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ClearStory: The Convergence of Big Data AnalyticsClearStory CEO Sharmila Mulligan gives the elevator pitch on her company, explaining that it buffers business users from the technical aspects of data analysis, while providing a deep look at disparate data types.
Kaggle Crowdsources The Data Scientist ProblemKaggle CEO Anthony Goldbloom describes how his company uses crowdsourcing to bring data scientists to organizations that need them, using competitions to spur innovation.
Oracle And The Great Stack AttackOracle has built, acquired and assembled the pieces to build a complete technology stack, and it will run on premise, or in the cloud (Oracle's). We caught up with Oracle President Mark Hurd and Oracle customers to assess where Oracle is heading.
Oracle President Mark Hurd Sets Bold DirectionDuring a lengthy one-on-one interview, Oracle President Mark Hurd talks about what Oracle is doing in the cloud, with engineered systems, applications and more, and he faces a few sharp questions about Oracle's competitive battles.
Microsoft Windows Phone 8, Dwolla and More on Valley ViewOn Valley View, we took a deep dive into Windows Phone 8 with Microsoft Senior Product Manager, Greg Sullivan. We also talked with Ben Milne, CEO of e-payments upstart Dwolla, and Justin Kan, CEO of Exec. Also see our elevator pitch segment.
Hearsay Social Brings An Enterprise FocusHearsay Social's CTO and co-Founder Steve Garrity gives the Valley View judges the 2-minute elevator pitch, and discusses why his company's social enterprise software stands out.
Alteryx: Big Data Analytics For Mere MortalsAlteryx CEO Dean Stoecker gives Valley View judges the company's 2-minute elevator pitch. Alteryx provides a platform for business users to create and publish powerful analytics applications.
Is Google Ready For The EnterpriseHow serious is Google about enterprise IT needs? That boundless company that re-invented search and created the Android mobile operating system seems to dip its toes into nearly every viable digital market, from media to social to cloud.
SAP's Next Enterprise Software JourneySAP has been a long-time leader in enterprise software, doing battle with the likes of Oracle on ERP and CRM, and IBM on business intelligence. But SAP is on a mission of profound change. What’s next for SAP? How will it execute on its new strategy?
Procter & Gamble CIO Filippo Passerini: Thinking Big About DataWhen considering how data analytics can change business decision-making, Procter & Gamble CIO Filippo Passerini is thinking big. His team has created a collaboration environment that combines data and video on wall-sized screens.
Hearsay Makes Business More SocialSome of the most innovative new enterprise technologies come from start-ups, but doing business with them can be risky, given their unproven products and short track records. With Steve Garrity, Co-Founder and CTO of Hearsay Social.
Kontiki's Enterprise Content Delivery Network: An Elevator PitchKontiki's CEO, Dan Vetras, talks about a different approach to delivering content like video inside the network, potentially obviating the need for WAN acceleration solutions.
NetSuite Keeps Running Big Business In The CloudNetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks with Art WIttmann about the company's 13-year head start, its steady growth, its competitors, and its decision not to acquire or develop social enterprise software.
SAS Demos Visual Analysis With Big DataBringing billions or rows of data into an in-memory analysis environment, SAS Visual Analytics blends Hadoop processing power with advanced data visualization. Watch the demo to see high-scale prediction from an iPad app.
SAS CEO Dr. Jim GoodnightInformationWeek's Doug Henschen interviews Dr. Jim Goodnight, the CEO and co-Founder of SAS, one of the industry's leaders in data analytics.
Getting Googly On Valley ViewOur June episode of Valley View featured plenty of news and deep dives from Google, given that the show aired during Google I/O, the company's developer conference. We featured news from the conference, guests from Google, SAS and Zenprise.
Zynga, Proton Media DataSift & ARM on Valley ViewMobile, Social Analytics, Collaboration, and Cloud just happen to be the hottest topics in technology, and the subjects of the April 24 episode of our monthly, live web show Valley View, featuring ARM, DataSift, Proton Media, Zynga, and more!
The Ridiculous IT News SegmentEverything from IBM's new CEO getting snubbed at the Masters golf tournament to Microsoft's acquisition of AOL patents to AT&T's new slogan (or T-Mobile spokeswoman Carly's change in attitude) to Mitt Romney's use of Google+ is ripe for ridicule.
