I never mentioned the word data or analytics during that conversation

For @451Research clients: 451 Research predicts Total Data market to reach $138.5bn by 2021 https://t.co/srvzwdbo2q

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 24, 2017

For @451Research clients: Staying true to its name, @cloudera rolls out Altus, a managed cloud service https://t.co/bOSXfRzbIS By @jmscrts

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 26, 2017

For @451Research clients: @Pentaho increases Spark support with Pentaho Business Analytics 7.1 https://t.co/Y1mtuhLZSt

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 26, 2017

DataRobot acquires Nutonian https://t.co/JxLqF02Quq

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 26, 2017

Splunk made a net loss of $99.9m on Q1 revenue up 30% to $242.4m https://t.co/1wJplfc63Q

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 26, 2017

Missed this last week: Goldman Sachs makes investment in Information Builders https://t.co/vl83EZggnj

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 24, 2017

Cloudera announces the release of Cloudera Altus, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering https://t.co/oFrJXtW6IV

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 24, 2017

Pentaho launches Business Analytics 7.1 with support for adaptive execution https://t.co/mNk1Bultr0

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 22, 2017

Couchbase positions updated Data Platform as an "Engagement Database” https://t.co/5RuJQ5oYZd

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 24, 2017

DataStax launches DataStax Managed Cloud https://t.co/aLMjU0pVe8

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 23, 2017

Trifacta reveals Spring ’17 Release of its data wrangling software https://t.co/I5W91Wc5ie

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 24, 2017

MariaDB rebrands offerings to MariaDB TX and MariaDB AX, launches MariaDB TX 2.0 https://t.co/UkVmfE0ika

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 24, 2017

Qubole unveils Autonomous Data Platform, based on Qubole Data Service and Cloud Agents. https://t.co/HLvsIWc4wB

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 26, 2017

IBM has announced a new Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) toolkit for Power Systems https://t.co/2ENkukGpnM

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 24, 2017

Infosys launches AWS-based Boundaryless Data Lake https://t.co/5R3y308lPh

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 25, 2017

Kodiak Data launches MemCloud Virtual Cluster Infrastructure-based platform for big data https://t.co/0pOUzNib8L

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) May 22, 2017

And that’s the data day, today.

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.

New funding for Anaplan and Looker. And more

For @451Research clients: The drivers and challenges of database as a service #dbaas https://t.co/9wzIM0c2aI

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 13, 2016

For @451Research clients: @datoinc details machine-learning mission to drive intelligent applications https://t.co/4HFQVWqd1S

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 12, 2016

For @451Research clients: @IBM illuminates @IBMSPSS advanced analytics portfolio https://t.co/z55I42tErS By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 14, 2016

For @451Research research clients: @splicemachine augments Hadoop-based RDBMS with Spark https://t.co/gyG2OIjUPF By Jim Curtis

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 12, 2016

For @451Research clients: @perfectpriceinc eyes retail growth with machine-learning SaaS play https://t.co/N1ZK9PzWha By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 11, 2016

Anaplan raises $90m led by Premji Invest with Founders Circle Capital, Harmony Partners, and existing investors https://t.co/GbCvTxbVeM

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 14, 2016

Looker secures $48m series C funding from Kleiner Perkins https://t.co/vTbRA89Axy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 14, 2016

Cambridge Semantics acquires SPARQL City’s IP, hires former executives to expand graph-based analytics platform https://t.co/y8iJDSM1YV

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 14, 2016

Informatica has appointed Anil Chakravarthy as its permanent CEO https://t.co/8o9xyD0rkw

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 12, 2016

Databricks promotes vice president of engineering and product, Ali Ghodsi, to CEO https://t.co/LrAxqaNfPd

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 11, 2016

SAP Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Results https://t.co/KM2uybTXuz

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 12, 2016

Microsoft launches Microsoft R Server, reiterates its support for the open source R project https://t.co/FSgiuH4C51

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) January 14, 2016

And that’s the data day, today.

