One company that supports query and analysis of fast-moving enterprise data is growing fast as well. After expanding its business 200% in 2018, MemSQL Inc. grew an additional 75% in 2019 and just raised $50 million in debt facility to capitalize its operations for the next several years. MemSQL’s relational real-time database analyzes data across ...

In the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” an aggrieved King George III of Great Britain implores rebellious American colonialists to stop fighting his rule by singing: “Oceans rise, empires fall, we have seen each other through it all.” History has a way of coming back around again. In mid-July, a major part of Europe declared that ...

Companies are feeling the heat when it comes to mass data fragmentation as copies are multiplying, silos are growing, and data is increasingly spread across multiple locations, both on-premises and in the public cloud. A survey of information-technology decision makers conducted by Cohesity Inc. found that 91% of respondents said that solving mass data fragmentation ...

Like an apple falling from a tree, data may have gravity, but its journey from creation to consumption to archive is hardly a straight, uninterrupted path. In reality, the data lifecycle is a sequence of stages that are managed using different tools and technologies. The process can be complex and prone to problems, especially as data ...

When Dell Technologies Inc. unveiled its autonomous infrastructure with Dell EMC PowerOne in November, the company’s release described a technology that sounded much like that of an autonomous car. As with drivers of self-driving vehicles, system administrators need to only tell PowerOne the destination. Dell’s technology would calculate the best way to do everything else and ...

The impact of the global pandemic on the healthcare system has been a reminder that data governance extends beyond compliance. As teams of doctors and medical support staff grapple with COVID-19, data becomes particularly important in telling a story, offering insight into critical factors such as hotspots where the coronavirus may be spreading and how ...

As the amount of data grows, enterprises need a place to store it. Revenue from the data warehousing market alone is expected to cross $30 billion within the next four years, with North America capturing a 40% share. That expanding market encompasses data stored on-premises and in the cloud, and Informatica LLC has geared its portfolio ...

The Domain Name System has often been referred to as the “internet’s phone book,” translating human readable text into machine readable IP addresses. Yet, DNS does far more than power the internet’s basic infrastructure, and this had led one company — Infoblox Inc. — to build a set of modernized tools around the protocol that could have major ...

The demands placed on enterprises today represent a juggling act. Among the many balls in the air are strengthening digital commerce, dealing with supply chain risk, retaining customers, nurturing a healthy balance sheet, and maintaining operational stability. To avoid dropping the ball for any one of these requires a complete or 360-degree view of the ...

When workspaces were open and fully staffed, getting information or a problem solved might have involved a quick hallway conversation with a colleague or visualizing a solution on a conference room white board. Times have changed. The closure of most office environments during the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the ways in which people collaborate, and ...