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.

Articles by Doug Henschen
posted in June 2014

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Databricks Cloud: Next Step For Spark

6/30/2014
Databricks, the company behind the hot Apache Spark project, announced new tools, new partners, and new funding to power a cloud service on Amazon Web Services.
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Will Spark, Google Dataflow Steal Hadoop's Thunder?

6/30/2014
Apache Spark and Google's Cloud Dataflow service won't kill Hadoop, but they're aimed at the high-value role in big data analysis.
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Hortonworks Certifies Spark On YARN, Hadoop

6/26/2014
Hortonworks catches up to Cloudera with YARN-managed implementation of Spark in-memory framework for machine learning on Hadoop.
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Salesforce.com, Philips Launch Digital Healthcare Platform

6/26/2014
Salesforce1 cloud platform will serve as development platform for patient-care apps using Philips health monitoring devices.
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MongoDB Debuts On Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine

6/24/2014
MongoDB fuels cloud demand with popular, public-cloud alternatives to Amazon Web Services, IBM Softlayer.
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Oracle Buys Mini Me In $5.3 Billion Micros Deal

6/23/2014
Oracle nabs a software and hardware kingpin in hospitality and retail, but it won't do much for cloud growth.
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Oracle Turns Cloud Corner

6/20/2014
Oracle ends fiscal year with double-digit cloud gain, flat software sales, and hardware gains. CEO Ellison sets sights on Salesforce.com.
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Teradata, MongoDB Get Their Databases Together

6/19/2014
Teradata QueryGrid connector lets MongoDB-based apps tap analytics and Teradata analytics tap near-real-time transactional data without ETL.
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Prepare To Be (Software) Audited

6/17/2014
The difference between the software you have installed and the software you actually have licensed could mean trouble. Tune in to learn how to survive a software audit.
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HP Takes Workday Under Its Wing

6/17/2014
HP evolves from customer to Workday consultant and integrator, offering implementation services for its cloud-based HR applications.
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Microsoft Brings Predictive Analysis To Azure

6/16/2014
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Service lets businesses model data and launch predictive services in the cloud.
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Dell Eyes $50 Million Savings On BI, Analytics

6/16/2014
Dell standardizes data platforms and business intelligence tools to improve self-service, expand use of predictive analytics.
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16 NoSQL, NewSQL Databases To Watch

6/12/2014
Traditional relational databases weren't invented with mobile, social, and big data types -- or extreme scale -- in mind. Get expert context on 16 next-era NoSQL and NewSQL choices.
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Oracle In-Memory Option: 6 Key Points

6/11/2014
Oracle Database In-Memory comes with big performance promises. But examine a few performance tradeoffs, change requirements, and acceleration constraints.
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Oracle In-Memory 12c Arrives In July

6/10/2014
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says in-memory option will bring faster analytical and transactional performance without changes to Oracle database.
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SAP Chairman Hasso Plattner: Exclusive Q&A

6/6/2014
Hasso Plattner, SAP's Hana visionary, discusses customer ERP adoption, cloud deployment, and Oracle's alternative.
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6 SAP Hana Customers Share Early Lessons

6/5/2014
SAP Hana deployment patterns, payoffs emerge in Burberry, Bangkok Airways, ConAgra, John Deere, Mercedes AMG, and Spirit Aerosystems details shared at Sapphire conference.
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SAP's McDermott: Say Goodbye To 'Too Complex'

6/4/2014
SAP CEO Bill McDermott promises to help customers simplify their technology landscapes using SAP Hana Enterprise Cloud. But is this the kind of cloud that most companies seek?
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Actian, HP Vertica Join SQL-On-Hadoop Bandwagon

6/3/2014
Actian and HP Vertica separately challenge Cloudera Impala, follow Pivotal in adapting their databases to run on the big data platform.
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Why Big Data Tools Are Here To Stay: InformationWeek Video

6/2/2014
Nix the naysayers. Big data leaders say they need new tools, and they're not letting talent shortages get in the way.
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Big Data Interview: Weather Company

6/2/2014
Interview at IW Conference with executive of Weather Company.
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Big Data Interview: Paytronix

6/2/2014
Interview at IW Conference with executive of Paytronix.
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Big Data Interview: Merck

6/2/2014
Interview at IW Conference with executive of Merck.
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SAP Sapphire: Cloud To Star

6/2/2014
At Sapphire user conference this week, SAP will spotlight cloud deployment options, starting with a new Industry Cloud. HP releases mega-appliance for Hana.
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