Hortonworks prices IPO at $16m, opens at $24. And more

For @451Research clients: On-premises: database as a service's new hope? http://t.co/S7eAUKlR6C If the mountain won't come to Muhammad…

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 9, 2014

For @451Research clients: @OpenText makes an analytical move with @Actuate buy http://t.co/PLBhy7qo1I By @socialbizAlan and @ScottDenne

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 8, 2014

For @451Research clients: @Cisco touts Connected Analytics for the 'Internet of Everything' http://t.co/Adc7aok9Dp By @skingstone

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 12, 2014

For @451Research clients: @GoodData lands $25.7m series E, elucidates cloud BI business, eyes IPO http://t.co/sUkPpyq4TB By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 10, 2014

For @451Research clients: @jKoolCloud launches SaaS-based time series analytics, seeks funding http://t.co/AvlDUm87e0 By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 11, 2014

For @451Research clients: Database firm @KxSystems accepts majority investment http://t.co/GrR5Sf5Wxr By @jasonstamper

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 9, 2014

Hortonworks has priced its initial public offering at $16.00 per share. http://t.co/dJoAuBMQG7

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 12, 2014

Hortonworks (HDP) opens at $24 http://t.co/aVv6A7BMIq

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 12, 2014

Altiscale raises $30m series B from Northgate, Sequoia and General Catalyst Partners http://t.co/ryY2wD7kWa adds COO http://t.co/MX7aiF491e

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 9, 2014

Qubole secures $13m series B financing led by Norwest Venture Partners. http://t.co/0hnXAlWHGn

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 10, 2014

Metric Insights secures $2.1m seed funding http://t.co/NmROpu89Ru

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 11, 2014

Attunity acquired BIReady’s data warehouse automation technology. http://t.co/7x1iFCieW2

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 9, 2014

FoundationDB Extends Performance and Scalability With Version 3.0 http://t.co/EVbzQmJza6 Delivers 14,000,000+ random writes per second.

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 10, 2014

MapR claims more than 700 subscription customers. http://t.co/oQW2RyUKSo

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 9, 2014

And that’s the data day, today.

DBaaS drives next-generation database growth. CSC acquires Infochimps. And more

For 451 Research clients: DBaaS poised to drive next-generation database growth http://t.co/IQrVdtZMe9

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 8, 2013

For 451 Research clients: Monkey business: CSC acquires 'big data' PaaS provider Infochimps http://t.co/yb9ya9mslV

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 8, 2013

For 451 Research clients: SciDB offers a new Paradigm for large-scale data exploration and analysis http://t.co/8ltoHKapDq

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 13, 2013

For 451 Research clients: SAS Institute plots data management course with growing portfolio. http://t.co/eq9zL58oLG By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 14, 2013

Looker Data Sciences has announced a $16m Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures. http://t.co/mSeygN72Uo

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 13, 2013

Singapore-based big data analytics firm Antuit Secures $3m funding and acquires US-based Marketwell. http://t.co/yGrdI3ROHL

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 13, 2013

Tableau made a net loss of $2.6m on revenue up 71% to $49.9m in Q2. http://t.co/bTek15ljXH

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 13, 2013

"Google officially told us that their new SQL service will be based on MariaDB" http://t.co/kbnxgSWBS1 Monty Widenius

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 14, 2013

Basho has announced the availability of Riak CS 1.4 and Riak CS 1.4 Enterprise. http://t.co/WZHpdiQ2w9

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 13, 2013

Microsoft to open source a big data framework called REEF http://t.co/4XHDOEtBTF via @gigaom

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 13, 2013

DataStax introduces DevCenter, and Eclipse-based visual interface for developers. http://t.co/V3B03gPZNB

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 8, 2013

Google has added Google Query Language (GQL) and metadata queries to Google Cloud Datastore. http://t.co/s5kN6lZfV5

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 8, 2013

OpenStack Technical Committee has voted to expand Trove (formerly RedDwarf) to address non-relational databases. http://t.co/rTU2H7um9l

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 8, 2013

And that’s the data day, today.

MySQL, NoSQL, NewSQL, DBaaS market sizing. And more

Free presentation (reg reqd) explaining 451 Research's #MySQL #NoSQL #NewSQL #DBaaS revenue estimates for 2012-2016 http://t.co/eaPVv4ljQw

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 5, 2013

For 451 Research clients: Cloudera ups the ante with expanded Hadoop portfolio, new CEO http://t.co/AE0pVWPK5W

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 6, 2013

For 451 Research clients: GenieDB repositions as multi-cloud database as a service following 2.0 release http://t.co/7QxO9rZBjD

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 7, 2013

For 451 Research clients: Revelytix Looms large for Hadoop-based data set management http://t.co/s630e1LgRY

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 2, 2013

For 451 Research clients: Buoyed by $10m funding, GridGain launches in-memory streaming and Hadoop accelerator http://t.co/HSdENsBXfS

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 5, 2013

For 451 clients: Panorama brings in-memory collaborative visual analysis to Microsoft stack, iPad http://t.co/ItQ9iw06kc By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 1, 2013

