Spotfire Adds Hadoop and iPad Support

In a further nod to the sexiness of big data and mobile tablets, Tibco's Spotfire analytics and visualization tool has added  a number of new capabilities.  Spotfire has, over the years, drawn the attention of many enterprises.     " ... Spotfire 4.5 will become generally available this month and features a data service connector to Hadoop, which is known for its ability to handle unstructured data such as weblogs, sensor information and text. The connector will allow users to combine and analyze information from Hadoop clusters along with structured data from business applications such as an SAP or Oracle ERP (enterprise resource planning) system.... "