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Teradata Aims for a New Era in Data Management with its New IntelliSphere Offering

As Teradata continues to expand its Teradata Everywhere initiative, major announcements came from within its 2017 Partners conference, so along with the announcement of its brand new analytics platform , the company also unveiled a new comprehensive software portfolio that adds the data management power needed behind the analytics scenario. According to Teradata, IntelliSphere is “ a comprehensive software portfolio that unlocks a wealth of key capabilities for enterprises to leverage all the core software required to ingest, access, deploy and manage a flexible analytical ecosystem ”. (Image courtesy of Teradata) Meanwhile, Teradata IntelliSphere is intended to complement the ongoing Teradata Everywhere initiative and be a natural companion for the Teradata Analytics Platform and, an important tool to enable users across the organization to use their preferred analytic tools and engines across data sources at scale, while having all the necessary components to ensure

Teradata includes brand New Analytics Platform to its Teradata Everywhere Initiative

(Image Courtesy of Teradata) In a recent announcement made during its 2017 Partners conference data management software provider, Teradata made an important new addition to its global Teradata Everywhere initiative with a brand new analytics platform . The new offering to be available for early access later this year will aim to enable users to use the analytics environment of their choice. According to the company, the new analytics platform is planned to enable access to a myriad of analytics functions and engines so users can develop full analytics processes and business solutions using the tools of their choice so initially, the new platform, will natively integrate with Teradata and Aster technology (Figure 1) and in a near future will enable integration with leading analytics engines including Spark , TensorFlow , Gluon , and Theano . Figure 1.  Aster Analytics Functions (Courtesy of Teradata) As corporate data is increasingly captured and stored in a wider numb

The BBBT Sessions: Outlier, and the Importance of Being One

It has been some time since my last write up about my briefings with the Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust (BBBT) , multiple business engagements and yes, perhaps a bit of laziness can be attribute to it. Now I have the firm intention to regain coverage of these series of great analyst sessions a more regular basis, hoping of course, my hectic life will not stand in my way. So, to resume my coverage of this great series of sessions with software vendors and analysts, I have picked one that, while not that recent, was especially significant for the BBBT group and the vendor itself. I’m talking about a new addition to the analytics and BI landscape called Outlier . Members of the BBBT and myself had the pleasure to be witness of the official launch of this new analytics and business intelligence (BI) company and its solution to the market. Outlier presented its solution to our analyst gathering in what was an appealing session. So here, a summary of the session and inf