Friday, July 09, 2010

Stuff I narcisstically scraped only because some of it mentions me or is me July 5-9 2010

Ray Kurzweil On 'The Singularity' Future


Superhighway To Hell


SAS Plans In-Memory Apps Built on HP Hardware


DotXXX Is Irrelevant to the Future of the Internet


IBM Named Worldwide Marketshare Leader in Social Platforms Software http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4316858&access=EH


Social Network 'Jixtir' Connects Business Owners with Customers http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4316878&access=EH


MicroStrategy Announces Support for Apache Hadoop http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4314615&access=EH


Novell Delivers Industry's First Log Management Software Appliance http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4314081&access=EH


Datameer and Zementis to Deliver First-Ever Standards-Based Execution of ... - Business Wire (press release)


IBM to acquire BigFix
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32026.wss


Informatica Unveils Data Integration Storefront


BI Trends: LyzaSoft Champions Social Media


The Emergence of Integration-as-a- Service


The Growing Case for Third-Party Data


What is Agile?


Q&A: Basic BI Takes Step-by-Step Approach


Symbian Pledges Support for the Open Cloud Manifesto


How to make the most of free Wi-Fi


Microsoft's Vision: The High-Tech Home of the Future
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1091608/5553367/96121/0/

Microsoft Kin: A (Not So) Fond Farewell
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1092209/6187463/96173/0/

Twitter as Job Market

Microsoft links free SQL CE database with ASP .Net

Oracle set to launch new BI suite

EMC to acquire data warehouse vendor Greenplum

Business intelligence moves to the iPad, iPhone

EMC To Acquire Greenplum In Data Warehousing, Cloud Play

Herding Your Cats: Strategies For Securing Unstructured Data

The Disruptive Technology Myth
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/70318.html

Is the SaaS experiment over?

Red Hat says only it and Microsoft can build entire clouds

Hybrid clouds: A new twist on an old trick

THE INS AND OUTS OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11947105/2433922

EMC to Acquire Data Warehouse Analytics Provider Greenplum


EMC To Buy Data Warehousing Vendor Greenplum

http://www.informationweek.com/news/business_intelligence/warehouses

/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702516


Sword Ciboodle Enhances Customer Interactions with New Social CRM Offering http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4319086&access=EH


Advanced Analytics on a Budget, R-Style


Aster Data Doubles Down on MapReduce


Harnessing the Power of PowerPivot in the Enterprise


Q&A: Data Modeling's Role in Agile Development



Q&A: Data Modeling Gives Structure for Move to the Cloud


IN-DATABASE ANALYTICS HELPS MARKETER PREDICT CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11955443/2433922


Microsoft Partners: Killing Kin Was Smart Move


The Flaw of the Data Inventory


SAS, Business Analytics, Research and Fact-Based Decision-Making


MicroStrategy Mobile BI is Simpler on Apple


Data Governance Remains Immature: Increase Focus on Business Process to Build Momentum

Database Innovations: Solid-State, In-Memory and More


Commercializing Enterprise-Grade Hadoop: Tools for Harnessing Petabyte Analytics


EMC Acquiring Greenplum, Paving the Way to Emergence of Virtualized Cloud Data Warehousing


Microsoft's cloud is slower than Google's, Amazon's, benchmark says


PROS AND CONS OF USING ENTERPRISE MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT WITH BI
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11954290/2433922


EMC To Acquire Greenplum In Data Warehousing, Cloud Play


Oracle's Exadata Delivering on Hype for LinkShare

http://www.pcworld.com/article/200658/oracles_exadata_delivering_on_hype_for_linkshare.html?tk=rss_news

ORACLE BI TRIES TO CLOSE 'INSIGHT TO ACTION' LOOP
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11964522/2433922


Understanding complex event processing software

http://bit.ly/bxyRka


JackBe rolls out 'enterprise app store'


Oracle set to launch new BI suite


Startup to offer support for Oracle-owned MySQL


Oracle's Exadata delivering on hype for LinkShare

SAP extends $5.8B Sybase bid; cites EU review

Greenplum buy puts EMC further into cloud, BI, businesses

EMC's Greenplum Acquisition: What It Means And What's Still Missing


Will EMC, Greenplum Acquisition Spark Data Warehouse Consolidation?

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Will-EMC-Greenplum-Acquisition-Spark-Data-Warehouse-Consolidation-474692/?kc=EWKNLDAT07082010STR1


EMC Is Buying Greenplum

Is Regulation Coming to Cloud Computing?

Reality Distortion Blogs

Enterprise-Grade Hadoop for Petabyte Analytics


EMC To Acquire Greenplum


Oracle BI 11g Sets itself Apart


EMC Acquiring Greenplum, Paving the Way to Emergence of Virtualized Cloud Data Warehousing


Global CIO: Larry Ellison's Hardware Boasts Are Nonsense, Says IBM


Whither analytics?


Internet2 taps Georgetown CIO as its chief


Is Microsoft's SQL Server really cheaper than Oracle?


Gartner: Social networking to replace business e-mail by '14


Borders Opens eBook Store


Wolfe's Den: Oracle Server Architect Emphasizes Exadata


EMC-Greenplum deal could precede more consolidation

http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-07-08/emc-greenplum-deal-could-precede-more-consolidation.html


Flying cars set to soar into the marketplace in 2011


The Cloud's Answer to the Knowledge Management Challenge
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/70363.html


China Renews Google's License


Is Microsoft's SQL Server really cheaper than Oracle?