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Microsoft Market Position Strong for Future Growth
Despite the speculation about Microsoft’s future in the face of the growth of popularity of iOS and Android tablets and smartphones, the Giant of Redmond is actually in a strong position in the market, writes Wikibon Analyst, Founder & Managing Consultant of the 1610 Group, and former CIO Scott Lowe in his latest Professional Alert. ...
IBM Lays Out Dev/Ops Mobile Strategy at Innovate 2013
IBM has laid out a four stage architecture for dev/ops in response to the needs of increasingly software-driven clients who need to create apps quickly for today’s fast evolving markets, says IBM Director of Capabilities Marketing Randy Newell. Companies are being rocked by multiple disruptive forces — mobile, Big Data, social media, fast evolving markets ...
Aviation Needs to Tap Big Data for Engine Design, Maintenance
The aerospace industry, and specifically jet engine manufacturers and the airlines that are their customers, need to catch up with the Big Data revolution, writes Wikibon Big Data Analyst & Principal Research Contributor Jeff Kelly in his latest Wikibon Alert, “Big Data in the Aviation Industry“. Big Data analysis of the huge amounts of data ...
U.S. GSA Approves HP Enterprise Mobility Management
HP has followed up on its major upgrade for its Enterprise Mobility Management product and service suite announcement earlier this week by winning approval for the suite from the U.S. General Services Administration to sell the suite to U.S. government agencies. The eligibility shows that HP has demonstrated that it can provide and integrate Mobile ...
HP Announces Comprehensive App Development Solution & Service Set for Enterprises
Under the rubric of “Modern Apps for the New Style of IT”, HP today announced a comprehensive set of platforms, products, and services designed to facilitate the creation of compelling end-user apps, what HP calls “systems of engagement” as opposed to background “systems of record”, terms it attributes to Consultant & Author Geoffrey Moore, founder ...
Wikibon Reviews Oracle ZFS Appliance, Gives Strong Positive Recommendation
“CIOs, CTOs and senior storage executives should position the Oracle ZFS appliance as an ideal strategic fit for high streaming environments such as database backups,” writes Wikibon CTO David Floyer in the conclusion of his review of the new hybrid flash/disk storage appliance from Oracle. “As well, the product can be successfully integrated into high-performance ...
IBM Fellow Jason McGee Discusses the Philosophy and Impact of PureSystems Both Within and Outside IBM
Ed. note: The following question & answer story is drawn from a SiliconAngle interview with IBM Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architect for PureApplication, and newly minted IBM Fellow Jason McGee. In it he discusses the philosophy behind PureSystems, its direction, and its unifying impact inside IBM. SiliconAngle: So first, congratulations on being named an IBM Fellow. ...
Big Pharma Transforming IT to Support Strategic Business Shift to Service-Centric Model
Today most big organization are in a transition, trying to find their way in a new business world that demands agility and harnessing new technologies to seize the business opportunities that will spell prosperity or just survival in the reality of the 21st Century. Big pharma, however is caught in a double transformation, KPMG Managing ...
Big Data, Internet-of-Things, Fast Analytics Driving Business Change
The combination of Big Data, Internet-of-Things, and fast analytics is creeping into our personal and business lives. CIOs need to pay attention and develop strategies for their companies to take advantage of the possibilities, writes Wikibon Analyst, Founder and Managing Consultant of The 1610 Group, and former CIO Scott Lowe in his recent Wikibon Alert, ...
Google Compute Engine Shakes Up Public Cloud
Google’s entry into the Infrastructure-as-a-Service market with the Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an immediate challenge to Amazon’s dominance. Certainly Amazon sees it that way, as evidenced by the price war that has immediately broken out between the two Internet giants, writes Wikibon Principal Research Contributor Stuart Miniman in his latest Wikibon Alert, “Sizing Up ...