Hewlett Packard Makes Haven Commercially Available

July 19, 2016

The article InformationWeek titled HPE’s Machine Learning APIs, MIT’s Sports Analytics Trends: Big Data Roundup analyzes Haven OnDemand, a large part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s big data strategy. For a look at the smart software coming out of HP Enterprise, check out this video. The article states,

“HPE’s announcement this week brings HPE Haven OnDemand as a service on the Microsoft Azure platform and provides more than 60 APIs and services that deliver deep learning analytics on a wide range of data, including text, audio, image, social, Web, and video. Customers can start with a freemium service that enables development and testing for free, and grow into a usage and SLA-based commercial model for enterprises.”

You may notice from the video that the visualizations look a great deal like Autonomy IDOL’s visualizations from the early 2000s. That is, dated, especially when compared to visualizations from other firms. But Idol may have a new name: Haven. According to the article, that name is actually a relaxed acronym for Hadoop, Autonomy IDOL, HP Vertica, Enterprise Security Products, and “n” or infinite applications. HPE promises that this cloud platform with machine learning APIs will assist companies in growing mobile and enterprise applications. The question is, “Can 1990s technology provide what 2016 managers expects?”

 

Chelsea Kerwin, July 19, 2016

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The Encrypted Enterprise Search

February 3, 2016

Another enterprise software distributor has taken the leap into a proprietary encrypted search engine.  Computer Technology Review informs us that “VirtualWorks Releases Its Encrypted Enterprise Search Platform ViaWorks Built On Hitachi Technology.”  VirtualWorks’s enterprise search platform is called ViaWorks and the company’s decision to release an encrypted search engine comes after there has been a rise in data security breaches as well as concern about how to prevent such attacks.  We will not even mention how organizations want to move to the cloud, but are fearful of hacking.  More organizations from shopping in person on the Internet, banking, healthcare, government, and even visiting a library use self-service portals that rely on personal information to complete tasks.  All of these portals can be hacked, so trade organizations and the government are instituting new security measures.

Everyone knows, however, that basic rules and a firewall are not enough to protect sensitive information.  That is why companies like VirtualWorks stay one step ahead of the game with a product like ViaWork built on Hitachi’s Searchable Encryption technology.  ViaWorks is a highly encrypted platform that does not sacrifice speed and accuracy for security

“ViaWorks encrypted enterprise search features are based on AES, a worldwide encryption standard established by NIST; special randomization process, making the encrypted data resistant to advanced statistical attacks; with key management and encryption APIs that store encryption keys securely and encrypt the original data.  ViaWorks provides key management and encryption APIs that store encryption keys securely and encrypt the original data, respectively. Users determine which field is encrypted, such as index files, search keyword or transaction logs.”

VirtualWorks already deployed ViaWorks in beta tests within healthcare, government, insurance, and finance.  Moving information to the cloud saves money, but it presents a security risk and slow search.  A commercial encrypted search engine paired with cloud computing limits the cyber risk.

 

Whitney Grace, February 3, 2016
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Restlet Promotes Paul Doscher to the Cloud

October 8, 2015

What has Paul Doscher been up to?  We used to follow him when he was a senior executive over at LucidWorks, but he has changed companies and is now riding on clouds.  PRWeb published the press release “Restlet Appoints Paul Doscher As New CEO To Accelerate Deployment Of Most Comprehensive Cloud-Based API Platform.”  Doscher is the brand new president, CEO, and board member at Restlet, leading creators of deployed APIs framework.  Along with LucidWorks, Doscher held executive roles at VMware, Oracle, Exalead, and BusinessObjects.

Restlet hot its start as an open source project by Jerome Louvel.  Doscher will be replacing Louvel as the CEO and is quite pleased about handing over the reins to his successor:

“ ‘I’m extremely pleased that we have someone with Paul’s experience to grow Restlet’s leadership position in API platforms,’ said Louvel. ‘Restlet has the most complete API cloud platform in the industry and our ease of use makes it the best choice for businesses of any size to publish and consume data and services as APIs. Paul will help Restlet to scale so we can help more businesses use APIs to handle the exploding number of devices, applications and use cases that need to be supported in today’s digital economy.’ ”

Doscher wants to break down the barriers for cloud adoption and take it to the next level.  His first task as the new CEO will be implementing the API testing tools vendor DHC and using it to enhance Restlet’s API Platform.

Restlet is ecstatic to have Doscher on board and Louvel is probably heading off to a happy retirement.

Whitney Grace, October 8, 2015
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