7 posts and columns on structured data

Mike Lynch to Oracle: Oh, You Mean Those Slides

in News on September 29, 2011 at 5:51 am PT

Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch now remembers a meeting with Oracle in April, but says it wasn’t about selling the company. Oracle’s copies of his PowerPoint slides tell a different story.
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Five Questions for HP’s New CEO Meg Whitman and Chairman Ray Lane

in Enterprise on September 23, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Hewlett-Packard’s new CEO Meg Whitman and Chairman Ray Lane talk about the road ahead for one of the world’s biggest technology companies.
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News Byte

Teradata Acquires Aster Data For $263 Million

in Enterprise on March 3, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

Data storage concern Teradata said today it would spend $263 million to buy the majority of equity in privately held Aster Data Systems that it doesn’t already own. Aster specializes in analytics and management of unstructured data. Teradata says the combination will give it a leg up on the world of big data, which it defines as the massive mixed trove of data that’s both structured and unstructured, where complex interrelationships aren’t easily determined from conventional analysis. Teradata already owned 11 percent of Aster, whose customers include Barnes and Noble, comScore, LinkedIn and Intuit.

Will Oracle and Microsoft Bid on Autonomy?

in Enterprise on December 16, 2010 at 7:24 am PT

A sketchily sourced report out of London says that Oracle and Microsoft may be lining up to bid on the British Software firm Autonomy early in 2011. Rumors are always rumors of course, but there’s a good reason to give this one some thought.

Ask: The Little Search Engine That Couldn't

in News on October 6, 2008 at 5:27 am PT

With a 4.8 percent share of the search market, according to comScore, Ask has long been the inveterate fourth-place contestant in a sector overwhelmingly dominated by Google. And try as it might–with both redesigns and ad campaigns–the company just can’t seem to build any audience beyond that. So there’s little reason to believe that Ask’s latest redesign–its third in as many years and the 11th since it first launched–won’t be as ineffective as those that have gone before it.

Ask: The Little Search Engine That Couldn’t

in News on October 6, 2008 at 5:27 am PT

With a 4.8 percent share of the search market, according to comScore, Ask has long been the inveterate fourth-place contestant in a sector overwhelmingly dominated by Google. And try as it might–with both redesigns and ad campaigns–the company just can’t seem to build any audience beyond that. So there’s little reason to believe that Ask’s latest redesign–its third in as many years and the 11th since it first launched–won’t be as ineffective as those that have gone before it.