Dave Vellante sat down with Alistair Veitch, the Director of Storage and Information Management Platforms at HP Labs, at HP Discover 2012 being held this week in Frankfurt, Germany (full video below). Over the last decade there’s been a change in how organizations are operating, now they’re taking over smaller groups, due to the risks ...

Like the silos that dot the Midwest filled with grain, enterprise data silos are locking away information – frustrating users and straining technical resources.  Answering a single question can require navigating multiple legacy platforms, cloud-based applications and stand alone databases. Is it possible to break down the walls of enterprise data silos without starting throwing everything ...

Jargon is the secret language that those who are “in the know” know; a specific terminology for a group, profession, event, or activity. Those who are not “in the know” have no clue, which can be a big problem – especially when  you are the one in charge. Few disciplines have as much jargon as ...

In our ever-evolving technology-based society, education and the demands placed upon our students are radically different than the educational experience of just two decades ago.  The American education system has slowly declined in recent decades, and parents are always looking for new ways to help ensure that their children remain ahead of the pack.  In ...

With the 2012 election season finally winding down and the 2012 election tomorrow, the question of who a person is voting for is likely solved, but there are some important questions that need to be asked, but are consistently skirted – the integrity of voter databases.  This issue was very briefly raised when Florida started ...

Pauline Nist, the GM of Enterprise Software Strategy at Intel, is one of The Cube’s first interviews with John Furrier and Dave Vellante.  Information on Demand is IBM’s big software show, which Intel attends due to the close OEM relationship between IBM and Intel (full video below). IBM is a serious software partner, with IBM ...

It seems like everyday we are getting hit with another way that technology is changing the world; cars that can drive themselves, voice activated home entertainment systems, flat screen TV’s the size of an entire wall of most houses, and high school education. In the tough economy budgets across the board are being cut, and ...

Twenty years ago technology in the classroom was a new idea.  Other than overhead projectors, slide projectors, and TV carts with VCR’s, the classroom was a fairly low-tech space where teachers used the tricks of their trade to educate the minds of the future.  Fast-forward 20 years and technology is an integral part of the ...

You’d have to be living under a rock to not be aware that technology has changed our lives in every possible area.  Hospitals now use iPads and tablets to hold patient records; sports arenas now have HD jumbo-trons; most every person has, if not a smart phone, a cell phone; and cars are increasingly more ...

The 1990’s saw the true introduction of computers into the lives of the masses and the introduction of computers (such as the iconic IBM’s) into the workplace, leading the need for IT jobs to soar.  Even after the dot com bust of the early 2000’s the need for IT professionals increased, leading many to believe ...