Data Management
Many of the cost and complexity challenges related to the massive growth of data volumes are due to the continual copying of production data for protection, testing, analytics, etc. Venture-backed Actifio, Inc. is looking to solve these pains with the Actifio Protection and Availability Storage (PAS) platform, effectively virtualizing the ...
As an analyst covering data management, a single day does not go by without a healthy discussion or debate on the meaning or impact of big data. It is quite comical in one sense, and quite inspiring in another. We are all intrigued by this concept of having access to ...
However, Julie Lockner, an analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group in Milford, Mass., cited data from a survey that ESG conducted last July that shows data warehouse appliances being adopted somewhat selectively by organizations.
Lockner said the survey results, which were released as part of a report on “big data” and data ...
It’s official, the security industry has jumped on the “big data” bandwagon with both feet. How do I know? Well, I’m participating in a panel discussion on this topic at RSA and I believe there are 2 other sessions on the topic. I guess anyone headed to ...
There was ‘big’ news today from Oracle regarding its StorageTek T10000C Tape Drive - or more accurately the media that runs on those drives. In the first 9 months of the T10KC (as it tends to be called) drive’s release, Oracle has sold enough media to store over an EXABYTE of ...
As organizations accumulate data in droves, if the underlying infrastructure is not designed to handle the volume, one of the first things to go is performance. This may be a symptom of Big Data.
Do you have Big Data?
If you are not sure, Julie Lockner, ESG Senior ...
Given the promise of new analytics technologies, becoming more data-driven is on the minds of most IT decision makers these days. In a recent report on the impact of big data on analytics, "More than half of the organizations polled identified analytics as among their top five IT priorities," says ...
CommVault Simpana software, a data management platform that delivers backup, archive, search, and analytics capabilities, can be a viable cornerstone of an organization’s information retention strategy. Simpana provides archiving capabilities that organizations may not believe they need now but, given current archive market trends, will be extremely useful to them ...
The term big data is typically defined as data multiplying in volume, velocity and variety. According to new research by the Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Strategy Group, big data analytics platforms are mimicking that definition: Vendor product releases are growing in number, product enhancements are multiplying rapidly and a variety of ...
Today we examine the terrain for enterprise e-discovery and information governance releases going into LegalTech 2012. My previous posts covered the e-discovery service provider landscape and attorney review software and SaaS.
Check back for show-time updates when more announcements go public Monday.
Recent M&A
First, an M&A catch-up. 2011 saw several major deals, ...
