What happened in data and analytics this week has to be seen to be believed

For @451Research clients: Exploring the @MicroFocus–@HPE_Software deal from a data and analytics perspective https://t.co/cj1r5KkGWk

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 14, 2016

For @451Research clients: @SAP unveils HANA 2 database, targets digital transformation https://t.co/SHXbKZH5IC By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 15, 2016

For @451Research clients: @AtScale gets its BI beyond Hadoop strategy under way https://t.co/5oiWIX5vew By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 15, 2016

For @451Research clients: @PodiumData steps up data lake management expansion following $9.5m series A https://t.co/SSmagsrOpf

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 12, 2016

For @451Research clients: Platforms dominate the stage at @SAP TechEd https://t.co/PiOXC24waL By @dberkholz and @nickpatience

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 13, 2016

As database-as-a-service availability increases, prices begin to decline https://t.co/SGFfARpVxo @451Research #cloudpriceindex

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 13, 2016

For @451Research clients: The seven vectors of data platform decision-making – Part 2 https://t.co/enYJKPB2OA By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 12, 2016

Databricks has closed a $60m series C funding round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). https://t.co/RjngnFztTo

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 15, 2016

Microsoft Ventures has created a fund specifically for investment in artificial intelligence companies https://t.co/AoyPdTclup

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 14, 2016

MariaDB announces the general availability of MariaDB ColumnStore 1.0 https://t.co/UBbsyVTnIf

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 14, 2016

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd says Oracle DBaaS has hit $100 million in quarterly revenue https://t.co/oXJ2vZooMU

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 16, 2016

Arcadia Data has announced the general availability of Arcadia Enterprise 3.3 https://t.co/JduOWkB47N

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 14, 2016

Crate.io has announced the general availability of CrateDB 1.0, an open source SQL database https://t.co/par3d4591a

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 14, 2016

1010data introduces version 10 of its Insights Platform https://t.co/ULnxNlnWEt

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 14, 2016

Ontotext has announced the launch of GraphDB 8, the latest version of its semantic graph database https://t.co/2wsfvwN8Fn

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 14, 2016

Oracle CEO Catz to join Trump transition team, remain at Oracle https://t.co/ttBiS1MulW

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 16, 2016

And that’s the data day, today.

Salesforce acquires MetaMind. And more.

For @451Research clients: @googlecloud highlights data and analytics services to help it ride cloud's 'third wave' https://t.co/rsrZzjxGQT

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 4, 2016

For @451Research clients: @SoftwareAG says the Internet of Things is driving streaming analytics https://t.co/4Yr9VIjVgt By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 4, 2016

For @451Research clients: @Alteryx illuminates data prep and adv analytics following $85m series C https://t.co/8QHix1iI5U By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 7, 2016

For @451Research clients: @Salesforce reaches 50th release of its suite, touts machine-learning https://t.co/xNyvpRN3nZ By @nickpatience

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 7, 2016

For @451Research clients: @GigaSpaces to add Spark to its data grid for real-time analytics https://t.co/Iqk5qY1eqe By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 7, 2016

For @451Research clients: With version 6.4, @Splunk reduces storage costs, doubles visualizations https://t.co/yrojCuBT2V By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 8, 2016

For @451Research clients: @EXASOLAG speeds toward version 6 of its analytic database https://t.co/AIudK7dEIY By Jim Curtis

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 5, 2016

Salesforce has acquired deep learning specialist MetaMind. https://t.co/J4XGlKu1fg

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 4, 2016

MariaDB announces the forthcoming release of its MariaDB ColumnStore analytics engine, adds $3m in funding https://t.co/iQ2Uz4TZCr

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 5, 2016

Spunk has announced the general availability of Splunk®Enterprise 6.4 and a new Splunk Cloud release. https://t.co/J4HOYWockf

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 5, 2016

MapR adds Apache Drill 1.6 to its Converged Data Platform, including tighter integration with MapR-DB. https://t.co/rfUvvO5b5R

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 7, 2016

Magnitude Software launches MDM offering aimed at midsized companies. https://t.co/Hr8TKiv3CU

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) April 5, 2016

And that’s the data day, today.