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Welcome
Host:
Eric Kavanagh
eric.kavanagh@bloorgroup.com
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! Reveal the essential characteristics of enterprise software,
good and bad
! Provide a forum for detailed analysis of today s innovative
technologies
! Give vendors a chance to explain their product to savvy
analysts
! Allow audience members to pose serious questions... and get
answers!
Mission
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MAY: Integration
June: DATABASE
July: CLOUD
August: HIGH PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS
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Processing Monitoring
Integration
CRM
Social
MOBILE
M a c h i n e - g e n e r a t e d
RFID
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Analyst: Robin Bloor
Robin Bloor is
Chief Analyst at
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robin.bloor@bloorgroup.com
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! Actian is a database (Vectorwise, Ingres & Versant) and
software development company
! It offers Actian Apps, lightweight applications that
automate business actions triggered by real-time changes in
data
! Actian now offers Actian DataCloud, an iPaaS (Integration
Platform as a Service) solution
! It recently acquired Pervasive Software and ParAccel
Actian
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Lance Speck
Lance Speck is Vice President and General Manager,
Integration Products for Actian Corp, responsible for
thought leadership and execution strategy for
integration products delivered via direct and indirect
channels, including SaaS vendors, ISVs, and BPOs, as
well as to the enterprise. In more than a decade at
Pervasive Software (recently acquired by Actian),
Lance has served in a variety of senior management
roles, most recently as Senior Director of Sales,
Marketing and Services for Pervasive Integration
Products. Lance joined Pervasive Software in 2001
from United Devices, where he was a senior account
executive focused on providing grid solutions and
distributed computing software and services. Prior to
United Devices, Lance worked as an Account Executive
at Pervasive including moving to San Jose in 1999 to
open an office in Cupertino. Lance worked for Lotus
Development Corporation prior to and after the
acquisition by IBM.
27. BI Latency
There are 4 distinct and important latencies
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Time to DISCOVER (data analyst latency)
Time to DEVELOP (developer latency)
Time to DEPLOY (operational latency)
Time to USE (user latency)
28. The Cast of Characters
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Data Analyst
IT Developers
IT Operations
BI User
29. The Full End-to-End Process
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Each is a distinct step
The process applies both to BI
development and BI implementation
The model stage disappears with
implementation
I want complete self-service
31. A Word About Vector Processing
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q Vector processing is very
fast
q It exploits the vector
processing capability of
commodity CPU
q Very few vendors exploit
this capability
32. ! In respect of this software suite, please speak to
the following latencies:
! Data Analyst latency
! Developer latency
! Deployment latency
! User performance experience
! How active is Actian Galaxy?
! Actian has acquired ParAccel; what are its
intentions in terms of further product
development?
33. ! In your view, is the “age of the data
warehouse” over?
! Which sectors/businesses are currently in
Actian’s “sweet spot?”
! Which companies/products do you regard as
competitors/partners?