cohesity CEO: We're more than a backup company

  Cohesity CEO Mohit Aron says the company is focused on secondary storage and becoming software-only, relying on strategic partnerships for covering hardware and technology gaps.

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud

  In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about the fast-moving company's plans for the next year.

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  RavenDB Cloud automates database management

  RavenDB's managed cloud database service, RavenDB Cloud, intends to automate security processes, reduce overhead and cater to businesses of all sizes.

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  TierPoint introduces cloud-based disaster recovery as a service

  TierPoint's Cloud-to-Cloud Recovery with vCloud Availability disaster recovery-as-a-service offering is now generally available to protect data centers across multi-tenant clouds.

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Independent vendors Qlik, MicroStrategy upgrade BI platforms

  Independent business intelligence and analytics vendors Qlik and MicroStrategy update their platforms in a move to stay ahead of their competition.

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  PostgreSQL database specialist EnterpriseDB gets new backing

  EnterpriseDB is looking to push its database further with help from new financial backers. The deal sees Postgres originator Michael Stonebraker coming onboard as technical adviser.

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Cloud data management finding its place as volumes soar sky high

  Is a cloud data management platform right for your organization? Experts discuss its benefits and drawbacks as more data moves to the cloud for a variety of uses.

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Music data visualization comes to life in Tableau collection

  With its new collection of visualizations about music, Tableau demonstrates how users are using its platform to understand the information behind the music.

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Immuta Automated Data Governance Platform comes to AWS

  Immuta's Automated Data Governance Platform, providing data visibility, accessibility and protection, is now available as a managed service on AWS Marketplace.