Comments on: Closing the book on the DATAllegro customer base http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/ Choices in data management and analysis Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:39:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Facts and rumors | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-141906 Facts and rumors | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:21:47 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-141906 [...] sources have told me that the DATAllegro system is being thrown out of Dell, so evidently Dell is telling this to one and all. If that goes through, this would presumably [...] [...] sources have told me that the DATAllegro system is being thrown out of Dell, so evidently Dell is telling this to one and all. If that goes through, this would presumably [...]

]]> By: eBay’s two enormous data warehouses | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-119271 eBay’s two enormous data warehouses | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:56:07 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-119271 [...] To a probably lesser extent, the same is now also true of Dell. [...] [...] To a probably lesser extent, the same is now also true of Dell. [...]

]]> By: DW Consultant http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-112423 DW Consultant Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:47:48 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-112423 No Questions about that it is indeed very neat for the marketing and CEO (who convinced MSFT) to buy this technology is. At the same time you can even say how foolish was MSFT not to even look under the hood. This gives us inidcation that MSFT is no more innovative company, it just relies on easy way out. No Questions about that it is indeed very neat for the marketing and CEO (who convinced MSFT) to buy this technology is. At the same time you can even say how foolish was MSFT not to even look under the hood. This gives us inidcation that MSFT is no more innovative company, it just relies on easy way out.

]]> By: Jerome Pineau http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-112131 Jerome Pineau Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:03:16 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-112131 Honestly, if they managed to get MSFT to cash them out with only 3 customers, that's a pretty neat trick :) Honestly, if they managed to get MSFT to cash them out with only 3 customers, that’s a pretty neat trick :)

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-112014 Curt Monash Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:15:07 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-112014 By the way, Anonymous, since you evidently work for a company that also made a sale to the unnamed third user on my DATAllegro list -- how's the DATAllegro installation going there? How's yours? How's the third analytic DBMS startup vendors' who sold there, if you know which part of the company they're in? (This assumes, of course, that I'm keeping my anonymous commenters straight ...) By the way, Anonymous, since you evidently work for a company that also made a sale to the unnamed third user on my DATAllegro list — how’s the DATAllegro installation going there? How’s yours? How’s the third analytic DBMS startup vendors’ who sold there, if you know which part of the company they’re in?

(This assumes, of course, that I’m keeping my anonymous commenters straight …)

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-112011 Curt Monash Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:55:20 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-112011 Thank you Anonymous, but: A. DATAllegro never gave me any such figures. B. DATAllegro never gave me any such references. C. Neither I nor anybody else I know of in the industry has ever identified any but those three customers. D. One big sale can suffice for large revenue growth. Frankly, I used to believe that DATAllegro had more customers too. Other analysts obviously shared my error. Thank you Anonymous, but:

A. DATAllegro never gave me any such figures.
B. DATAllegro never gave me any such references.
C. Neither I nor anybody else I know of in the industry has ever identified any but those three customers.
D. One big sale can suffice for large revenue growth.

Frankly, I used to believe that DATAllegro had more customers too. Other analysts obviously shared my error.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-111995 anonymous Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:56:44 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-111995 See this July 2006 article by Krishna Roy for The451.com http://www.datallegro.com/pdf/451_coverage_july2006.pdf "Executives report that it now has between 15 and 20 customers." Press release, October 25 2007 http://www.datallegro.com/pr/10_25_07_growth.asp "DATALLEGRO ANNOUNCES 330% GROWTH..." Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2007" dated October 10, 2007: "Growth has been consistent, and the company currently has about 15 to 20 customers." See this July 2006 article by Krishna Roy for The451.com
http://www.datallegro.com/pdf/451_coverage_july2006.pdf
“Executives report that it now has between 15 and 20 customers.”

Press release, October 25 2007
http://www.datallegro.com/pr/10_25_07_growth.asp
“DATALLEGRO ANNOUNCES 330% GROWTH…”

Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2007″ dated October 10, 2007:
“Growth has been consistent, and the company currently has about 15 to 20 customers.”

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-111935 Curt Monash Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:21:03 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-111935 Well, technically, the identity of the third one is NDA. But anyhow, I've never heard anything about NPD. I haven't even heard it identified as the DATAllegro customer that sent its DATAllegro system back. I guess I should have searched for press releases a bit more carefully. ;) Well, technically, the identity of the third one is NDA.

But anyhow, I’ve never heard anything about NPD. I haven’t even heard it identified as the DATAllegro customer that sent its DATAllegro system back.

I guess I should have searched for press releases a bit more carefully. ;)

]]> By: anonymous http://www.dbms2.com/2009/03/02/closing-the-book-on-the-datallegro-customer-base/comment-page-1/#comment-111932 anonymous Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:40:44 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=710#comment-111932 Four NPD Group http://www.datallegro.com/pr/2_16_06_npd.asp Sears Holding http://www.datallegro.com/pr/5_23_06_sears.asp But are they still operating? Did either ever reach production? Four
NPD Group
http://www.datallegro.com/pr/2_16_06_npd.asp

Sears Holding
http://www.datallegro.com/pr/5_23_06_sears.asp

But are they still operating? Did either ever reach production?

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