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SAP betting big on HANA in-memory database at Sapphire

SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire conference in Orlando Wednesday, announcing a slew of new applications, partnerships and functional enhancements for the system.
SAP unveils new mobile apps at Sapphire conference

SAP unveiled a series of mobile applications at the vendor's Sapphire conference in Orlando, the apps covering areas such as expense management and e-learning, as well as improved support for iOS and Android devices.
Tibco adds Hadoop support to its Spotfire in-memory analytics

Tibco has brought its Spotfire in-memory analytics software into the burgeoning ecosystem around Hadoop, an open-source framework for processing large sets of information, the company announced Tuesday.
SAP outlines plans to become big player in databases and mobile

SAP made a series of announcements yesterday as part of its bid to become a high-profile player in the database market alongside the likes of Oracle and IBM.
SAP, Symantec upgrade mobile device tools for MWC

Mobile Device Management software got a boost from rivals SAP and Symantec who separately announced improvements to their management tools at Mobile World Congress.
SAP plans ERP software for HANA in-memory database

SAP plans to roll out support for the ERP module within its flagship Business Suite product family on the HANA in-memory database platform in the fourth quarter of this year, according to executive board member and technology chief Vishal Sikka.
SAP HANA makes big 'data analytics more accessible'

SAP's new high performance analytics appliance (HANA) allows IT departments to spend less time on the plumbing and more time on tasks that will provide tangible business benefits, according to Timo Elliott, Business Intelligence evangelist at SAP.
SAP preparing mobile, in-memory and cloud announcements

SAP is expected to make a slew of announcements related to in-memory computing, mobile applications and cloud-based services today during the Sapphire conference in Madrid.
Informatica unveils data parser for Hadoop

Informatica has strengthened its hand in the burgeoning market for Hadoop, the open-source programming framework for large-scale data processing, unveiling a new data parser on Wednesday that can transform piles of unstructured information into a more structured form for use in running Hadoop jobs.
Symantec updates flagship storage, high availability suites

In order to provide greater private cloud capabilities, Symantec announced new product versions of Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0, Veritas Cluster Server 6.0 and Veritas Operations Manager 4.1 and eight other products.

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Mobile wallets: novelty or necessity?

With mobile wallet announcements pouring out of last week's Mobile World Congress, the market for m-commerce is undoubtedly gaining momentum.
The solution to legacy application woes

Legacy applications are one of the most difficult issues to face within IT. A rip-and-replace approach is expensive and thus difficult to justify; plus, it tends to interrupt operations. Meanwhile, the ageing software lingers in accounting's ledgers, overstays its welcome in sales and causes poor network performance throughout the organisation.
Smartphones in the enterprise: A changing landscape

As recently as a year ago, many enterprises couldn't have imagined that the iPhone would now be second place in terms of security features that enterprises require, behind only the BlackBerry and ahead of Android and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.
Five top open source group collaboration suites

Messaging and groupware is at the heart of business and applications most people use everyday. While the big names like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Google Apps are increasing their influence, enterprises have several viable open source options.
SAP rumoured to take over Red Hat

Rumours swirled once again this week regarding a possible takeover of Red Hat, this time by SAP, but a number of industry observers said Thursday that the prospect is unlikely at best.
Why Sybase was worth $6 billion to SAP

Few companies get a chance at a second life. When John Chen signed on as CEO of Sybase in 1998, the database software vendor was, in Chen's own words, "a very, very dead company." Once a strong competitor to Oracle, Sybase had lost its way, in part because it missed the opportunity to enter the enterprise application market Oracle now leads.
What Sybase customers should expect from SAP

Sybase users and partners are wondering how the company's technologies will fare under the pending ownership of SAP, but some of the answers are easier to come by than others.
35 years of Microsoft

The year is 1975. Gerald Ford is in the White House, South Vietnam falls, Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla in Manila" world championship boxing match, the late-night comedy show NBC's Saturday Night (later called Saturday Night Live) debuts, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest sweeps the Oscars, and Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" and Glenn Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" top the music charts.
Nokia eyes corporate mobility

New device management software is part of a grand plan from the Finnish phone maker.
Invasion of the iSCSI arrays

As the technology has matured, IP-based storage arrays have established a beachhead as the preferred low-end SAN option.

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Sybase IQ Bloor Report 2011

Sybase IQ is a column-based relational database that has been designed specifically for analytics and business intelligence applications. It can offer a number of very significant advantages within a data warehousing environment, including performance, scalability and cost of ownership benefits, when compared to conventional approaches.
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ClickSoftware's Mobility Suite and the Sybase mobility solutions

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Right-time business intelligence is all about delivering the right information in the right format to the right people at the right time for decision-making purposes .In this report, we present an in-depth case study describing the right-time BI solution implemented by Sybase customer Shopzilla to improve the effectiveness of business decisions. The company uses Sybase IQ to capture and access merchant consumer survey data in a data warehouse.
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This white paper on database activity auditing for SOX compliance discusses the why and how of activity auditing including privileged user monitoring, tracking access failures, direct data SQL access events and database schema changes. It also provides insight into a best practices approach to segregation of duties without diminishing productivity.
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