After the more than 2,000 attendees retreated for dinner at the end of IBM Vision 2015, day one, IBM’s status as an analytics powerhouse became more than evident. As theCUBE cohost Dave Vellante pointed out, the company bought Cognos in 2007 for nearly $5B, followed by SPSS ($1.2B), Open Pages, Clarity, Algorithmics, and Varicent, among ...

At IBM Edge2015, the company announced developments in its Spectrum Storage family’s ongoing ability to support Cloud and Big Data, as well as enhanced virtualization support. Jamie Thomas, GM of IBM’s Storage and Software Defined Group, explained that Spectrum Storage includes storage management and optimization products. The Spectrum family focuses on data protection control and ...

Mobile has led to a profound digital transformation. According to Gartner, the number of network- or Internet-enabled devices is expected to reach about 25 billion by 2020. “It’s not just about mobile; it’s about what mobile enables,” Tom Rosamilia, senior VP of systems at IBM, told theCUBE during IBM Edge2015. “It’s not just about the ...

Enterprise-class systems have comprised the heart of IBM’s Power Systems products for years. “Clients depend on Power as their system of record,” said Steve Sibley, VP of IBM’s Power Enterprise Systems, while joining theCUBE during IBM Edge2015. “They count on it 24/7 to be up, running, managing their data and executing many of their transactions.” ...

theCUBE cohosts Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman give their parting words as IBM Edge2015 comes to a close. The conference broadened from storage to discussions on z and Power Systems, IBM’s open source efforts, and much more. Regarding advancements in Big Data, Vellante recalled the words of a Walmart enterprise technical expert Randy Frerking, who ...

Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker turned author, speaker and host, Mark Jeffries moderates a dizzying number of conferences a year, more than half in the technology arena. As a result, he as acquired enough information to formulate some strong views on the growth of technology and how it can help, rather than harm, us. Industry experts ...

Ben Casnocha, entrepreneur and coauthor (with Reid Hoffman) of The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career, says that entrepreneurial success today requires three types of literacy; the ability to read and write (of course); search literacy, the ability to acquire information on demand; and network literacy, to ...

Ultracyclist Dave Haase will compete in the 2015 Race Across America, a 3,000-mile journey that involves almost nonstop pedaling. In addition to monitoring traditional performance data, such as heart rate, power and speed, Haase called upon IBM’s analytics team to help him monitor other variables, such as weather and wind conditions. “We collect data and ...

IBM Vision, the premier conference for finance, risk management and sales compensation professionals, kicked off in Orlando, Florida, this week, with theCUBE making its inaugural appearance. Similar to IBM Edge and other events, initial talks concern how to put data science and analytics in the hands of business users. Beyond rear-view mirror thinking   “There is ...

Vodafone Group, plc, a worldwide provider of mobile telecommunications, brings IBM’s Smarter Cities initiative to Spain’s smaller cities. The company realized it needed to think strategically to convince city leaders of the technology’s value. “Vodafone realized that buying infrastructure for each of the cities is very expensive, and most of the smaller towns can’t afford ...