Now Teradata is making a "big data" play. The Aster SQL-MapReduce framework combines SQL with prepackaged MapReduce modules that are executed through an integrated Hadoop environment.

Along with a new connection monitor tool, explain plans for Amazon Redshift and Teradata, Google BigQuery Standard SQL support, and enhanced SQL editor, version 18 is the most feature-rich release ...

Ever since the first Hadoop system found its way into the enterprise, IT organizations have been looking for ways to couple SQL to Big Data. While there are already a number of options available to do ...

Big Data analytics firm Teradata Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind the open-source Presto project, which provides an SQL query engine for interactive queries.

Teradata Aster has launched a new tool which allows business analysts to work with Hadoop data through SQL query structures. Its Aster SQL-H provides a bridge between widely used business ...

Datometry says that the answer isn't data virtualization, but database virtualization. Its approach is to insert a runtime that acts as a buffer between your Teradata SQL statements and the target ...

Teradata SQL-H, which blends Hadoop with standard SQL databases. SQL-H, which supports Hortonworks, is designed to allow analysts to query data anywhere it resides.

You can use the pass-through facility of PROC SQL to build your own Teradata SQL statements and then pass them to the Teradata server for execution. The PROC SQL CONNECT statement defines the ...

Attunity, Ltd.'s high-speed connectors for Oracle and Teradata are available as part of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. Provided at no additional cost to SQL Server 2008 Enterprise ...