SenSage Event Data Warehouse Journal

ParAccel, Inc., provider of the record-breaking ParAccel Analytic Database for data warehousing and analytics, today announced that Ceridian Stored Value Solutions, a leading prepaid and gift card solutions provider, has adopted the ParAccel Analytic Database (PADB) to gain insight across more than one billion transactions and hundreds of millions of cardholders annually. ParAccel allows Ceridian Stored Value Solutions to give major retailers, and other customers, faster and richer information about consumer behavior. Ceridian Stored Value Solutions is a leading innovator in custom magnetic strip gift cards with 600 clients, including six of the 10 largest U.S. retailers as well as airlines, casinos, sports franchises and e-commerce companies. As demand grew for greater insight into sales trends and cardholder behavior, Ceridian Stored Value Solutions was faced wit... (more)

Ulitzer.com Launches SenSage Event Data Warehouse Journal

SenSage Event Data Warehouse Journal (http://sensage.ulitzer.com) launched today on Ulitzer.com. More information on how to contribute to the magazine can be obtained from editorial (at) sys-con.com. SenSage, Inc. provides actionable results and business intelligence from massive amounts of event data by offering the only patented, purpose-built event data warehouse and industry-specific solutions. Event data includes network, security and database logs, bank transactions, telecom call detail records (CDRs), and other systems of record. More than 350 customers have deployed SenS... (more)

IBM Releases V 2.0 of Autonomic Toolkit

As more companies adopt autonomic computing, software developers must remain vigilant in providing customers the latest tools. IBM, one of the strongest proponents of autonomic computing, launched a new version of its Autonomic Computing Toolkit. Version 2.0 offers improved performance of autonomic technologies, expanded platform support, and improved Eclipse-based integration. Reaction from customers has been overwhelming positive, beginning with the toolkit's initial release in February. Customers have been calling for more autonomic provisions. The toolkit is built to work wit... (more)

Oracle Co-Founder Bruce Scott Enters Security Management Space

"The complexity of identifying and responding to security threats and meeting industry compliance requirements requires new approaches to break through cost of ownership and data management limitations imposed by legacy architectures," said Bruce Scott, one of Oracle's co-founders and the co-architect of the first three versions of the Oracle database, as it was announced today that he's joining the management team of SenSage - an emerging player in the security management space, has the fastest and most scalable system for collecting, storing and analyzing log event data. "SenS... (more)

MySQL Hires The Brains Behind Firebird

MySQL has hired Jim Starkey, creator of the InterBase database, which later became the popular open-source Firebird database,in addition to scooping up Starkey's one-man Firebird-based company, Netfrastructure. Starkey posted a letter to the Firebird community advising them of the news on Feb. 18. In the letter, Starkey said that he will be working full-time for MySQL, perhaps occasionally contributing input to Firebird development, but no longer taking an active role. Starkey's wife, Ann Harrison, one of the primary Firebird developers, will work for MySQL part-time, but she will ... (more)