Informatica buys Heiler. Objectivity updates graph database. And more.

For 451 Research clients: In its second MDM deal, Informatica pays $104m for PIM vendor Heiler Software bit.ly/PUhWqw By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

For 451 Research clients: Objectivity positions graph database as relational complement with InfiniteGraph 3.0 bit.ly/PUhf0o

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

For 451 Research clients: SAP targets industry-specific analysis game with ‘analytic edition’ bundles bit.ly/PUhRTH By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

For 451 Research clients: Red Hat partners with 10gen to wake JBoss from its NoSQL slumber bit.ly/PUigpb Analyst Note

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

Oracle updates Business Intelligence bit.ly/Wg2gjT and Exalytics In-Memory Machine Software bit.ly/Wg2pUm

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

Cloudant has announced a custom development and strategic investment agreement with In-Q-Tel. prn.to/PUiywi

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

Big Data’s Biggest Obstacles s.hbr.org/Weixps

— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) October 2, 2012

Amazon’s Relational Database Service is now part of the AWS Free Usage Tier. bit.ly/PUiInh

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

If data scientists are so hot, why are there so few data scientist job postings? bit.ly/VpjdsJ

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

The remarkable growth of big data, as a research topic bit.ly/VpjHim

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 2, 2012

And that’s the Data Day, today.

Oracle updates Database, Exadata. BigQuery adds REST support. And more.

“Oracle expands cloud services; unveils world’s ‘first’ multi-tenant database” zd.net/QixcNL

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 1, 2012

PR:Announcing Oracle #Exadata X3 Database In-Memory Machine bit.ly/O0ysqw #oow12

— Oracle Database (@OracleDatabase) October 1, 2012

Google updates BigQuery with support for REST and nested and repeated fields. bit.ly/Ozv07N

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 1, 2012

DataStax Raises $25 Million in Third Round of Funding bit.ly/QixwMz

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 1, 2012

Red Hat and 10gen are working on Hibernate OGM to create a consistent data access framework for NoSQL development. bit.ly/QS7bni

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 1, 2012

ScaleBase partners with Codership to bring Galera synchronous replication to Data Traffic Manager bit.ly/QixHYa

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 1, 2012

Oracle previews MySQL 5.6 bit.ly/QixkwF new extensions bit.ly/QixlRp and MySQL Cluster 7.3 bit.ly/QixsMK

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) October 1, 2012

And that’s the Data Day, today.

Quantcast launches HDFS alternative. Glassbeam eyes funding. And more.

For 451 Research clients: Quantcast launches open source Hadoop file system alternative bit.ly/Ot6Zz6 Analyst Note

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 28, 2012

NoSQL LinkedIn Skills Index – rebooted bit.ly/QZGZHP MongoDB accounts for 43% of all mentions of NoSQL projects in LinkedIn profiles

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 28, 2012

For 451 clients: Glassbeam eyes series A funding, illuminates roadmap for machine-generated analytics bit.ly/UMaMsz By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 27, 2012

For 451 Research clients: ‘Big data’ and development platform are the next steps for Splunk bit.ly/UMaBgM By Dennis Callaghan

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 27, 2012

View the webinar The Business Advantage of Hadoop: Lessons from the Field bit.ly/QnLqPh w/ @451research, @yp, @blackberry, @mikeolson

— Cloudera (@cloudera) September 26, 2012

Quantcast launches QFS – an open source alternative to HDFS, evolved from Kosmos/CloudStore bit.ly/Sca5CU

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 27, 2012

Derrick Harris has more detail on Quantcast’s bigger, faster, stronger Hadoop file system gigaom.com/data/quantcast…

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 27, 2012

Interesting new perspective on bug fix test case brouhaha RT @webmink: Oracle Claims MySQL IS Safe With Them:wmk.me/PpXGvM

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 27, 2012

MariaDB directions: multi-source replication & more! blog.mariadb.org/mariadb-direct…

— SkySQL Ab (@skysql) September 28, 2012

Huge news: Basho Japan has officially opened its doors! #Riak basho.com/news/basho_ope…

— Basho Technologies (@basho) September 27, 2012

What no Big Data 2.0? RT @datameer: What is going to replace the “Big Data” buzzword & when? @kdnuggets poll results: bit.ly/UIKBD1

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 27, 2012

And that’s the Data Day, today.

