Howard Elias’ Take on The IT Skill Gap for Big Data, Cloud
Howard Elias, the president and COO of EMC’s services unit, wrote up a very insightful piece about the growing skill gap in two key areas of IT: cloud computing and big data. These new…
We Thought It’d Never Happen: BB10 Has Beta Partners, Preps Jan. 2013 Launch
In today’s mobile news roundup: Over 120 companies already testing BB10; Samsung’s not-so-selfless act; Instagram faces backlash over new ToS; Nokia to release Windows RT tablet by February 2013; and Apple improves Maps with Foursquare.…
FTC Might Not Let Google Off The Hook So Easily After All
Just days after it was leaked that Google had come to an arrangement with the Federal Trade Commission that would see it let off the hook for its apparent ‘search bias’, reports are now…
Salinas Police Department Uses ShareFile to Make Reports Smarter, Easier, and More Secure
By Kyt Dotson
When we look at technology that affects governments we generally think of the US federal government—a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy that crosses state lines and needs to communicate with itself constantly—but often we forget that…
Companies Spending More on IT Services, But 2013 Still A Challenge
The University of Pennsylvania says that the enterprise is spending more on outsourced services, and has the numbers to back it up. A recent article on the Warton business school journal cites a study…
Dell Eyes Mobile Data Management Protection With Credant Technologies Acquisition
Dell has signaled its intention to enter the bring-your-own-device space with the announcement of its latest acquisition — snapping up data protection software provider Credant Technologies. The terms of the deal have not been…
Alfresco Ups Security, Extends File-Sharing Cloud to AWS
The latest edition of Alfresco’s flagship product offers enterprises document management capabilities on Amazon Web Services. The open-source platform supports public and private deployments, as well as hybrid environments that offer improved support for…
Worried About Instagram’s New Terms? Protect Your Photos with These Tips
By Amber Harris
After saving some cash, you decide to take the vacation of a lifetime with a couple close friends to escape the demands life tends to bring upon us. First stop: the Grand Canyon. The…
2nd Watch Delivers Cloud-Based Cure for AWS Enterprise Billing “Pain”
If you’ve ever looked at your Amazon Web Services portal, hopped over to the billing information and wondered exactly what everything was doing, hoping for a better way to understand, create reports and audit…
PostgreSQL Reaches a Database ‘Tipping Point’
By Ed Boyajian
The growing demand for Postgres talent at the biggest brands, including the recent and highly visible move by Salesforce.com to add dozens of Postgres experts in the next year, shows PostgreSQL has reached a…