San Carlos, Calif.-based MarkLogic Corporation has raised $25 million in VC funding, which will go toward increasing its ability to meet rising demand for NoSQL database technology. Fortune 500 companies, in particular, are showing interest in NoSQL, claims MarkLogic. Sequoia Capital and…
Oracle is leveraging in-memory technology to give its business applications a performance boost. In-memory systems are packed with much more DRAM than found in the typical server. This allows application workloads to mostly or entirely reside in system memory and avoid…
Oracle has updated its analytics software slate in an effort to ease and simplify IT management tasks while making business insights easier to discover and visualize. Version 3.0 of Oracle Endeca Information Discovery sports a sleeker user interface with drag-and-drop…
Social enterprise specialist Jive released a new version of its Advanced Gamification Module, which the company says will help boost employee engagement by offering personalized incentives. Jive first launched its Advanced Gamification Module for its Social Business platform in March 2012. The…
Redwood Shores, Calif.-based SiSense, a maker of business intelligence software, announced this week it raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding. Battery Ventures led the round, which also enjoyed the backing of Opus Capital and Genesis Partners.…
Big Data may be dominating the conversation in IT circles, but most businesses just can’t seem to get on board at this point. While conducting a survey of 339 data management pros, SAS and SourceMedia discovered that for most, Big…
Showpad, a Belgium-based startup that makes cloud-based sales presentation software for the iPad, is gearing up for a stateside push. The Showpad platform blends the management of sales content and marketing collateral with an iPad app that can present and…
Big Data marketing and analytics companies aren’t the only ones soaking up the VC funds. Bina Technologies, a Redwood City, Calif.-based Big Data genomics firm, says it has attracted $6.25 million in a round of Series B funding led by…
Zoho never goes long without making updates to its flagship cloud-based CRM software. In Zoho’s last update, in January, it put the emphasis on document management, adding a Document Library module that it promised could serve as a central repository…
The consumerization of Big Data trend continues apace with new software that puts Hadoop-powered analytics into the hands of rank-and-file business users. San Mateo, Calif.-based Platfora today announced that its namesake in-memory business intelligence (BI) platform has finally launched after a six-month…