Alpine Data bags EMC. Infobright delivers appliance. And more.

For 451 clients: Alpine Data bags EMC as a reseller, embraces Hadoop and the Web for advanced analysis 451research.com/report-short?e… By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 21, 2012

Infobright introduces Infopliance, a database appliance for analysis of machine generated data. bit.ly/RQ5UST

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 24, 2012

EMC previews virtualized Hadoop offering combining EMC Isilon, EMC Greenplum HD and VMware Serengeti. bit.ly/PeY1kD

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 24, 2012

Treasure Data prepares to launch Cloud Data Warehouse service. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 21, 2012

NuoDB Announces Support for Joyent SmartOS bit.ly/OMw3vc

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 21, 2012

Orbitz explains its move from Oracle Coherence to Couchbase. bit.ly/PeXU8R

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 24, 2012

And that’s the Data Day, today.

Oracle Endeca. Microstrategy. Who’s Really Using Big Data? And more

For 451 Research clients: Oracle pitches Endeca as exploratory complement to structured business intelligence bit.ly/PhdGk2

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 14, 2012

What Executives Don’t Understand About Big Data bit.ly/U26gEm ‘What value matters most, and what data and algorithms gets us there?’

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 14, 2012

MicroStrategy announces general availability of MicroStrategy 9.3 prn.to/PhdMs1

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 14, 2012

Pervasive Software to Solicit Potential Bids from Interested Parties (including Actian) bit.ly/PgfM3Y

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 14, 2012

Who’s Really Using Big Data bit.ly/RTrOTk Harvard Business Review (via @nickpatience)

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 13, 2012

DataStax Enterprise Search Vs. SolrCloud bit.ly/PhdOQz

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) September 14, 2012

And that’s the Data Day, today.

IBM launches Galileo database update. SAP outlines database roadmap. And more.

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* Made in IBM Labs: New IBM Software Accelerates Decision Making in the Era of Big Data IBM launches DB2 10 and InfoSphere Warehouse 10.

* SAP Unveils Unified Strategy for Real-Time Data Management to Grow Database Market Leadership

* SAP Unveils Strategy to Gain Predictive Insights From Big Data

* TIBCO Delivers Breakthrough Software to Analyze Big Data in Motion

* TIBCO Announces Intent to Acquire LogLogic

* TIBCO Spotfire and Attivio Partner to Deliver New Levels of Integration and Discovery for Data and Content

* Mortar Data, Hadoop for the Rest of Us, Gets Seed Funding

* The coming in-memory database tipping point. Microsoft’s perspective on in-memory databases.

* Jaspersoft Extends Partnership with Talend to Deliver Big Data Integration

* Oracle to Hold MySQL Connect Conference in San Francisco September 29 and 30, 2012

* Percona XtraDB Cluster Open Source Software Provides a New Approach to High Availability MySQL

* Tokutek Brings Replication Performance to MySQL and MariaDB

* Continuent Announces Tungsten Enterprise 1.5 for Multi-Master, Multi-Region MySQL Data Services in the Amazon EC2

* SkySQL, hastexo Form Highly Available Partnership

* MySQL at Twitter Twitter releases its MySQL modifications under BSD license.

