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Breaking Through with Data – Climate wins Predictive Analytics Innovation Award

Jeff Healey, Vice President of Marketing, Vertica Product Group in Micro Focus
April 5, 2022

There are many impressive stories of data-driven organizations that use Vertica to derive near-instant analytical insight from troves of data. And many of those analytical use cases have a positive impact on our lives. But, there’s always that one profound story that makes us pause, that fills us with hope for how analytics and machine...

Analytics for the Games Industry: New paper describes a winning hand

Mike Perrow, Senior Product Marketing Writer/Editor
April 1, 2022

Are you an online gamer, and – because you’re reading this blog – a “big data” enthusiast as well? Then you know very well that, when you’re playing, you’re fully immersed in the game, and the backend tech is of no concern. You’re grappling your way up a cliff in “Hang Line,” or taking pride...

New O’Reilly Book: Accelerate Machine Learning with a Unified Analytics Architecture

Paige Roberts, Vertica Open Source Relations Manager
February 17, 2022

Every company I’ve ever encountered needs business intelligence (BI). Increasingly, in multiple industries, more and more also need machine learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI) to stay competitive or gain an edge. Eventually, it should be as easy for an organization to put an ML model to work as it is to put a new...

Every second counts in Jaguar Racing Formula E

Mark Whalley, Manager, Vertica Education
February 15, 2022

Races can be won or lost with fractions of seconds separating first, second, and third. Many factors determine who stands on the podium, awarded with points and champagne, and who returns to the pit on a recovery truck. One factor that plays a critical role in helping Sam or Mitch win that race is optimal...

Vertica Stories from China: Top 3 contest winners showcase innovation

Elyzabeth Eng
February 1, 2022

This past December and January, the Vertica team for the Asia-Pacific region conducted a story contest for Chinese-speaking Vertica customers using creative solutions to data analytics requirements. In addition to reaching out and learning more about Vertica customers in the region, we wanted to gather use case details and share them with the worldwide Vertica...

More G2 recognition from our Vertica customers!

Jeff Healey, Vice President of Marketing, Vertica Product Group in Micro Focus
January 24, 2022

We don’t mean to gloat. Really. It’s just that the G2 Winter 2022 badges are out, and since our last round of badges from G2, we have received a couple of new ones. Those include the “Fastest Implementation – Enterprise,” and the “High Performer” categories. It’s good to know that actual customer experience with Vertica...

New EMEA business survey reveals challenges in the move to predictive analytics

Sabrina Corazza
January 13, 2022

To discover today’s cloud and data analytics trends across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Vertica recently surveyed 240 data experts from industry-leading organizations in these regions. We wanted to learn how businesses are leveraging data analytics and what challenges they are facing when implementing predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning capabilities in...

New Vertica Accelerator course puts your SaaS-based data analytics to work, fast

Mark Whalley, Manager, Vertica Education
December 20, 2021

We’re happy to announce a new addition to Vertica Academy’s array of free, self-paced courses designed to put you in the driver’s seat with your data analytics initiatives. The all-new Vertica Accelerator Quick Start course has gone live today on Vertica Academy. If you’re looking for a fast track to highly performant data analytics, and...
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Going Beyond a Data Lakehouse

David Sprogis, Director of Product Management
December 15, 2021

The way things get named in this industry can be pretty odd.  A lot of people have been hearing noise about how cool a “Data Lakehouse” is since it combines the power of a data lake with the power of a data warehouse. When I think of a lakehouse, I think of a great place...
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All-new Vertica Advisor report designed to improve health of customers’ analytics

Amy Miller, VP for Customer Success
December 10, 2021

As Vertica’s Vice President for Customer Success, I wanted to let you know that the Vertica Advisor report has been recently updated to help Vertica customers understand their database and usage, and to get the most from their analytical investments. If you are not familiar with the Vertica Advisor report, it is a Database Health...

Embed analytics in applications to transform your technology business

Steve Sarsfield, Vertica Senior Product Marketing Manager – Partner Ecosystem
November 30, 2021

At AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, I’ve had several conversations with developers who’ve stopped by the booth. One of the questions I’ve asked them all is, “Are you embedding analytics into your application?”

Vertica Accelerator – Ease of Use Plus Control

Paige Roberts, Vertica Open Source Relations Manager
November 12, 2021

In case you missed it, Vertica recently released Vertica Accelerator, our unified analytics platform delivered as a service. There are two main questions that people ask when hearing about this announcement. The first is: does it have all the same features Vertica has, or is it a scaled-down version in some way? The answer to...