Tag Archives: Analytics

IBM and partner Sirius Computer Solutions have worked with the University of Arizona’s College of Pharmacy to move its information technology system into a mainframe platform in order to manage large amounts of data. The school uses IBM's zEnterprise mainframe that runs Linux-based DB2 database software to examine and process medical …

Engineers, investigators, embedded data analysts and subject matter experts must work together to form methodologies on how to meet event security requirements in order to keep large gatherings safe, Scott Stasio writes for Praescient Analytics. Stasio outlines the role of embedded data analysts as working to bring together technology, data …

RSA has introduced fresh risk management software intended to help customers secure information technology assets and counter cyberattacks through big data analytics. The RSA Vulnerability Risk Management tool works to combine business context, threat intelligence, vulnerability data and workflows for organizations to manage security risks and automate tasks, RSA said …

SAS has built a software tool intended to help healthcare organizations analyze large volumes of data for making decisions. The SAS claims analytics for APCD offering is designed to provide data on healthcare services, access and costs for government customers to compare various plans and providers, SAS said Tuesday. SAS …

IBM has acquired telecommunications analytics software developer The Now Factory for an undisclosed amount. Dublin-based The Now Factory builds tools that work to help communications service providers monitor customer experiences and analyze large amounts of network and business data in real time, IBM said Tuesday. Bob Picciano, general manager of information management for …

Berico Technologies LLC has released an open source software program designed to collect structured geospatial data from unstructured text sources. The Cartographic Location And Vicinity Indexer technology works to extract location names from unstructured text documents to generate geographic entities and resolve misspellings, alternate names and obscure references for geospatial …

Teradata will supply analytics technology to the European Regional Development Fund with the goal of processing, analyzing and managing big data from smart grids. The computer software company’s Data Warehouse Appliance and Teradata Database will work to examine and process end-to-end data from more 35 million power meters scheduled to be installed …

Deloitte has introduced an online tool that seeks to help organizations manage third-party due diligence and mitigate reputational or compliance risk. The Diligence platform is designed to help companies screen outside business partners through background checks, adverse media reviews and public record searches, Deloitte said Monday. “Knowing whether a potential …

Capgemini and Cloudera have formed a partnership to combine Cloudera’s big data administration and analytics platform and Capgemini’s business information management experience in the big data market. Both companies aim to help businesses around the world use giant volumes of information, the companies said Thursday. “Together with Cloudera, we help organizations …

SAP and Vendavo have extended their partnership to provide customers new financial management applications that are designed to run on the SAP HANA in-memory database. Vendavo plans to release its Profit Analyzer tool next year, a product designed to integrate with HANA technology and help businesses monitor pricing and margin …

A city in the Netherlands has chosen an Oracle human capital management cloud service to help carry out its human resources practices. Rotterdam will deploy the Oracle Global Human Resources Cloud to manage cost and productivity as it manages a tightened budget under a directive from the national government, Oracle said …

Oracle has deployed analytics systems for UPMC as part of a $100 million health research initiative aimed at personalizing patient care. The international health enterprise will use tools such as the Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center and Exadata Database Machine for the five-year program, Oracle said Tuesday. “Just eight …

CenturyLink subsidiary Savvis has released a new suite of hosted information technology services aimed at helping government and other enterprise customers process large volumes of data. Big Data Solutions is intended to offer software and hardware service toosl that store, integrate, retrieve, analyze and secure information via a high-bandwidth network connection, …

Healthcare organizations located in St. Louis and in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region are using an Optum subsidiary’s clinical analytics platform for their population health management and accountable care strategies. St. Louis-based Mercy is the country’s sixth-largest Catholic healthcare system and HealthEast is the largest healthcare organization located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul …

Teradata has debuted a new enterprise portfolio designed to analyze and host big data in a cloud computing environment, V3.co.uk reported Monday. Michael Passingham writes the cloud suite is comprised of products and services that aim to help customers manage and store massive amounts of data. The company intends to …