* Percona Bundles New Relic to Provide Gold and Platinum Support Customers with Comprehensive Application Visibility

* Percona Toolkit 2.1 for MySQL Enables Schema Changes without Scheduling Downtime

* Percona XtraBackup 2.0 for MySQL and Percona Server Provides Increased Performance

* Delphix Expands Agile Data Platform to Support Oracle Exadata

* Red Hat and 10gen Create Compelling Open Source Data Platform

* Announcing Pre-Production MongoDB Subscription from 10gen

* VoltDB Announces Version 2.5

* Red Hat Storage 2.0 Beta: Partners Test Big Data, Hadoop Support

* Sungard wants to sell you Hadoop as a service

* Actian and Lenovo Team to Optimize Big Data and Business Intelligence with New Appliance

* Objectivity Expands European Management Team With Former Sones Founder Mauricio Matthesius

* expressor Expands Data Integration Platform Into Big Data

* The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Sqoop as a Top-Level Project

* LucidDB has left Eigenbase moved to Apache License

* For 451 Research clients

# IBM looks to the stars with Galileo relational database update Impact Report

# Indicee eyes fresh VC as it establishes beachhead for cloud BI service using OEM sales Impact Report

# Percona launches XtraDB Cluster for MySQL database high availability Impact Report

# Tokutek targets replication performance with database update Impact Report

# ‘Big data’ in the datacenter: Vigilent secures $6.7m funding round Impact Report

And that’s the Data Day, today.

Oracle reports Q3. EMC acquires Pivotal Labs. ClearStoty launches. And much, much more.

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* Oracle Reports Q3 GAAP EPS Up 20% to 49 Cents; Q3 Non-GAAP EPS Up 15% to 62 Cents Database and middleware revenue up 10%.

* EMC Goes Social, Open and Agile With Big Data EMC acquires Pivotal Labs, plans to release Chorus as an open source project

* ClearStory Data Launches With Investment From Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures

* HP Lead Big Data Exec Chris Lynch Resigns

* “Hortonworks Names Ari Zilka Chief Products Officer

* DataStax Enterprise 2.0 Adds Enterprise Search Capabilities to Smart Big Data Platform

* MapR Unveils Most Comprehensive Data Connection Options for Hadoop

* New Web-Based Alpine Illuminator Integrates with EMC Greenplum Chorus, The Social Data Science Platform

* RainStor and IBM InfoSphere BigInsights to Address Growing Big Data Challenges

* IBM Introduces New Predictive Analytics Services and Software to Reduce Fraud, Manage Financial Performance and Deliver Next Best Action

* Datameer Releases Major New Version of Analytics Platform

* Kognitio Announces Formation of “Kognitio Cloud” Business Unit

* HStreaming Announces Free Community Edition of Its Real-Time Analytics Platform for Hadoop

* Talend and MapR Announce Certification of Big Data Integration and Big Data Quality

* Schooner Information Technology Releases Membrain 4.0

* Gazzang Launches Big Data Encryption and Key Management Platform

* Logicworks Solves Big Data Hosting Challenges With New Infrastructure Services for Hadoop

* “Big Data” Among Most Confusing Tech Buzzwords

* For 451 Research clients

# Infochimps launches Chef-based platform for Hadoop deployment Impact Report

# Big-data security, or SIEM buzzword parity? Spotlight report

# DataStax adds enterprise search and elastic reprovisioning to database platform Market Development report

# With a new CEO and IBM as a reseller, Revolution Analytics charts next growth phase Market Development report

# Cray branches out, offering storage and a ‘big data’ appliance Market Development report

# CodeFutures sees a future beyond database sharding Market Development report

# Third time lucky for ScaleOut StateServer 5.0? Market Development report

# Attunity looks to 2012 for turnaround; up to the cloud and ‘big data’ movement Market Development report

# Panorama rides Microsoft’s coattails into in-memory social BI using SQL Server 2012 Market Development report

And that’s the Data Day, today.

Drawn to Scale raises funding. Cloudera launches HBaseCon. And more.

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* Drawn to Scale Announces Funding for Real-Time Big Data

* Cloudera Announces HBaseCon 2012, the Industry’s First Apache HBase Community Conference

* Gazzang Launches Big Data Encryption and Key Management Platform

* Jaspersoft Closes Record Fiscal Year

* Schooner Information Technology Releases Membrain 4.0

* How Project Mercury is eBay’s Big Data play Up on the roof of EBay’s big data center.

