A Time to Count the Bounties of Big Data

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Kevin Cox

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we here in the US often take the time to come together, reflect on the year that was and count our good fortunes. Of course, the long Thanksgiving weekend – including Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday – is one of the busiest shopping events of the year. As big data analytics become even more important to retailers in the US and internationally, we at Actian decided to look at some of the statistics surrounding the unofficial kickoff to holiday shopping season.

The US Department of Agriculture calculates that 254 million turkeys were raised in the US in 2012 – up 2 percent from the year prior. Six US “turkey states” account for nearly [...] Continue Reading…

Just In Time For Halloween: Big Data Isn’t As Scary As You Think!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Kevin Cox

Earlier this year Actian surveyed over 100 of our customers on the things that scare them when it comes to big data analytics. Now, just in time for Halloween, we’ve put together a spooky little infographic with the results.

In reality, big data isn’t as scary as you might think. Some 83% of the CIO’s we surveyed plan to use a big data solution in the coming months. But still, the fear persists: CIOs reported they are worried about cost, complexity and speed – the three demons of the data center.

Take a look at the grisly infographic below – if you dare!

Click to expand the image and see all the eerie details…

Information Management Technology in the 21st Century

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Kevin Cox

This week we were proud to be named to Information Management’s list of “40 Vendors We’re Watching.” Jim Ericson, Information Management editor, notes the tremendous groundswell in new technologies shaping the way businesses and individuals interact and use the data in their lives. Have a look at the list: http://bit.ly/S9Bjzc

It’s a smart crowd and Actian is proud to be recognized for our record-breaking, and now “award winning” Vectorwise analytic database. And it gets even better as our state-of-the-art Action Apps were also recognized as an innovative statement of our future direction.

Jim Ericson of IM’s synopsis, “is banking on mainstream demand bleeding into the business with a new strategy where users build Action Apps consumer style interfaces that trigger business [...] Continue Reading…

Big Data Kills by a Thousand Cuts

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Kevin Cox

Death by a thousand cuts was an ancient punishment reserved for heinous crimes such as treason or killing one’s parents. The process involved tying the person to be executed to a wooden frame, usually in a public place, and proceeding to cut off little slices of flesh until the guilty party expired. Big data has the potential to do just this to your company. The worst part of it is that you will not even know this is happening to your company until it is too late.

In the world of today, your customers are writing about you and their experiences of your products or services across thousands of different websites, Yelp, Google, Bing, your own Facebook page, your own [...] Continue Reading…

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