The U.S. Army seeks information on industry sources of an integrated information and financial management system that can support the Army headquarters’ G-8 force development directorate and other agencies. The Army said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that the integrated system should feature fiscal programming; budget and execution; and equipment …
Read More »Hitachi Launches UCP Server, Storage Tool for SAP Hana Database System; Ravi Chalaka Comments
Hitachi Data Systems has agreed to combine its Hitachi Unified Compute Platform storage and server tool with the SAP Hana in-memory database management system to help users speed up processing of big data and reduce the need for upgrades of infrastructure systems. The company said Tuesday it designed the Hitachi UCP …
Read More »IBM Launches Power Systems Servers for SAP Hana Database System; Doug Balog Comments
IBM has introduced a line of Power Systems servers designed to help adopters of SAP Hana in-memory database management system to quickly process big data workloads. “The commodity servers used today by many organizations are increasingly stretched to their limits by new workloads, in the cloud or on premises,” Doug …
Read More »Texas City Adopts Dell Suite to Update IT Infrastructure
McKinney administrators in Texas have adopted Dell's suite of database management and information technology monitoring systems as part of efforts to help modernize the city’s municipal services. The suite includes Foglight to monitor application performance, Toad Data Modeler to allow disparate databases to communicate with and understand one another, two …
Read More »Verizon Expands Cloud Experience with Amazon Web Services; Thierry Sender Comments
Verizon Enterprise Solutions has included Amazon Web Services to its Secure Cloud Interconnect service, allowing enterprise customers to manage their data via multiple clouds. The company said Tuesday that the added service eases users into AWS through SCI using AWS Direct Connect to offer the “right blend“ of options in …
Read More »Red Hat, SAP Form Cloud Database Tech Partnership; Karl Heinz-Hoffmann Comments
Red Hat and SAP have partnered to help developers code and design enterprise data management applications that work to run on OpenShift cloud environments. The companies intend to offer technology cartridges for SAP’s Adaptive Server, IQ and SQL programs for developers to use with Red Hat’s suite of OpenShift app …
Read More »Gary Bloom of MarkLogic: Data is ‘Absolutely King’
Gary Bloom, MarkLogic president and CEO, has reiterated the company's goal to provide NoSQL database products for organizations that require security and regulatory compliance, Datanami reported Thursday. Alex Woodie writes that analysts such as Gartner and Wikibon have identified the company as one of the database industry's key players. Having …
Read More »Canadian Regulators Set Start Date for CGI Filing System Contract
CGI and Canadian regulators have finalized the details of a project to manage Canada's document filing systems, clearing the way for a Jan. 13 launch of the securities databases under new management, the Globe and Mail reported Friday. Janet McFarland writes the Montreal-based information technology company won a potential eight-year deal …
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