Communiqué: SiSense

This Communiqué is a part of a series of Communiqués that examines the named vendor that exhibited at Strata 2013

Lowering the Barriers to Entry for Big Data

On February 25, 2013 with great fanfare, Greenplum (a division of EMC) announced the availability of PivotalHD the first milestone for EMC’s Pivotal Initiative. PivotalHD brings together the broad and ubiquitous understanding of SQL with the next generation data management of Hadoop.

This Communiqué analyzes the impact of how PivotalHD can lower the barriers to entry for Big Data by integrating SQL with Hadoop

Are you a filer or piler?

My mother is a secretary. She is not a personal assistant, or an executive assistant. She is a secretary. She has been one for over 40 years. She learned her skills in an era where secretaries took dictation by shorthand; secretaries enable executives to do their job,...

[Sponsored Webinar Replay] NGData – Big Data In Banking: Leverage Big Data, Drive Customer Engagement & Loyalty

“In 2012, over 50% of customers either changed their bank or were planning to change.” – Global Consumer Banking Survey by Ernst & Young.

Service quality is one of the most prominent reasons why customers are switching banks. With credit card transactions and loyalty programs, banks possess far more data about customers than any other industry.

In spite of all the data, the banks are unable to deliver personalized service. The reason? The level of customer intelligence. Learn how to leverage Big Data and serve each customer’s unique needs.

In this webinar replay, you will learn:

  • Challenges banks are facing in getting a 360 degree view of their customers
  • Impact of Big Data on customer churn, engagement, marketing, and mobile wallet
  • Key banking use cases that are paving the way and delivering value with Big Data
  • Big Data best practices and success stories from leading banks

NetApp says “Me too!!”

On February 13, 2013, NetApp very quietly acquired ionGrid. Neuralytix believes that this is yet another example of NetApp demonstrating itself to be an also-ran, or a “me too” company. NetApp has consistently been let down due to its incapacity to evangelize its achievements, and most importantly its technology leadership. Instead it should demonstrate that the maturation of the company and the successes it has achieved is a result of being a technology leader and a visionary company.