The Coolest Big Data Systems And Platform Companies Of The 2021 Big Data 100

April 26, 2021, 02:00 PM EDT

Part 2 of CRN’s Big Data 100 includes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the systems and platforms space.

IBM

Top Executive: CEO Arvind Krishna

IBM’s broad big data software portfolio includes its DB2 and Informix database systems, the Cognos business intelligence toolset, and the IBM InfoSphere Information Server suite of data integration and data governance tools.

On the hardware side the company, based in Armonk, N.Y., markets the Netezza Performance Server data warehouse platform.

The IBM Big Data Platform is the company’s flagship big data solution. The integrated system offers Hadoop-based analytics, data warehousing, stream computing, and data integration and governance capabilities. It incorporates a number of IBM products including InfoSphere BigInsights, InfoSphere Streams, IBM Smart Analytic Systems, and IBM PureData Systems for Analytics, for Hadoop and for Operational Analytics.

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Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting has been with CRN since 2006 and is currently a feature/special projects editor. Whiting manages a number of CRN’s signature annual editorial projects including Channel Chiefs, Partner Program Guide, Big Data 100, Emerging Vendors, Tech Innovators and Products of the Year. He also covers the Big Data beat for CRN. He can be reached at rwhiting@thechannelcompany.com.