DATAllegro was a company that specializes in datawarehousing applicances. It was founded by Stuart Frost in 2003 inspired by and as a competitor to Data warehouse appliance pioneer Netezza . ref http www.beyeblogs.com DATAllegro archive 2008 04 who i am and why im here.php DATAllegro founder Steve Frost on DATAllegro ref In contrast to rival Netezza which still uses commodity PowerPC chips DATAllegro architecture is implemented on all commodity hardware from OEMs such as Dell Computer Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., and EMC Corp. DATAllegro like Netezza uses open source software stack INGRES Ingres DBMS running on Linux . This could change to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Windows , as Microsoft has acquired DATAllegro as of 2008 July. Citation needed date September 2011 See also Data warehouse appliance References reflist refbegin refend External links http www.datallegro.com cite web url http www.theregister.co.uk 2006 02 03 datallegro claims founded title DATAllegro is it all hype? cite web url http www.dbms2.com category products and vendors datallegro title With the DATAllegro acquisition, Microsoft leapfrogged Oracle. But with Exadata, Oracle leapfrogged Microsoft back. Exadata is actually shipping. DEFAULTSORT Datallegro Category Business intelligence Category Data warehousing products ict company stub ... more details
Primary sources date November 2009 The IBM Data Warehousing Balanced Configuration Unit is a family of data warehousing server computing s from IBM . IBM introduced the Balanced Configuration Unit BCU for AIX operating system AIX in 2005, and the BCU for Linux in 2006. The BCU is a balanced combination of computer server computing server hardware cpus, I O channel s, and storage combined with IBM DB2 DB2 Data Warehouse Edition DB2 DWE software to form a data warehouse appliance like system to compete with systems such as Greenplum , DATAllegro , Netezza Performance Server , and Teradata . See also http www 03.ibm.com press us en pressrelease 20433.wss IBM Linux Solution Optimizes Enterprise Data Warehousing . External links IBM s InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse web page http www 01.ibm.com software data infosphere balanced warehouse DEFAULTSORT Ibm Balanced Configuration Unit Category IBM computers Balanced Category Server hardware compu hardware stub ... more details
Warehouse Appliance Work for You? quote DATAllegro has a site at Sears. Sears uses the appliance ... partnered with major hardware vendors to help bring their appliances to market. DATAllegro , prior to acquisition ... more details
Image Microsoft building 17 front door.jpg thumb 300px alt A brown building stretching from the extreme left to the extreme right and displaying many large windows reflecting daylight. The sky above the building is white and the ground in the foreground is grey concrete. Microsoft s headquarters in Redmond, Washington Redmond , Washington Microsoft Corporation nasdaq MSFT , nyse MSFT is an American public company public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington Redmond , Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreter computer software interpreters for the Altair 8800 , Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS DOS in the mid 1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft would also come to dominate the office suite market with Microsoft Office . The company has diversified in recent years into the video game industry with the Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360 as well as into the consumer electronics and digital services market with Zune , MSN and the Windows Phone OS. The company s initial public offering was held on March 14, 1986. The stock, which eventually closed at US 27.75 a share, peaked at 29.25 a share shortly after the market opened for trading. After the offering, Microsoft had a market capitalization of 519.777 million. ref cite news work Seattle Post Intelligencer publisher Hearst Newspapers date 1986 03 14 title Microsoft1 Stock is Red Hot on First Trading Day author Monkman, Carol Smith ref Microsoft has subsequently acquired 146 companies, purchased stakes in 61 companies, and made 25 divestment s. Of the companies that Microsoft has acquired, 107 were based in the United States. Microsoft has not released financial details for most of these mergers and acquisi ... more details
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