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Making a Difference with Analytics – Inspiring Human Interest Stories

Joy King, VP, Vertica Product Management & Product Marketing
June 18, 2020

I wake up before the sun rises, head to my home office, parse through the emails that have flowed in overnight, and look at my calendar to prepare for my day. I fill daylight hours with meetings, research, more meetings, writing … and more meetings. Sometimes, it is exhausting and even a little overwhelming. So,...
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The Vertica Big Data Conference Choice Challenge

Joy King, VP, Vertica Product Management & Product Marketing
February 24, 2020

Over the years, we’ve had remarkable feedback about the . (#VerticaBDC)  How does it get better than this?  And just to be clear, we know the three people who said “no,” but that’s a story for another day. However, I cannot lie.  We have received consistent feedback about one problem that virtually all attendees face...
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Top 5 Reasons Why You Win Big with Data at the Vertica Big Data Conference 2020

Jeff Healey, Sr Director, Vertica Product Marketing at Micro Focus
December 9, 2019

A few years ago, we held a user conference for our growing Vertica community. However, we underestimated its success – selling out the inaugural event because we had booked a venue that couldn’t accommodate the interest of hundreds of customers, prospects, and partners for what turned out to be Boston’s biggest and best Big Data...
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Vertica Big Data Conference 2020 – Are You Excited Yet?

Joy King, VP, Vertica Product Management & Product Marketing
October 25, 2019

The Vertica Big Data Conference (BDC) clock is ticking and my excitement is growing by the minute! I want to make sure that our Vertica community is up to date on the latest news, especially some of the General Session speakers and Breakout tracks. And let’s not forget one of the most special components of...
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Can a 100-Year Old Business Innovate with IoT Analytics?

Joy King, VP, Vertica Product Management & Product Marketing
October 11, 2019

One of my greatest pleasures is dining out at all the amazing restaurants here in the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. I am always amazed and so proud of the innovative and authentic ethnic cuisines that have made the Triangle a nationally recognized foodie community. I think about the complexities of...

Vertica Big Data Conference Registration is Open!

Ben, Senior Product Marketing Manager
September 16, 2019

We’re excited to announce that for the next Vertica Big Data Conference (BDC), held March 30 – April 2, 2020, at the Encore Boston Harbor Hotel. Don’t miss out on the early bird pricing rate of $695 (a $300 savings), along with buy 3 get 1 free group discounts!   What is the Big Data...

7 Critical Capabilities for Embedded Analytics

Ben, Senior Product Marketing Manager
September 12, 2019

Software and technology vendors serving a range of industries – from security to healthcare – are increasingly turning to embedded analytics as a way to deliver value-added services and applications to their customers. Enterprises that embrace embedded analytics are changing the dynamics of business in every vertical market. The most disruptive companies in these industries...
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Strong Winds of Change at Chief Data & Analytics Officers Event

Jeff Healey, Sr Director, Vertica Product Marketing at Micro Focus
August 14, 2019

Last week, Vertica sponsored the . As a first-time sponsor, we were cautiously optimistic that we could meet with data and analytics leaders that were, according to event organizer IQPC, “…on the forefront of capitalizing on data and analytics in the enterprise as the volume, availability, and complexity of data continues to increase and evolve.”...
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Delivering personalized retail promotions using AI and predictive analytics

Ben, Senior Product Marketing Manager
July 31, 2019

SO1.ai helps retailers leverage customer basket and loyalty data to deliver smart, automated promotional decisions at scale across millions of customers. The solution is fully automated and designed to fit a retailer’s specific business goals (i.e. revenues, profit optimization, customer satisfaction or brand sales). Want to learn more about the S01.ai solution?
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IOT World 2019 – Backing Up the Buzz

Jeff Healey, Sr Director, Vertica Product Marketing at Micro Focus
May 24, 2019

Connected and autonomous vehicles. Smart Cities. Smart Buildings. Predictive maintenance. Lots of robots. This must be , where more than 12,000 IOT enthusiasts joined at the Santa Clara Convention Center to learn if IOT had “jumped the shark” or if we are just now learning how businesses can ultimately gain advantage from trillions of connected...

5 companies that are using data analytics to transform customer experience

Ben, Senior Product Marketing Manager
April 15, 2019

Analyzing customer behavior is becoming a mandate for every business in every industry to understand, engage, and retain customers – with the ultimate goal of increasing lifetime value. By understanding how your customers behave and interact with your organization, you can better serve, and profit, from the interactions. Data is central to this equation in...
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Embedding Vertica Provides SysMech With Unmatched Telco Analytical Power

Paige Roberts, Vertica Open Source Relations Manager
March 27, 2019

You probably use Vertica on a daily basis, and don’t even realize it. One good example of this for the Telco industry is SysMech. SysMech offers telecommunications companies a powerful new generation of service management applications. SysMech makes Zen Operational Intelligence Software, which embeds Vertica as its analytical engine. Zen correlates complex data from 75...