Database rock star Michael Stonebraker says “main memory database systems are going to completely take over… among the elephants there’s going to be a duke it out between Oracle and SAP”
The Battle of The Database Elephants
7 Definitions of Big Data You Should Know About
This is a handy and cynical guide to seven different definitions of Big Data. The one thing that everybody does agree on? It’s a big deal.
Baking and Computers, a Surprising History of Analytics Pioneers
Perhaps surprisingly, baking companies and computers have a long history of working together. The very first business application ever was “bakery valuations” in 1951, and now pioneers like Turkish baker UNO are taking things to the next level with in-memory technology.
BI and The Limitations of Human Cognition in Den Bosch
I presented at my first conference of the year last week, the Heliview Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing 2012 conference in ‘s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Sybase: Big Data Crisis is a Big Lie
Sybase: The Big Data crisis is fiction. A Big Lie.
Why In-Memory Analytics is Like Digital Photography: An Industry Transformation
Digital photography transformed an industry by eliminating obsolete layers. In-memory analytics will do the same.
Why The Last Decade of BI Best-Practice Architecture is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete
The last decade of traditional business intelligence / data warehousing best-practice infrastructures is rapidly becoming obsolete, as new technologies come together to provide a once-in-a-decade tipping point.
Here Comes HANA: SAP In-Memory Processing in Action
SAP’s HANA (High-performance ANalytic Appliance) was a hit at SAP TechEd in Las Vegas). This video shows off some of the in-memory processing capabilities.