Analytics Team

Sears announced that they will be extending their contract with Axiom for customer analytics services, crm, and data integration. Axiom has held the contract for more than 50 years.
Winn Dixie said it is expanding the capacity of its Teradata data warehouse.

In the past, most executives have viewed data management as a necessary but boring cost they must tolerate. The newest DM News Data Management Survey indicates that this is starting to change.
Here’s the article. And here’s the full survey.

O’Reilly Radar has an article today announcing their new report on Big Data management technologies. They really liked the stuff being put out by the LinkedIn analytics team headed up by DJ Patil, Chief Scientist. Check out what DJ has to say.

Who has the biggest database? Due to the increasing amount of behavioral information tracked during a web browsing session, some internet properties are starting to rack up some pretty hefty databases.
Ebay has a 6.5 petabyte Greenplum warehouse and a 2.5 petabyte Teradata warehouse. This system ingests hundreds of billions of new rows of [...]

As part of the Stimulus Package, the Social Security Administration will be getting $500 million to replace its National Computing Center. The final bill might be closer to $800 million if the Social Security Administration gets its way. Their estimate includes the cost of the building, the infrastructure like power and cooling, the [...]

Mark Hurd, CEO of HP, has refocused HP on data warehousing. He encouraged HP engineers to meld decades-old technology inherited from the Compaq Computer acquisition with H. data analysis software to create a product called NeoView. Check out the NY Times Article.