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The Gist of the Mission I first heard the term data lake in 2011 at a meetup where James Dixon, CTO and founder of Pentaho, which is now a part of Hitachi Vantara, explained the concept. At that point, Dixon used the term data lake to explain what was needed to allow management and analysis […]

March 9, 2018

Background The world of A/B/n testing has become one of the signature accomplishments of the era of Internet business. The fact that companies no longer have to rely solely on their gut instincts, but can instead immediately test a theory or product, is immensely powerful and has reshaped the way much of marketing is conducted. […]

March 9, 2018

[vc_row][vc_column skip_html=”yes”][text_block] The Gist of the Mission The bad news is that 100 percent cybersecurity is unattainable. The best we can do in the realm of cybersecurity is to build a portfolio of mechanisms that deliver the maximum protection of what is most important to us for the least amount of money and effort. Portfolio […]

March 9, 2018

Product Mission A customer visits the website, sends an email, and tries the mobile app. The customer finally gives up and dials the call center. Multiply that by tens of thousands of customers, with many interactions each. Few companies can bring all of that data together in a coherent form so that they understand the […]

March 9, 2018

Summary Commvault’s HyperScale™ Technology is an on-premise scale-out storage solution that offers integrated data protection and data management, available as a turnkey appliance or through certified reference architectures with leading hardware providers. Commvault HyperScale leverages the breadth and depth of the Commvault data management platform which has been in the industry for over two decades […]

March 9, 2018

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