For 451 Research clients: I Spry with my little eye… a new Hadoop professional services entrant http://t.co/NyjujDJFhz By @drkatyring

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 6, 2013

Teradata reports net income of $108m on revenue up 1% to $670m in Q2. http://t.co/EQGV6EW2HD

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 1, 2013

Tidemark has raised $13m in new venture financing, led by Tenaya Capital. http://t.co/Aji5ULFHlX

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 1, 2013

Infochimps has been acquired by CSC http://t.co/JOSrWuK55m

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 7, 2013

VividCortex raises $2m for MySQL monitoring and analysis tools. http://t.co/c97G6ZTLf9

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 7, 2013

GenieDB Launches Globally Distributed MySQL-as-a-Service http://t.co/7C3m0olnqp

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 5, 2013

NuoDB updates NewSQL database, previews upcoming second generation features http://t.co/n8XYhCquet

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 6, 2013

LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced the availability of version 4.0 of HPCC Systems. http://t.co/tImPZOqEbO

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 1, 2013

Pentaho partners with Splunk, launches Pentaho Business Analytics for Splunk Enterprise. http://t.co/pDwKkJgvyO

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 7, 2013

Hortonworks confirms the departure of CTO and founding CEO Eric Baldeschwieler. http://t.co/p6THsRDjuN

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) August 7, 2013

451 Research has recently published an update to our market sizing estimates for the MySQL ecosystem, NoSQL and NewSQL sectors, adding coverage of the database-as-a-service market.

The report, Next-Generation Operational Databases: 2012-2016, can be found here and provides estimates for the size of the aggregate market and each market sector, as well as competitive landscape maps. It also includes a growth forecast for each sector, and highlights the opportunities and threats facing participating vendors.

The key findings are also available in the a short, free presentation (registration required), which can be found here, and provides details of how the MySQL, NoSQL and DBaaS sectors are each expected to grow to generate revenue in excess of $1bn by 2016.

Next-Gen DB market sizing. Total Data Integration. And more.

For 451 clients: Next-Generation Operational Databases: 2012-2016 http://t.co/avbWrER2yF New MySQL, NoSQL, NewSQL & DBaaS revenue estimates

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 30, 2013

For 451 Research clients: Vendor strategies and the case for total data integration http://t.co/satE1wSzaS By Krishna Roy.

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 24, 2013

For 451 clients: SAS sheds light on 'big data' strategy, aka in-memory analytics, Hadoop data mgmt http://t.co/xfoYFULI0N By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 31, 2013

For 451 Research clients: Orchestrate.io pitches API-based database simplification http://t.co/D7ZCAabOJq

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 30, 2013

For 451 clients: Datameer heads further down path toward user-friendly Hadoop analytics, touts growth http://t.co/IooymxrdOH By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 30, 2013

For 451 Research clients: DataStax lands $45m to fuel distributed NoSQL database expansion http://t.co/FWttM1v1nO

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 25, 2013

Informatica reported net income of $18.2m on revenue up 17% to $222.4m in Q2. http://t.co/LPHoTsOg9i

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 30, 2013

MicroStrategy reported a net loss of $1.6m on revenue up 2% to $137.9m in Q2. http://t.co/cYgWgWXEvj

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 30, 2013

QlikTech reported a net loss of $8m on revenue up 26% to $108.0m in Q2. http://t.co/SKdZAPrCpH

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 30, 2013

GridGain secured $10m in Series B funding from Almaz Capital and RTP Ventures. http://t.co/SilPQAC1uB

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 30, 2013

Treasure Data has closed $5 million in Series A financing led by Sierra Ventures. http://t.co/18XbjcaRfd

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 24, 2013

Cloudera launches Sentry, offering fine-grained authorisation control for Impala and Apache Hive. http://t.co/Tcs83mw0hy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 24, 2013

Announcing Parquet 1.0: Columnar Storage for Hadoop https://t.co/SDDfWmEcLZ

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 31, 2013

Version 1.5 of OrientDB Graph Database has just been released http://t.co/V9ERvAcY0t

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 31, 2013

Chartio Adds Support for Amazon Redshift and Google BigQuery http://t.co/DtQO4tVcf7

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 25, 2013

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Mesos as a Top-Level Project http://t.co/zkpcGP2Xgf

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 24, 2013

NuoDB has launched a new migration tool for MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL and Oracle RDBMS. http://t.co/ThWsyFR0K1

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) July 24, 2013

And that’s the data day, today.