Dataupia was a supplier of data warehouse appliances. Dataupia focuses on

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for applications running on

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databases. Dataupia's Satori Server included server computers, storage, and software.

History

Dataupia was founded in 2005 by Foster D. Hinshaw for analytics in " big data" applications such as for telecom and auto-reporting for the

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. A classic definition of the

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focuses on data storage.Inmon, W.H. ''Tech Topic: What is a Data Warehouse?'' Prism Solutions. Volume 1. 1995. However, the means to retrieve and analyze data, to

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data, and to manage the dictionary data are also considered essential components of a data warehouse appliance system. The Dataupia Satori Server provided all aspects of the data warehouse appliance in a single product. The company has headquarters in

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, with additional offices in Binghamton, United Kingdom. The company was privately held. Dataupia's name is a

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". The combination of words is used by the company to imply ideal access to data. The Dataupia flagship product, Satori Server, is a network-attached data warehouse appliance announced in 2007.''Review: Subex Limited Employs the Dataupia Satori Server (PDF) ''
DM Review, July, 2008 As an appliance, it includes an embedded copy of Linux, a database engine, an aggregation engine, built-in storage, and parallel processors. In contrast to other custom-assembly data warehouse appliances, the Satori Server worked with existing database management systems, rather than requiring them to be replaced. In theory, this would appeal to customers with a huge investment in databases and data warehouse and

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applications.''When Is A Data Warehouse Not A Data Warehouse? ''
InformationWeek.com, 19 May 2008 Competitors included

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and IBM (which acquired

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in 2010). In January 2009 Hinshaw temporarily left due to health problems, and Tony Sirianni became chief executive through November. During the

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, the company reduced its staff and by August 2009 was seeking a buyer for its assets. By 2017, the company had not issued a press release since the 4.0 version of the product was announced in February 2011.

References

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External links

Dataupia web site
Data warehousing products