IBM is to acquire Dublin-based analytics software provider The Now Factory. Financial terms were not disclosed. Further reading IBM to splash $1bn on Linux for cloud computing and big data US government agency selects IBM in 10 year ...
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The idea that cloud computing providers could suffer as a result of the US National Security Agency's (NSA) policy of obtaining data from web companies as part of its Prism surveillance programme is a "red herring", argues Bobby Soni, chief ...
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Further boosting its presence in the field of product marketing, Adobe is acquiring campaign management software provider Neolane for approximately US$600 million in cash. Based in Paris, privately held Neolane specializes in ...
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Against a backdrop of market tumult, enterprise software companies this week reported mixed quarterly results. Though Red Hat reported a robust quarter, Oracle revenue flatlined and Tibco's sales and profit declined year over year. ...
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A host of big companies have explained how they have benefitted from?Big Data in a research report?published this week. The Big Data in Big Companies report describes how around 20 large firms have deployed analytics software to benefit ...
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The new big data platform uses HP's analytics software, hardware and services. HP hasintroduced a new a big data analytics platform, Haven, which claimed to help enterprises to gain better insight into their data and deliver real-time ...
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Several retailers, including two start-ups, took to the stage at Sapphire Now to present case studies demonstrating the impact of SAP’s in-memory analytics software, HANA, in the retail industry. Kingfisher, one of the world’s ...
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Hoping to entice more enterprises to use the R statistical programming language directly within their predictive modeling and data visualization jobs, Tibco has released a free version of its R runtime engine. The Tibco Enterprise Runtime ...
Though the tech IPO market has gone from a boil to a simmer, some companies in areas such as big data and cloud-related technology are plunging in. Just this week, business intelligence software provider Tableau Software and cloud-based ...
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Microsoft trumpeted Office 365 customer successes at its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit on Tuesday, but some of those otherwise happy clients have a wish list of features and enhancements they'd like to see in the vendor's cloud email and ...
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Aon eSolutions, a US-based technology solutions business of Aon, has agreed to partner with core insurance processing software and services provider Insurity to offer Insurity’s policy and billing solutions to its customers in the US. ...
Box is rolling out several new security features aimed at making its 150,000 business customers feel more confident in its cloud storage and file sharing service. The new capabilities address end users, devices and content. "Our high ...
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Glasgow City Council is set to research street lighting’s impact on criminal activity, after receiving a £24 million technology grant. The city beat 30 other UK cities to claim a £24 million prize as a result of ...
Adding more performance management muscle to its line of analysis software and services, IBM is acquiring the software assets of Star Analytics. IBM plans to use the software in its offerings to help extract data from financial planning ...
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In an effort to add more performance management muscle to its line of analysis software and services, IBM has announced that it plans to acquire the software assets of Star Analytics. IBM plans to use the software in its offerings to help ...