Advancing big data technologies for the end users

Last week we formally announced and GA’d a slew of new core big data offerings in our big data platform (There was a reason that I have been quiet/offline) and I thought it would be a great time to share them with you all. We started the discussion of our new technologies at the Information on Demand conference at the end of October – but they are now all fully baked in the marketplace.

The 3 new offerings are:

• IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 2.0
• IBM InfoSphere Streams 3.0
• IBM InfoSphere Data Explorer 8.2

I’ll plan on digging deeper into each one of these offerings over the next few posts – but in summary, we are building out a platform portfolio that is unmatched in the world of big data. We are making it easier for organizations of all sizes to leverage and exploit ‘big data’ to make better decisions.

On the hadoop front, BigInsights not only updates and includes the latest support/versions for the Apache hadoop initiatives but also starts implementing technologies from across the big data platform. In addition to making hadoop more enterprise (rather than a standalone, open source project) BigInsights 2.0 offers a slew of advanced visualizations and tools for users across the organization.

With InfoSphere Streams 3.0, making decisions in real time has just become easier. While Streams has always incorporated a rich programming language (spl) not every user has had the time and effort to master it on the fly. With version 3.0, InfoSphere Streams now incorporates a visual GUI ‘drag-and-drop’ interface to program your own streams… and yes, that interface also generates the proper code as well so that you can alter and enhance granularly as well.

Last but not least, the Vivisimo acquisition in late Spring has already been integrated into the portfolio with the new InfoSphere Data Explorer 8.2 (formally known as Vivisimo Velocity). This offers fast ROI and minimizes risk by helping customers understand their big data assets and unlocking the value – including federated search – leaving data where it is BEFORE you determine if you are going to use it/analyze it….

Yeah – I’m a product guy, and well – new things are cool – so I get a little nerded out when we release offerings like this. In my next blog installments, I’ll drill into each one of these offerings and show you why we added the features and capabilities that we die (Yes, we did listen) – and most importantly how it helps you with your big data initiatives.