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Splunk, Hortonworks Team for Big Data BI

May 23, 2013

Splunk and Hortonworks seek to help businesses more readily put their Big Data stores to productive use. In addition, Hortonworks introduced Microsoft Windows Server support.

IBM Watson Brings Big Data Smarts to Customer Service

May 22, 2013

Watson is venturing beyond trivial pursuits. IBM's Big Data analytics powerhouse now powers a cloud-based customer service solution.

Alteryx Raises $12M to 'Humanize' Big Data

May 20, 2013

Hot on the heels of its Alteryx Strategic Analytics Platform 8.5 release, the Big Data analytics company raises additional funds to make Big Data more accessible to "ordinary" users.

IBM Consolidates Analytics Apps with Blue Insight

May 15, 2013

IBM is now using its own software to help build a smarter enterprise

Twitter Buys Big Data Analytics Startup Lucky Sort

May 14, 2013

Another Big Data startup gets swept up by an industry bigwig. This time social media giant Twitter comes calling.

SAP Unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud

May 8, 2013

Blistering in-memory app performance meets cloud delivery in SAP's latest offering for enterprises, HANA Enterprise Cloud.

Cloudera Accelerates Big Data with Impala GA

May 1, 2013

Hadoop isn't just for batch processing of Big Data queries anymore. Cloudera introduces an open source project that enables real-time queries in Hadoop.

Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning Help Skytree Land $18M

May 1, 2013

UPS and Sun's former CEO bet that a machine learning software company can open new, business-friendly frontiers in Big Data analytics.

Social Analytics Startup VoloMetrix Banks $3.3M

April 26, 2013

Enterprise social networking has arrived. Now what? SaaS startup VoloMetrix offers managers insights into how interactions can help boost business.

Actian Snags ParAccel for Big Data Management, Analytics

April 25, 2013

Big Data specialist Actian aims for bigger markets by acquiring a high-profile Amazon partner.

Adaptive Planning Intros Financial Consolidation Software

April 19, 2013

Adaptive Planning says its Consolidation software can help enterprises that manage multiple business units in multiple geographies improve the accuracy and quality of their financial reporting process.

Enterprise NoSQL Firm MarkLogic Raises $25M

April 11, 2013

Software maker MarkLogic attracts VC funds to help big businesses cozy up to Big Data.