BOSTON – With its large portfolio of proprietary applications, SAP is a software company few folks would associate with open source. SAP Sybase CTO Ifran Khan would like to change that perception, however. Khan took the stage at the Red…
SAP applications run on Linux, and in particular they run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). SAP and SUSE have a longstanding partnership, and there are a number of SAP applications where SLES is the only operating system that is…
Kognitio has introduced a solution it says will help companies reduce the amount of time required to run ad-hoc queries with Big Data stored in Hadoop, by making Hadoop integration part of the Kognitio Analytical Platform. According to Kognitio, the…
The open source Hadoop project is getting a real boost today from virtualization vendor VMware. Getting Hadoop up on running on infrastructure, real or virtual, and then layering in traditional application availability and controls has been no easy task. VMware…
As demand for Big Data technologies grows, one technology has stood head and shoulders above all others – Apache Hadoop. Adding enterprise-class management and packaging up all the disparate parts of Hadoop is where Cloudera comes into play. This week,…
In the modern world of marketing, social media is a channel that cannot be ignored. It’s a message Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) understands well and that’s why they’re spending big bucks to acquire Buddy Media. After weeks of speculation, Salesforce today officially…
As Enterprise Apps Today recently reported, enterprise application stores are grabbing the attention of companies trying to address the security risks and procurement hassles of BYOD workplaces, in which employees use their own mobile devices rather than company-provided gear to…
Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) reported first quarter fiscal 2013 financial results late Thursday that paint a rosy picture for the company. Revenue was reported at $695 million, for a 38 percent year-over-year gain. Looking forward, the strong quarterly results led Salesforce to…
LAS VEGAS – Zynga CTO Allan Leinwand is not the typical kind of technology executive to keynote the Interop networking conference. Instead of representing a networking vendor, Leinwand works for an application vendor that makes wildy successful online games like…
Analytics software provider Birst has completed a $26 million investment led by Sequoia Capital. Existing investors including Hummer Winblad and DAG Ventures also participated in the round. According to Birst, it will use the new funds to further accelerate its…