Recently in Appliances Category

The folks at ParAccel have been busy. After smashing some TPC-H numbers to prove they have a viable solution, they have forged an interesting framework of partnerships that include JasperSoft and Talend - open source business intelligence and ETL solutions. These 2 partner otherwise as well so many integration issues have been worked out -JasperSoft OEMs Talend's open source ETL software. Another interesting partnership is an OEM partnership with IBM. ParAccel is embedding IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture within the ParAccel Analytic Database. This signals ParAccel’s interest in real-time data capture right off the bat. Real-time data loading will be an important part of information architectures to come so this early partnership is quite interesting. And there are more partnerships to come.

Finally, just today ParAccel announced their product’s availability in a pre-packaged traditional appliance model. Perhaps truly the marketplace is countering the information management consolidation revolution with viable alternatives. This Red Herring 100 finalist is making good strides to be one of them.

By now, I'm sure you've heard about so-called Data Warehouse Appliances, or the vendors Netezza or Datallegro. We are at a point where there are many new and revamping DW/BI projects and I believe every DW/BI professional should understand these emerging technologies to determine if or when they may have a fit with requirements.

I just wanted to let you know that I'll be giving a webinar with B-EYE on the topic "Data Warehouse Appliances: Will they boost your BI capabilities and lower TCO?" on September 13 at 2:00 ET. You can sign up for it here.

I also have a recent white paper on the topic of data warehouse applicances available here.