The Great Data Lake Debate

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DBTA 5 Minute Briefing: Information Management is a summary of key news and trends in the technologies that control, protect, deliver and enhance the value of data and information assets. To subscribe, visit here.     Visit DBTA at: May 24 2016 SPONSORED BY   Database Trends and Applications seeks your views on and experiences with DevOps at your organization. Take the survey now to receive an advanced copy of the final report and a chance to win an Apple Watch Sport.  Take the Survey  Sponsored by Database Trends and Applications   In This Issue... NEWS FLASHES The Great Data Lake Roundtable Discussion  at Data Summit 2016 Magnitude Software Snaps Up Data Warehouse Solutions Vendor Datalytics Craig S. Mullins Covers What DBAs Need to Know to Go Beyond Relational at Data Summit 2016 Q&A with New Oracle Applications Users Group President Dr. Patricia Dues Latest SnapLogic Release Adds Streaming Data Integration Using Data Virtualization to Eliminate Data Proliferation at Data Summit 2016 Trifacta Launches New Wrangler Partner Program   THINK ABOUT IT The Importance of SLAs   News Flashes The Great Data Lake Roundtable Discussion at Data Summit 2016 Utilizing data lakes are an alluring option for users with an enormous amount of information, yet questions remain regarding data accuracy, security, and relevancy. Three experts in the big data space, including Anne Buff, business solutions manager for SAS best practices at the SAS Institute, Abhik Roy, database solution engineer at Experion, and Tassos Sarbanes, data architect at Credit Suisse, participated in a roundtable discussion at Data Summit 2016 that focuses on these questions and more regarding data lakes. Full Article  Magnitude Software Snaps Up Data Warehouse Solutions Vendor Datalytics Magnitude Software, a provider of enterprise information management (EIM) software, has acquired Datalytics Technologies LLC, a data warehouse solutions company. Founded in 1984, Datalytics Technologies offers pre-built data warehouse and data mart solutions for SAP's and Oracle's families of ERP systems. Full Article  Craig S. Mullins Covers What DBAs Need to Know to Go Beyond Relational at Data Summit 2016 Big data represents an enormous shift for IT, said Craig S. Mullins in a presentation at Data Summit 2016 in NYC that looked at what relational database professionals need to know about big data technologies. Mullins, a principal of Mullins Consulting, and the author of the DBA Corner column for DBTA, provided an overview of the changes that have taken place in the DBTA arena in recent years, and the key technologies that are having high impact. Full Article  Q&A with New Oracle Applications Users Group President Dr. Patricia Dues COLLABORATE, the annual conference presented each year by the OAUG, IOUG and Quest, provides the opportunity to reflect on key changes in the Oracle ecosystem and allows the users groups to engage with their constituents about the areas of greatest importance. With the COLLABORATE 16 conference now behind her, Dr. Patricia Dues, the new president of the OAUG, talked with DBTA about what OAUG members are concerned with now and how the OAUG is helping them address emerging challenges. Full Article  Latest SnapLogic Release Adds Streaming Data Integration SnapLogic is unveiling new updates to its SnapLogic Elastic Integration Platform that add the ability to integrate streaming data and power big data analytics in the cloud. The Spring 2016 release introduces support for Apache Kafka, Microsoft HDInsight, and Google Cloud Storage, plus multiple enhancements that automate data shaping and management tasks. Full Article  Using Data Virtualization to Eliminate Data Proliferation at Data Summit 2016 Companies are facing a growing problem: Data is everywhere, clogging up systems and preventing enterprises from gaining meaningful insights. Data virtualization is a way to reduce data proliferation and ensure that all consumers are working from a single source. Full Article  Trifacta Launches New Wrangler Partner Program Trifacta, a provider of data prep software and tools, is introducing the Wrangler Partner Program, a global program that will support and enable partners to sell, implement, and innovate with Trifacta. Full Article    Think About It The Importance of SLAs Being able to assess the effectiveness and performance of your database systems and applications is one of the most important things that a DBA must be able to do. This can include online transaction response time evaluation, sizing of the batch window and determining whether it is sufficient for the workload, end-to-end response time management of distributed workload, and more. But in order to accurately gauge the effectiveness of your current environment and setup, service level agreements, or SLAs, are needed. Full Article

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