Entries from January 2015 ↓

Microsoft previews Power BI update. And more

For @451Research clients: @Microsoft fortifies predictive analytics play with purchase of @RevolutionR http://t.co/Dp7tLqT2lc By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 27, 2015

For @451Research clients: Deep learning: the new kid on the advanced-analytic block is coming of age http://t.co/AQ8VS0qUZV By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 26, 2015

For @451Research clients: @SASInstitute enters self-service data prep ring with Data Loader for Hadoop http://t.co/Jr03XLFGM4 By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 29, 2015

For @451Research clients: @Basho considers further funding despite $25m series G, cites NoSQL/cloud storage growth http://t.co/WWakrk7kf6

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 29, 2015

For @451Research clients: @Hortonworks launches data-governance initiative for Hadoop http://t.co/FS9qYG7RKE

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 30, 2015

SAS Institute reports revenue of $3.09bn, up 5.1%. http://t.co/Lm6ibedzdl

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 29, 2015

Microsoft previews Power BI update http://t.co/uW6KjPG6Jl

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 28, 2015

Informatica reports Q4 net inc of $43.6m on rev up 10% to $303.7m, FY net inc of $114.1m on rev up 11% to $1.05bn http://t.co/e8yTGq2esu

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 28, 2015

MicroStrategy reported net inc of $22.7m in Q4 on revenue down 10% to $148.9m, net inc of $5m in FY up <1% to $580m http://t.co/kn3ScZpDO9

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 27, 2015

Starcounter raises $15m SEK ($1.8m USD) in new funding http://t.co/aX8hY5G6ow

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 28, 2015

Hortonworks launches Data Governance Initiative to deliver common data governance foundation for all Hadoop projects. http://t.co/vucs2ubLuO

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 28, 2015

VoltDB announces version 5.0 of in-memory operational database, with increased Hadoop integration http://t.co/39v2vXir7X

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 28, 2015

MapR provides free on-demand Hadoop training. http://t.co/myjulxJsaD

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 27, 2015

And that’s the data day, today.

Microsoft acquires Revolution Analytics. And more

Microsoft to acquire Revolution Analytics http://t.co/uaaBk97Ln0

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 23, 2015

Oracle introduces X5 engineered systems, including Exadata, Database Appliance and Big Data Appliance. http://t.co/Gv83EucES6

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 22, 2015

MongoDB upgrades version 2.8 to 3.0 http://t.co/xiAOaWCs97

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 23, 2015

Interana raises $20m series B funding led by Index Ventures http://t.co/CobA54yBC3

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 21, 2015

Dan Lynn named new CEO of CodeFutures http://t.co/VT7Wek1JZY

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 21, 2015

Cloudera has collaborated with Google on a version of Dataflow that runs on Apache Spark. http://t.co/UJWp8AcIkU

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 20, 2015

Hortonworks Data Platform is now certified and available on Google Cloud Platform. http://t.co/IfGbuSMrNl

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 23, 2015

Apache Falcon has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project http://t.co/6Kwzs16Nfh

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 19, 2015

And that’s the data day, today.

Funding for MongoDB, Basho, Neo and Treasure Data. And more

For @451Research clients: @TIBCO provides Clarity on its play in cloud data preparation http://t.co/mz0dh8KDno By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 12, 2015

For @451Research clients: @Altiscale to scale up its Hadoop-as-a-service operations following $30m series B round http://t.co/5uOsZxqYIq

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 14, 2015

For @451Research clients: Mixed-workload Hadoop clusters hold the key for @Pepperdata – and vice versa http://t.co/uC68k7IGQo

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 12, 2015

For @451Research clients: @IBM rings in new year with enterprise version of dashDB data warehouse http://t.co/ZAOsaMTsdB By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 15, 2015

For @451Research clients: With a new management team, @BirstBI sets its BI sights on enterprise deals http://t.co/j6YcImDDZC By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 16, 2015

For @451Research clients: @RapidMiner looks to step up advanced analysis business http://t.co/b7mJVF6oCD By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 15, 2015

MongoDB confirms $80m investment round, led by an unnamed sovereign wealth fund and involving Goldman Sachs. http://t.co/LcUqaCW4LR

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 13, 2015

Basho announces $25m series G funding round led by Georgetown Partners. http://t.co/4FqDBFS7fI

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 13, 2015

Neo Technology announces a $20m series C funding round, led by Creandum with Dawn Capital. http://t.co/LtemAaFnvD

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 15, 2015

Treasure Data has raised $15m in Series B financing, led by Scale Venture Partners. http://t.co/7zWlp2NpYQ

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 14, 2015

Alteryx has announced the availability of Alteryx Analytics 9.5. http://t.co/cVnhAXXNRg

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 15, 2015

Apache Flink (formerly Stratosphere) graduates as a top-level ASF project http://t.co/5R2nMIFUkD

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 12, 2015

Adaptive Insights appoints Tom Bogan as new CEO http://t.co/aVferiqHsv

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 13, 2015

#AsterixDB proposed to the #Apache #Incubator https://t.co/5NJSs62wBL #bigdata #opensource #DBMS

— Chris Mattmann (@chrismattmann) January 15, 2015

And that’s the data day, today.

GraphLab changes name to Dato, raises $18.5m. And more

For @451Research clients: SAP plots a course for its BI and predictive analytics portfolio http://t.co/vUhjkmRjPs By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 2, 2015

For @451Research clients: @DataStax expands Spark support as Cassandra matures as a distributed data platform http://t.co/m1OReE6qFO

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 2, 2015

For @451Research clients: @Zementis rides big data train to growth in operational predictive analysis http://t.co/TwYkkvuNPe By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 2, 2015

GraphLab changes name to Dato, raises $18.5m series B. http://t.co/U33cQvRFuT

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 8, 2015

Actian has updated its PSQL embeddable database to version 12. http://t.co/5GyeaTKyAY

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 2, 2015

Nice introduction to #NewSQL on the Sogeti UK blog http://t.co/dwzgCBbk4m

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 9, 2015

“Big Data is visualized in so many ways…all of them blue and with numbers and lens flare.” http://t.co/SbcfH6viuD

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 7, 2015

And that’s the data day, today.