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IBM introduce preconfigured analytics servers
IBM on Wednesday introduced mainframe and Power-based systems for analytics in an effort to compete with Oracle's Exadata.
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EMC adds purpose built Hadoop appliance to range
Among a flurry of announcements today at its annual user conference, EMC announced it will be distributing it's a free version of Apachee Hadoop and a licensed version for enterprises as well as a pre-configured appliance for big data analytics tasks.
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Tibco brings BI to the cloud
Tibco has brought its BI Silver Spotfire service to the cloud.
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Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 launched
Microsoft has launched the newest versions of its Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint software packages, with a strong focus on the cloud.
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Gartner backs open source BI tools
Deployments of open source business intelligence software are doubling every year because the tools are deemed "good enough" for routine applications, a Gartner report says.
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IBM's Cognos Express focuses on mid-sized businesses
IBM is releasing a slimmed-down version of its Cognos business intelligence software aimed at midsized companies that need more insight into their business than a spreadsheet can provide, but not the complexity of an enterprise-level product.
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IBM to buy BI software partner
IBM is to buy analytics software specialist SPSS just a month after IBM announced plans to embed SPSS technology in its BI and performance management tools.
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Compellent ships speedy disks in SAN
Compellent Technologies has announced that solid state disks (SSDs) are now available in its Storage Center storage area network (SAN) products. This allows the system to automatically store 'active' data on the pricey SDDs, whilst 'inactive' data can be stored on cheaper storage.
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MicroStrategy adds multisource engine to BI suite
MicroStrategy has released the latest version of its business intelligence software suite, MicroStrategy 9, and is claiming that it is more flexible and powerful than previous editions.
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Oracle enters hardware market for first time
Oracle is set to take the plunge into the hardware market. CEO Larry Ellison has announced tow high-end servers, developed in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard that have been designed to tackle data warehousing applications.