Proton Media's Immersive Enterprise Collaboration In 3DAs enterprise organizations try to solve the collaboration problem, Proton Media comes to the rescue with ProtoSphere, an immersive, 3D environment that ties itself to the Microsoft stack (Lync, Outlook, Sharepoint) for a unique experience.
Startup DataSift's Big Data PlatformDataSift CEO Rob Bailey talks about the growth in big data, and his company's platform to ingest, manage and provide that data from social networks. He also provides a quick demonstration of the product.
Zynga Masters The Hybrid Cloud, Turns It Into A ServiceZynga, one of the most popular developers of games in the universe went from relying on the public cloud, to developing a private cloud (Z-Cloud), which it now offers as a service. CTO Allan Leinwand discusses how it came about, and talks big data.
Evernote Poised To Storm The EnterpriseEvernote, the ubiquitous productivity app and, now, platform for storing everything from pictures to voice recordings, and more, is being used by professionals. Evernote CEO Phil Libin talks about what that means, and where his company is heading.
Salesforce.com's Social Enterprise Approach Pushes "Customer" Part Of CRMSalesforce.com co-Founder Parker Harris discusses why the company has moved past its Cloud 2 mantra, with acquisitions like Heroku and Radian6 enabling even tighter customer relationships for the enterprise.
Valley View: Private Cloud, Cloud Apps, Cloudy ThoughtsInformationWeek's Valley View goes in depth with Arista founder Andy Bechtolsheim, Salesforce.com co-Founder Parker Harris, Evernote CEO Phil Libin, and Piston Cloud CEO Joshua McKenty.
Social Media Lessons From The Rush ImbroglioWhichever side of the political fence you reside, the real-time reaction to the Rush Limbaugh controversy has lessons for B2B marketing. Eric Lundquist and CMO Allen Bonde analyze what real time social networks mean for today's marketing strategies.
Valley View: Startup Chart.io Looks To Disrupt BI Market With CloudChart.io is a cloud-based business intelligence that's seeking to disrupt the more entrenched on-prem BI providers with its highly automated cloud-based approach.
Cloud-based BI Provider Aims To Offer "Data Science As Service"In the third episode of InformationWeek's Valley View, Business Intelligence startup Metamarkets aims to take BI-in-the-cloud one step further by categorizing its offering as "Data Science As A Service."
Big Data, Big Social, Big MDMIn Episode 3 of Valley View, hosts David Berlind and Fritz Nelson have guests from Google, Chart.io, MetaMarkets, telyHD, Good Technology, Mobile Iron and the CIO of the San Francisco Symphony.
Valley View: SAP, National Field, Lytro, HP and moreValley View features SAP President Sanjay Poonan on the company's steller financial results, National Field demo'ing its social enterprise software, and a gadget roundup -- Lytro's amazing camera, HP Ultrabook, Basis health watch and much more.
National Field: The Data Driven Social EnterpriseThe Obama campaign used National Field in 2008 to bring together, and share all of the data around its outreach efforts -- all of its calls, contacts and meetings were tracked every day using the social enterprise platform. Watch this demo for more.
SAP's Bold Desires: Leadership In Cloud, Mobile, Big DataSAP has bold plans. One of the world's biggest software companies has been moving into mobile, the cloud, and big data through acquisition and organic product development, and company executives have committed to becoming the leader in each market.
HP Chairman Ray Lane: Focus On InnovationAs HP emerges from one of the most tumultuous years in its history, the company's Chairman talks about how the company will tackle the competition, and return to its roots of invention and innovation.
Box.net CEO Aaron Levie Takes On MicrosoftBox.net aims not just to provide storage in the cloud, but to change the way documents are managed and shared, and the very way companies collaborate. The company's feisty CEO demos some collaboration features and dishes on Microsoft.
First Mover Advantage: Risk-RewardA panel of CIOs talk about making big bets on technology -- mobile, social, cloud and more -- and how it has helped their organizations move quicker on behalf of customers and employees.
Moneyball: Paul Depodesta Bucks Traditional Data AnalysisNew York Met VP Paul Depodesta talks about the journey of examining data differently. Depodesta discusses all of the ramifications and the outcomes of bucking the traditional ways of looking at baseball statistics & evaluating talent.
Best Buy & Kia Motors Mine For Customer SentimentThere are many channels of customer feedback and sentiment -- from call center data to surveys to social network chatter. Gathering, organizing and understanding what all of it means is a necessity. Hear how two companies are tackling the cahllenge.

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