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 March 2013

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Oracle Sparc T5 Can't Make Sun Rise

3/26/2013
Oracle says new Sparc servers beat IBM's Power line, but gains in a shrinking market aren't likely to stanch hardware losses.
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Platfora Brings Business Intelligence To Big Data

3/26/2013
Startup releases platform for slice-and-dice analysis and exploration of data in Hadoop clusters.
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Big Data Debate: Will Hadoop Become Dominant Platform?

3/22/2013
Will Hadoop become the hub from which most data management activities will either integrate or originate? Two big data experts square off.
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Oracle's Bad Quarter Is Self-Inflicted

3/22/2013
Big egos and poor execution are behind Oracle's uneven financial performance.
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What's On Your Big Data Analytics Wish List?

3/21/2013
Companies want more than they're getting from their big data analysis. Big and small vendors are working on some key big data problems.
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Microsoft Gains Enterprise Clout With ERP, CRM

3/21/2013
Spotlighting high-profile customers like Revlon and Dell, Microsoft talks up its prowess with ERP consolidation, CRM-integrated marketing.
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Microsoft App Focus Echoes Salesforce.com

3/19/2013
At Microsoft Convergence conference, stepped up social and marketing capabilities star. But Dynamics customers are still waiting for ERP on Azure.
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10Gen Enterprise Release Takes MongoDB Uptown

3/19/2013
With big companies embracing the MongoDB NoSQL database, 10Gen is adding a commercial version with monitoring and security features.
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Facebook On Big Data Analytics: An Insider's View

3/15/2013
Facebook's Jay Parikh talks about fixing Hive, real-time platforms and how traditional companies can 'thread the needle' of big data success.
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What Will Salesforce.com Buy With $1 Billion?

3/12/2013
Salesforce.com is raising money to fund acquisitions. We're thinking digital marketing and big data companies might be on the target list.
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Oracle, Montclair State University Settle Bitter Contract Dispute

3/11/2013
Oracle settles prolonged battle over a failed $20 million PeopleSoft deployment out of court.
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Amazon Cuts DynamoDB Service Prices

3/8/2013
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels marks one-year anniversary of NoSQL database, promising bigger, better service and price cuts up to 85%.
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IBM CEO Rometty Shares Vision Of Big Data Era

3/8/2013
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty says big data and predictive decisions will reshape organizations, and computers that learn, like Watson, will be tech's next big wave.
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Kaggle Winners Tapped As Data Analytics Consultants

3/7/2013
Building on its crowdsourcing competitions, Kaggle adds a consulting option. But are brilliant data scientists necessarily gifted advisers?
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Oracle Appliance Upgrade Goes Beyond Database

3/5/2013
Oracle Database Appliance X3-2 update adds higher-capacity hardware, but virtualization unlocks a world of new compute possibilities.
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SAP Courts Pro Sports With Scouting App

3/5/2013
Cloud-based app, co-developed with the San Francisco 49ers, gives SAP one more inroad into the high-profile world of sports.
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4 Analytics Lessons From Professional Sports

3/4/2013
Nate Silver, Michael Lewis, Mark Cuban and other sports luminaries share analytics advice you can apply to your business.
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