Author: Joyce Wells

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. Data Summit 2017 kicked off on Tuesday at the New York Hilton Midtown with keynotes by futurist, educator, and author Thornton A. May and Rob Thomas, general manager of IBM Analytics. The Data Summit conference is taking place at the New York Hilton Midtown, May 16-17, 2017.In his keynote, “The Human Side of the Data Revolution," May observed that data is impacting every aspect of life today, and stressed the importance of not only technology but people, including talking to peers, querying the solutions community, and establishing advisory boards.Critical to the process is the need to answer ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. Streaming data was looked at from two perspectives in a session, titled “The Streaming Future of Big Data," at Data Summit 2017,  taking place at the New York Hilton Midtown, May 16-17, 2017.The session was part of the Hadoop Day track, which was moderated by Unisphere analyst Joe McKendrick.In a presentation titled, “Streaming of Big Data Over the Decades,” Roger C. Rea — IBM Streams Product Manager, IBM Watson and Cloud Platform, looked at the current state of streaming and what’s ahead. Historical data finding analyzed persisted data, had a batch philosophy, a pull approach ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. Big data isn't notable because there is a lot of data that can now be stored and processed more cost-effectively. It is important because of what can be done with it. One approach that has been heralded for gaining more value from big data is the data lake, noted Jonathan Gray, CEO and founder of Cask in a presentation titled, “Building an Enteprise Data Lake,” at Data Summit 2017,  taking place at the New York Hilton Midtown, May 16-17, 2017.The session was part of the Hadoop Day track, which was moderated by Unisphere analyst Joe ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. The importance of understanding where critical data is stored in an organization so that it can be protected appropriately was stressed by Donald Soulsby, vice president, architecture strategies, Sandhill Associates, in a session titled, “Managing Data Vulnerabilities,” at Data Summit 2017.Citing a definition created by Rajesh Jugulum that critical data elements (CDEs) are “the data that is critical to success” in a specific business area (line of business, shared service, or group function), or “the data required to get the job done,” Soulsby discussed various ways to ensure that CDEs are identified and ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. Against the backdrop of ransomware attacks targeting mission-critical computer systems globally, Data Summit 2017 presented the Data Security Forum, moderated by Michelle Malcher, security architect, Extreme Scale Solutions.The Data Summit conference is taking place at the New York Hilton Midtown, May 16-17, 2017.During a session on the emerging threat landscape, Robert Pearl, president, Pearl Knowledge Solutions, explored the steps to take to avoid having data compromised.“The intersection of the physical and digital world continued to deepen in 2016,” noted Robert Pearl, president, Pearl Knowledge Solutions, during his presentation titled, “Securing Your Data from Emerging ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. NoSQL database provider MarkLogic has launched MarkLogic 9, which adds new data integration, security and manageability capabilities.This is the largest and most ambitious release in MarkLogic’s history, according to Joe Pasqua, executive vice president, products, of MarkLogic.SecurityA key area of focus in MarkLogic 9 is secure sharing of information so that organizations can leverage their data assets in a governed manner.“We have always been focused on security but we are seeing a conflict,” said Pasqua.  “The whole point that enterprises are trying to achieve with big data and data in general is ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. Data—now universally understood to be the lifeblood of businesses—is at risk like never before in the form of both malicious attacks and innocent indiscretions. Recently, Steve Grobman, CTO for McAfee, discussed the range of threats to data security and what companies must do to defend themselves.When you look at the data security forecasts that came out of the recent McAfee Labs 2017 Threat Predictions report, was there anything that stood out to you?We are seeing IT aggressively moving to cloud-based architectures in order to improve efficiency and decrease their costs. There are ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. Data security has been an area that has been the source of dramatic changes in the last 10 years, influencing technologies and the way businesses operate globally. Machine data for IoT, cloud, big data, changing regulations, and the need to make data available more broadly to more users within organizations, are just some of the challenges impacting data security.Data Summit 2017 will take a deep dive into these considerations during the Data Security Forum moderated by Michelle Malcher, security architect at Extreme Scale Solutions. The event takes place May 16-17 at the New York ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. With the increasing volume, variety, and velocity of data flowing into enterprises, they no longer have the ability to govern and synchronize all of their information. As a result, new processes must be put in place to quickly explore and assess data for value, says Joe Caserta, CEO and founder of Caserta Concepts. He will present a keynote as well as a  data science workshop at Data Summit 2017.Data Summit 2017 takes place May 16-17 at the New York Hilton Midtown, with pre-conference workshops on May 15.Caserta's workshop, “Introduction to Data Science,” will ... Read More

Feed: Database Trends and Applications : All Articles. Continuing the strong showing this year for tech IPOs, Alteryx, a provider of self-service data analytics software, rang the opening bell on Friday, March 24, in advance of its initial public offering on the NYSE under the name, AYX. The company had announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price of $14 per share.Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Pacific Crest Securities, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., William Blair ... Read More