The Snowflake IPO21st September 2020Philip Howard Snowflake is going public. Is it worth what it thinks it is?
Covid-19 and IT7th July 2020Philip Howard Philip Howard is impressed with what a lot of IT vendors are doing to support the fight against Covid-19, including SAS and the CovidGraph project.
Total cost of ownership (TCO) survey7th August 2017Philip Howard TCO is often overlooked and under-researched. We are aiming to rectify this matter across a range of data management issues.
A quiet revolution30th August 2016Philip Howard Analytics and graphs are appearing in more and more software tools
Graphs and GPUs5th June 2015Philip Howard SYSTAP is implementing its graph database using Nvidia GPUs. This has some serious price/performance benefits for large scale analytics.
The resurgence of Pitney Bowes8th December 2014Philip Howard Pitney Bowes' software business has been re-focused and is growing rapidly
Diaku: more than governance6th August 2014Philip Howard Diaku offers a superset of data governance that is worth a serious look, especially in heavily regulated environments
Reader’s assistance required - I need help with use cases for query approximation7th December 2013Philip Howard Query approximation can improve performance, especially for iterative processes