James Curtis
Senior Analyst, Data Platforms & Analytics | Houston, TXBiography
James Curtis is a Senior Analyst for the Data Platforms and Analytics Channel at 451 Research. He has had experience covering the BI reporting and analytics sector and currently covers Hadoop, NoSQL and related analytic and operational database technologies.
James has over 20 years' experience in the IT and technology industry, serving in a number of senior roles in marketing and communications, touching a broad range of technologies. At iQor, he served as a VP for an upstart analytics group, overseeing marketing for custom, advanced analytic solutions. He also worked at Netezza and later at IBM, where he was a senior product marketing manager with responsibility for Hadoop and big data products. In addition, James has worked at Hewlett-Packard managing global programs and as a case editor at Harvard Business School.
James holds a bachelor's degree in English from Utah State University, a master's degree in writing from Northeastern University in Boston, and an MBA from Texas A&M University.
Geographic Coverage
Global
Recent Research from James Curtis
-
-
Clustrix zones in on high availability with resiliency boost for NewSQL database
The company rolled out version 9 of its ClustrixDB NewSQL database. Headlining the release is what Clustrix calls its 'zones' support, enabling a node to be stretched across multiple zones, providing greater availability and resiliency.
-
MapR marries Kubernetes support with its data fabric following return of CEO
The company is extending its data fabric, also known as MapR-XD, which provides native support for Kubernetes, making it easier to deploy stateful applications. MapR also announced that its current chairman and MapR founder, John Schroeder, will return as CEO.
-
Hortonworks takes aim at big-data skills shortage with remotely managed platform service
-
Percona stays true to open source database strategy as it rolls out updates
The company continues to introduce tooling to bolster the various open source databases it supports - MySQL and MongoDB, for instance. It is adept at identifying and bringing enterprise database functionality to market and wrapping services around it.
-
SAS Viya represents the future, but for now, it's the bridge for customer adoption
Having been available since fall 2016, SAS recently released an updated version of Viya, the company's next-generation analytics platform. A number of new enterprise updates have been added, making the transition from SAS 9 that much easier.
More research from James Curtis
New Alert Set
"My Alert"
Failed to Set Alert
"My Alert"