* SAND Announces Universal Query

* Oracle has a cloud computing secret The potential impact of metered pricing.

* Why should I consider memcached plugin? …for MySQL.

* For 451 Research clients

# Microsoft launches SQL Server 2012, with an eye on ‘big data’ Impact report

# Global IDs hones governance, MDM focus; looks to the cloud and appliances for growth Impact report

# Clarabridge ups the ante in ‘voice of the customer’ with v5.0 as the CEM space heats up Impact report

# ScaleBase launches elastic load balancing for MySQL databases Market Development report

# Dassault’s Exalead searches for a ‘big data’ role Market Development report

And that’s the Data Day, today.

Microsoft and Hortonworks expand Hadoop partnership. Oracle ships Exalytics. And more.

An occasional series of data-related news, views and links posts on Too Much Information. You can also follow the series @thedataday.

* Hortonworks to Bring Apache Hadoop to Millions of New Users Hortonworks and Microsoft expanded their relationship around Apache Hadoop.

See also:
# Big Data for Everyone: Using Microsoft’s Familiar BI Tools with Hadoop
# Microsoft’s Hadoop roadmap reveals new big data deliverables
# Karmasphere Expands Big Data Analytics on Hadoop in the Enterprise
# Datameer to Bring Hadoop Analytics to Windows Azure
# HStreaming Brings Real-Time Analytics to Microsoft’s Hadoop-based Services for Windows Server and Windows Azure

* Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine

* Fujitsu Releases “Interstage Big Data Parallel Processing Server V1.0” to Help Enterprises Utilize Big Data

* Pentaho and DataStax announce strategic partnership delivering the first complete Apache Cassandra-based big data analytics solution to the market

* Cloudant Names Andy Palmer to its Board of Directors

* R integrated throughout the enterprise analytics stack

* Jaspersoft Announces Big Data Index to Track Demand for Big Data Analytics

* 1010data Enables Companies to Rapidly Model and Predict Individual Consumer Behavior and Social Network Relationships

* Tableau Software Teams with Attivio to Tap Unstructured Content and Deliver Deeper Insight to Business Users

* Infochimps and the Future of Data Marketplaces “This is the clearest indication yet that data marketplaces may be the latest ‘Application Service Provider’ cycle, as in right idea, wrong time.”

* HStreaming and RainStor Partner to Lower the Cost of Big-Data Analytics on Hadoop

* JustOne Database Sets the Stage for Accelerated Growth in 2012 and Beyond

* Big Data investment map

* A group of Google Engineers released “vitess” – a project to help scale MySQL databases.

* For 451 Research clients

# Reassessing the M&A potential of NoSQL and NewSQL Sector IQ report

# Sears Holdings creates Hadoop managed service provider MetaScale Impact Report

# Datawatch turns the corner with focus on report analytics suite Impact Report

# arcplan details growth plan, as it expands into front end for SAP HANA and social BI Impact Report

# Objectivity adds reusable queries to InfiniteGraph NoSQL database Market Development Report

# Host Analytics illuminates cloud performance management growth strategy and roadmap Market Development Report

And that’s the Data Day, today.

During my first trip to Oracle OpenWorld as an analyst a few years ago I asked a room full of Oracle data-warehousing users whether any of them had explored the use-cases for other Oracle data management assets, such as the TimesTen in-memory database.

The question was met with complete silence before Ken Jacobs kindly suggested that perhaps this wasn’t the right crowd for that sort of question.

It was one of those moments that really haunts you. My first industry event as an analyst and I had embarrassed myself by asking an apparently stupid question in front of a room of more experienced colleagues and potential clients.

Doesn’t seem like such a stupid question now though, does it?

I have exorcised the demons! This house is clear.