Evaluate

Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• What to consider when evaluating Hadoop vendors

  Before you evaluate specific Hadoop software or subscriptions, examine what features the vendor distributions provide and how they match your big data management needs. Continue Reading

• Evaluating the key features of data warehouse platforms

  Choosing between the different types of data warehouse platforms can be simplified once you know which deployment option best meets your project requirements. Continue Reading

• Data integration platforms take users beyond ETL software

  Commercial data integration platforms can help organizations manage and simplify the process of sharing the increasing volumes of data being generated and collected. Continue Reading

• How a Hadoop distribution can help you manage big data

  To help you determine if a commercial Hadoop distribution could benefit your organization, consultant David Loshin examines big data use cases and applications that Hadoop can support. Continue Reading

• What to expect from Oracle Exadata Database Machine

  Oracle Exadata Database Machine combines hardware and software to enable analytics, batch, reporting and other tasks to run simultaneously within and across databases. Continue Reading

• IBM dashDB delivers with cloud data warehouse

  Available through IBM's Bluemix platform, IBM dashDB is a data warehouse as a service that includes IBM BLU Acceleration technology and embedded Netezza in-database analytics.Continue Reading

• Examining the IBM PureData System for Analytics appliance

  Powered by Netezza technology, the IBM PureData System for Analytics data warehouse appliance enables users to execute complex queries and get results quickly.Continue Reading

• Future database stew to include NoSQL

  Future database plans will include NoSQL, but there are elements to consider before making the leap, according to Mike Bowers, set to discuss this at Enterprise Data World 2016.Continue Reading

• Exploring the Actian Analytics Platform appliance

  With the Actian Analytics Platform data warehouse appliance, both Hadoop and non-Hadoop clients can use their existing SQL applications and investments on new data sources.Continue Reading

• Exploring the HPE Vertica Analytics Platform

  The Vertica Analytics Platform from Hewlett Packard Enterprise is designed to be used for data warehouses and other complex, query-intensive applications.Continue Reading

• New data preparation tools open up more info to analysts

  Consultant David Loshin says self-service data preparation software helps give data analysts broader access to business information than they typically can get in a data warehouse.Continue Reading

• Exploring Amazon Redshift cloud data warehouse as a service

  The Amazon Redshift petabyte-scale cloud data warehouse as a service enables organizations to analyze data in a cost-effective way, using their existing business intelligence tools.Continue Reading

• Match increase in BI and analytics with a data governance plan

  Analytics tools are increasingly used by all kinds of companies. Their popularity has also given rise to a host of problems that can occur when organizations don't also put in place data protections. Issues such as data inconsistences and ...Continue Reading

• Cloud data warehouse guide: Using Redshift, rival platforms

  Like other cloud services, cloud data warehouse platforms can offer potential savings, faster rollouts and the ability to scale up or down easily -- but there are challenges, too.Continue Reading

• Hadoop distributions offer buyers economical options

  Running on clusters of commodity servers, Hadoop offers a high-performance, low-cost approach to building a big data management architecture that supports advanced analytics initiatives across several industries. As an open source technology, Hadoop...Continue Reading