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Enterprise news you gotta know for May 29 – IBM goes vertical with analytics
A daily summary of stories in the areas of Big Data, cloud computing and software-led infrastructure from some of the top news sources on the Web.
Product News
IBM pitches analysis software for select industry verticals – Computerworld
There’s a strong vertical focus to this new line of applications, which are heavy on predictive analytics. The first 20 products were launched yesterday, and IBM says many more are in the pipeline.
Microsoft Launches New Project to Help Enterprises Improve Their DevOps Practices – TechCrunch
“The company launched both a self-assessment tool that gives companies recommendations for how to improve their development practices, as well as an e-book that chronicles Microsoft’s own learnings in this area over the last few years.”
New query language could turn log files into business insights – Computerworld
Longtries says Splunk is great but not very easy to use. It’s aiming to make log files accessible to average people. “Logentries Query Language was designed to allow users throughout an organization to not only collect and search log data in real-time, but also to analyze it for high-level trends. Rather than simply monitoring performance, it aims to help shed light on usage data in particular, such as which pages on a company’s website are most popular among its top customers.”
Emerson Makes DCIM Integration Easier With RESTful APIs – Data Center Knowledge
The move should make it easier to integrate Emerson’s Trellis data center infrastructure management platform with other applications like things IT management and accounting software or mobile platforms. DCIM providers are increasingly adopting RESTful APIs to make integration simpler.
Business News
Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrades to suppress PC sales – The Register
IDC forecasts PC shipments to fall 6.2% next year, but only .2% the year after that and maybe resume some growth in 2018. See also IDC forecasts drop in PC and tablet shipments this year – Computerworld
Splunk Posts Strong Revenue Growth but Wider Loss – Wall Street Journal
The company beat earnings estimates and raised guidance for the rest of the year, but it still hasn’t posted a profit. Shares fell a little over 2%.
Trends & Analysis
Telstra deploys Hadoop to pre-empt network issues – iTnews.com.au
Neat application of Hadoop applied to network data in a predictive analytics scenario with the goal of reducing or eliminating outages.
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