Profile of Doug Henschen

Executive Editor, Enterprise Apps

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Doug Henschen is Executive Editor of InformationWeek, where he covers the intersection of enterprise applications with information management, business intelligence, big data and analytics. He previously served as editor in chief of Intelligent Enterprise, editor in chief of Transform Magazine, and Executive Editor at DM News. He has covered IT and data-driven marketing for more than 15 years.

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posted in October 2012

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Big Data Talent War: 7 Ways To Win

10/31/2012
53% of big data-focused companies say analytics experts will be tough to find for the next two years. Here's how IT leaders plan to train, borrow, or steal talent--and what job seekers should know.
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SAP Innovation Halo Drives Strong Quarter

10/26/2012
SAP's revenue is mostly from core ERP apps, but its database, mobile, and cloud initiatives are sparking double-digit growth.
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Why Sears Is Going All-In On Hadoop

10/24/2012
Sears pushes the cutting edge with some big data techniques, while trying to sell its big data services. Can emerging tech drive change in old-school companies?
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Cloudera Debuts Real-Time Hadoop Query

10/24/2012
Cloudera says Project Impala real-time engine overcomes Hadoop batch delays, opens platform to relational databases and business intelligence tools.
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Microsoft Releases Hadoop On Windows

10/24/2012
Microsoft makes big data play with HDInsight Server, first beta release of Hadoop distribution for Windows operating system.
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MapR Promises A Better HBase

10/23/2012
MapR M7 release offers alternative architecture for Hadoop's NoSQL database to deliver better reliability, performance, and manageability.
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IBM Accelerates Big Data Analysis

10/23/2012
IBM offers prebuilt sentiment analysis on Hadoop, stream processing for telcos, marketing analysis, and predictive analytics delivered via the cloud.
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Windows 8 An Enterprise Dud: Salesforce.com's Benioff

10/22/2012
Salesforce.com's CEO says 'there will be no Windows 8 upgrade cycle' as enterprises embrace social, mobile, and device diversity.
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Salesforce Marketing Cloud Adds Social Analytics Options

10/19/2012
Klout, Kred, OpenAmplify, and 17 other partners help Salesforce Marketing Cloud customers make sense of social networks.
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SAP Launches Cloud Platform Built On Hana

10/17/2012
SAP's in-memory technology is the differentiator for application services and database services that will take on Oracle and Salesforce.com in the cloud.
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SAP Pumps Up Mobile Analytics Power

10/16/2012
Financial planning app, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, goes mobile, in continued build out of mobile analytics portfolio.
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SAS Gets Hip To Hadoop For Big Data

10/14/2012
SAS High-Performance Analytic Server heads for Hadoop, bringing SAS data mining, text mining, optimization, and forecasting capabilities beyond the relational database world.
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Payroll Giant ADP Flexes HR Apps Muscle

10/10/2012
Human capital management software competition just keep heating up, as ADP jumps in with cloud-based tools for midsize companies.
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IBM Answers Oracle Exadata

10/9/2012
PureData System for transactional, analytic, and operational deployments takes on Oracle, replaces IBM's Netezza appliances and Smart Analytic system.
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Oracle Open World: 6 Rants and Raves

10/4/2012
Oracle's cloud vision and announcements on key features deserve praise, but we need to see more substance behind the promises and more reality in the claims.
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Oracle Lays Out App Agenda: Cloud, Mobile, Social

10/2/2012
From JD Edwards to PeopleSoft to Fusion, here's what's ahead for Oracle's acquisition-fueled applications portfolio.
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Oracle Open World: Key Questions On Cloud Vision

10/1/2012
As Oracle CEO Larry Ellison lays out plans for infrastructure-as-a-service, Oracle-run Private Cloud services, 12C database, and Exadata X3, the questions start with scale.
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