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Cisco picks up the pace of its software-defined makeover
Cisco Systems, Inc. may have been late to the software-defined networking party, but it’s trying to make up for lost time. Four months after it announced its Digital Network Architecture (DNA) initiative – which puts virtualization, automation, cloud and analytics front-and-center in Cisco’s product evolution plans – the company is upgrading customers’ software with security ...
Survey finds surge in real-time and streaming analytics adoption
If a new survey of 4,000 professionals who work with big data is any indication, real-time and streaming analytics are about to take off in a big way. OpsClarity Inc., a provider of monitoring software for fast data and streaming applications, found that 92 percent of companies surveyed plan to leverage stream-processing applications this year, while 79 will reduce or eliminate investments ...
Choosing development platforms? Wikibon tells you what to look for
As containers and platform-as-a-service platforms move into the mainstream, IT organizations must make some careful choices about where to focus their development efforts, mindful of the fact that they could live with these decisions for a long time, notes Wikibon analyst Brian Gracely in a new report. “Architectural Considerations for Open-Source PaaS and Container Platforms” ...
MSP uses predictive software to better manage the here and now
When managed service provider Ensono spun out of its corporate parent, Acxiom Ltd., in January, it wanted to make a distinctive mark in a crowded business. As the IT arm of the marketing technology and services giant, the organization had a long reputation as an expert in managing mainframe infrastructure, but with mainframe installations on the ...
Pentaho offers blueprint to keep data lakes from becoming swamps
Pentaho Corp. is throwing information-addled big data teams a lifeline with a blueprint that helps them create a stable and repeatable process for ingesting big data into Hadoop data lakes. “Filling the Data Lake” is a framework and process for untangling the web of incompatible data that many big data projects must contend with. Ventana ...
Former DoD chief talks leadership, big data and the ‘superficial’ 2016 Presidential campaign
TheCUBE has hosted thousands of technology executives, IT practitioners and gurus over the past five years, but rarely does a guest have the kind of big picture perspective of Dr. Robert M. Gates. As the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011, he oversaw the world’s largest organization. He guided the transformation ...
Wikibon calls for security to become a board-level issue
Siloed organizations, lack of awareness of the value of data and the growing inevitability of attack are holding organizations back from taking a coordinated approach to information security, writes Wikibon Chief Research Officer David Vellante in a new report on Wikibon.com (membership required). Organizations have historically focused on perimeter defenses and keeping attackers out, but ...
Storage ‘whiz kid’ Walsh returning to IBM to run storage division
He just couldn’t stay away. Less than three years after leaving a position as vice president and business line executive for IBM Storage, Ed Walsh is returning, this time to run the whole show. Walsh confirmed that he will become general manager of IBM’s storage division on July 1, replacing interim GM Greg Lotko, who becomes vice ...
European facilities management giant buys in to IBM Watson IoT
European facilities provider ISS A/S has signed an agreement with IBM to use the Watson IoT cognitive computing platform to change the way it manages more than 25,000 buildings worldwide. The $75 billion firm will use Watson to manage its buildings more efficiently and improve the experience of people working in them. It plans to ...
IBM adds cloud option to mobile app development platform
IBM has taken its MobileFirst development platform to the cloud. The toolset, which was previously available only on premise, can now be provisioned quickly in the IBM Bluemix cloud. IBM is positioning the offering as a mix-and-match option, with customers having the choice of where to develop and deploy their applications without compatibility concerns. “We ...