by Angela Guess A new press release states, “Rising focus of technological giants such as Microsoft, IBM, Google, and Apple towards improvement of text analytics techniques and principles has granted momentum to R&D activities in the field of text analytics in the past few years. And now, new and highly effective text analytics solutions are […]
Astera Launches Cloud-Based Solution for Automated Partner Data Exchange and Integration
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “A leading provider of intuitive data integration solutions for use by business users and IT professionals alike, Astera Software has made their first foray into cloud-based products. The newly-released Customer Portal is powered by the Centerprise ETL engine and provides a completely automated platform to submit, […]
Qlik Sense Cloud Business Now Available for Immediate Web-Based Visual Analytics
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Qlik®, a leader in visual analytics, today announced that Qlik Sense® Cloud Business, its SaaS-based visual analytics solution is now available for SMBs, groups, and teams to create, manage, and share analytics in the cloud. Powered by the patented QIX Associative Indexing Engine, Qlik Sense Cloud […]
Breaking Down Resistance to Enterprise Data Clouds
by Angela Guess Harish Ramani and Timothy Howes recently wrote in Forbes, “Back in the mid-90’s when the Internet had just started to enter the mainstream, many enterprise organizations regarded it as a playground: good for non-critical applications, but never destined to be entrusted with anything core to the business… A similar debate continues about […]
The Cloud Can Handle Big Data… Sort Of
by Angela Guess Forbes contributor Joe McKendrick recently wrote, “Is cloud making a difference in Big Data efforts? Can it deliver the agility and scalability required to handle petabytes and exabytes’ worth of data coming out of enterprises and the Internet of Things? The answer to both questions is ‘yes, but,’ according to highly engaging […]
HP Hoping to Recharge Cloud Computing Efforts
by Angela Guess Barb Darrow of GigaOM reports, “Cloud computing has been designated a top priority for Hewlett-Packard which sees its legacy PC, server, and printing businesses under fire. Now it looks like the company is retooling that key cloud effort, according to a report from Bloomberg News. A new division, headed by Saar Gillai, is charged with weaving […]
MDM Has Its Head in the Cloud
by Angela Guess Loraine Lawson of IT Business Edge recently noted that MDM is maturing and referred to the space as “a teenager with its head in the cloud.” She went on, “It does make you wonder: Is MDM really ready to leave the comfortable world of on-premise and take to the cloud? Is it […]
How the Cloud is Affecting Poor Countries
by Angela Guess Quentin Hardy has written an article for the New York Times regarding the utilization of Cloud Computing in poor countries. He writes, “In Tuesday’s article on Amazon Web Services, I wrote about lots of different data-crunching companies, mostly in the developed world. In the long term, however, as companies like Amazon, Google and Microsoft […]
The Cloud: Cost of Ownership
by Angela Guess Werner Vogels of All Things Distributed has written a piece discussing the total cost of ownership and return on agility of cloud-based solutions. He writes, “In the many meetings with customers in which I have done a deep dive on their architecture and applications to help them create an accurate cost picture, […]
An Unstructured Future for the Cloud
by Angela Guess Reuven Cohen recently wrote an article for Forbes regarding the unstructured future of cloud computing. He writes, “There seemed to be an underlying sense [at a recent conference] that cloud computing is no longer the new kid on the block with one person noting that ‘the shine is gone.’ Regardless of the […]