SAP HANA (High Performance Analytics Appliance) is the powerful in-memory database technology from German enterprise software powerhouse SAP. Now HP and IBM are rolling out new solutions to help customers leverage HANA in big data analysis.

WalmartLabs makes two acquisitions to further its eCommerce strategies, Hortonworks launches its Hadoop Data Platform for Windows, and visualization company Tableau Software announces its initial public offering.

Teradata (TDC) introduced Intelligent Memory, a new database technology that creates extended memory space beyond cache that significantly increases query performance and enables organizations to leverage in-memory technologies with big, diverse...

Cloudera announced the general availability of Cloudera Impala, an open source, interactive SQL query engine for analyzing data stored in Hadoop clusters in real time.

MapR Technologies has announced an update of its Big Data platform that provides performance improvements for NoSQL and Hadoop applications. With the MapR M7 Edition, MapR says it has removed the trade-offs organizations face when looking to...

As it processes more than 528 million pieces of mail each day, the USPS has become an active participant in the big data revolution, and operates one of the most powerful non-classified supercomputing databases in the world.

Big data management company Actian announced it has acquired high-performance analytics company ParAccel. while Teradata (TDC) announced the availability of a new appliance for high-performance analytics.