Wibidata raises $15M so small businesses can compete using big data

Big data is a big trend right now, and Wibidata has raised $15 million to help businesses take advantage of it. Wibidata builds and sells big data applications that companies can use to uncover consumer insights and react in real time.

Performance management biz Adaptive Planning nets $45M from BVP & others

Leading corporate performance management (CPM) company Adaptive Planning has raised a massive $45 million in its fourth and final round of funding with a goal to further dominate the CPM space.

Google’s I/O experiment unites sensors, ‘big data,’ and the cloud

Google used 400 custom-built data-sensing "motes" to collect 150 million database records during Google I/O. Here's how the team built the devices and collected the data.

‘Big data’ biz Tableau shares explode 60% in strong IPO debut

Enterprise tech IPOs have seen some big movement over the past few years. Now we can add big data and data visualization company Tableau Software to the list.

Database-as-a-service Cloudant nabs $12M from Devonshire, Rackspace, & more

Hot database-as-a-service startup Cloudant has raised $12 million in its second round of funding.

Twitter acquires data visualization startup Lucky Sort for … revenue engineering?

Twitter has acquired data visualization startup Lucky Sort, possibly to bolster its ad sales and reporting tools.

Big data hits the big time: Datameer triples revenues in a year

a number of enterprising startups that sell big data analysis tools to large companies are seeing explosive revenue growth -- the latest sign the big data gold rush is fully on.

Twitter acquires ‘big data’ and large-scale computing startup Ubalo

The startup was working on simple ways of scaling code beyond single machines. Using the Ubalo infrastructure, developers could write code for multiple machines with no additional overhead.

SAP’s cloud moves show businesses won’t tolerate 18-month deployments any more

Enterprise software giant SAP has been throwing its hands in the air for years, exclaiming that it is indeed a cloud company. But yesterday, SAP took a big step that shows where the it and its customers are at by …

Cloud collective? ‘Enterprise cool kids’ Box & GoodData partner on new product

The "enterprise cool kids" are partnering up so customers can visualize relevant data to better understand the effectiveness of their teams.

The top 25 film schools, ranked by ‘big data’

Top-ten-of-everything site Ranker had a novel idea for rating and ranking the best film schools in the country: check which ones graduate the most successful filmmakers.

Dell avoids talk of flawed deal, focuses on new software foray in press talks today

Dell execs hope to settle customer and partner anxiety with talk of their "big data" and cloud software products.