Actian Blog
Getting to Know Actian CEO Lewis Black
Lewis Black joined Actian in November 2018 as CFO, moving into the CEO position this past fall. He’s worked in tech for more than three decades for an assortment of leading telecommunications and software companies, including...
Take full advantage of the separation of compute and storage resources with Avalanche on GKE
On-Premise, you’re grounded The emergence of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and the ability to create a data lake of such unprecedented depths – on standard hardware no less! – was such a breakthrough that the administrative...
5 Tips for Extracting More ROI from Your CRM and Marketing Tech Stacks
Tech stacks are getting more complicated by the day. Marketing Operations, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, IT, Analytics, and Executives—we are all doing business using digital automations, including integrations, that allow us...
What is the Difference Between a Data Analytics Hub and a Lakehouse?
In the opening installment of this blog series—Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and Data Hubs: Do we need another choice? I explore why simply migrating these on-prem data integration, management, and analytics platforms to the Cloud does...
What is a Data Analytics Hub?
What is a Data Analytics Hub? And why is it better than a Data Lake or an Analytics Hub? In the opening installment of this blog series—Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and Data Hubs: Do we need another choice? I explore…...
Are Real-Time Analytics in Supply Chain Management Important?
Processing data in real-time Every organization processes data in many ways. For example, batch data process still exists for heavy data-process workloads, such as payroll. Many of these data processing requirements are executed by...
Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and Data Hubs – Do we need another choice?
Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and Data Hubs – Do we need another choice? There’s a long-standing debate, dating back to the early days of Hadoop, about what kind of data repository is best for a given data analytics use case.…...
Building a Cohesive Data Management Strategy for Supply Chain Visibility
Business strategy A business strategy consists of setting goals, objectives, and priorities for the business vision and mission. The strategy owners use their portfolios of assets, services, and products to achieve the business’s...
From Databases to Knowledge Management Systems for Data Power
Databases Databases are everywhere. They store data and information organized by fields and tables. There are different types of databases that organize data into relational tables, hierarchical structures, networks, and objects....
The Best Cloud Data Strategy for Value
Which cloud makes sense? Nothing is perfect, but we want to approach perfection with continuous improvement and the management of risk in our business environments. IT capabilities and resources underpin our business environments....
Join the Conversation
See the latest topics in our community forum, and add your voice and expertise!