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Cindi Howson
SAP Steps Up Visual Analytics, Mobile BI
May 21, 2013 09:06 AM
SAP's renamed Lumira visual module, mobile upgrades and the Hana platform are uniting the customer experience.
Charles Babcock
Google Compute Engine: Too Little, Too Late?
May 21, 2013 09:06 AM
Google must convince enterprise IT managers that its infrastructure-as-a-service offering is a good fit. I am doubtful that Google is ready.
Charles Babcock
VMware Hybrid Cloud Plans: Time For Amazon Answer
May 20, 2013 09:40 AM
VMware doesn't like the degree to which customers and partners have been implementing cloud using its products, and it's taking matters into its own hands. Will it truly compete with Amazon?
Thomas Claburn
Google To Apple: Catch Us If You Can
May 20, 2013 09:06 AM
Despite a low-key Google I/O conference this year, Google has transformed itself into a company of fearsome focus.
Jim Ditmore
Enterprise Data Centers: A Buyer's Market
May 15, 2013 11:50 AM
What can you do with the money you'll save as data center needs decline, thanks to server and compute efficiency advances?
Tom Petrocelli
When IT Doesn't Choose Applications
May 13, 2013 09:06 AM
Choosing and purchasing business applications continues to move to the business side of the house. Here's what to expect in the new world order.
George Crump
Active Data Vs. Active Archive
May 09, 2013 09:06 AM
We need better metrics to help us decide what data should be on primary storage and what should be on archive storage.
Fritz Nelson
Attend E2, Conquer Your Enterprise Challenges
April 25, 2013 12:57 PM
Social, mobile, cloud and big data all can help you move more quickly and reach new customers. For the latest wisdom on how, join us at the E2 Conference in Boston.
Doug Henschen
Infor Bets $500 Million On Enterprise App Refresh
April 23, 2013 09:35 AM
Infor cranks out new user interfaces and social and cloud options for its enterprise apps to take on SAP, Oracle and Microsoft.
Doug Henschen
Amazon's Vogels: Big Data Belongs In The Cloud
April 22, 2013 09:06 AM
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels predicts real-time analysis and "invisible" Hadoop capacity on demand are the future of big data computing.
John Foley
Boston Bombers Can't Elude City's Tech Infrastructure
April 19, 2013 10:05 AM
Video surveillance played a key role in identifying the suspects in Monday's tragic Boston Marathon bombing, setting a precedent for increasing use of sophisticated security IT systems nationwide.
Chris Murphy
Have You Really Started A Mobile Strategy?
April 15, 2013 08:00 AM
An app isn't a strategy.
Chris Murphy
Salesforce.com Takes Smartphone-First Approach
April 04, 2013 09:59 AM
Salesforce.com co-founder Parker Harris sees customers using smartphones more than tablets for CRM apps, and he's betting on a blended HTML5 and native-app strategy
John Engates
What Netflix Could Do For Cloud Computing
April 02, 2013 09:06 AM
Netflix is pushing the boundaries of cloud computing, but Rackspace CTO John Engates would like to see Netflix doing more.
George Crump
Meeting The MSP/CSP Storage Challenge
April 01, 2013 09:06 AM
As customers push for more storage and hosting solutions, managed and cloud service providers are turning to a software-defined approach to purchasing resources. Here's how it works.
Charles Babcock
As The PayPal Vs. VMware Story Turns
March 29, 2013 11:18 AM
PayPal is adopting OpenStack for its cloud infrastructure, but it's not necessarily dumping VMware for virtualization infrastructure. Here are some conclusions from this saga.
Joe Weinman
Netflix's Cloud Contest: More Companies Should Follow Suit
March 27, 2013 09:06 AM
The economics of open innovation are too compelling to ignore.
Joe Masters Emison
How Netflix Is Ruining Cloud Computing
March 26, 2013 09:06 AM
A laser focus on Amazon Web Services and seeming disregard for next-gen best practices could spell lock-in, and derail real IaaS competition.
Doug Henschen
Oracle's Bad Quarter Is Self-Inflicted
March 22, 2013 11:16 AM
Big egos and poor execution are behind Oracle's uneven financial performance.
Doug Henschen
Microsoft Gains Enterprise Clout With ERP, CRM
March 21, 2013 10:46 AM
Spotlighting high-profile customers like Revlon and Dell, Microsoft talks up its prowess with ERP consolidation, CRM-integrated marketing.
Chris Murphy
Accenture's 7 Tech Trends Driving Digital Business
March 20, 2013 02:15 PM
From customer relationships to cloud, and why mobile isn't one of them.
George Crump
Virtual Machine Recovery Keeps Improving
March 20, 2013 01:22 PM
Thanks to technologies like changed block recovery, downtime is becoming a thing of the past.
Alistair Croll
How Should We Measure Clouds?
March 20, 2013 11:37 AM
Too often, IT pros start at the bottom and work up. In the cloud, we need to look at the business model and set metrics from there.
Charles Babcock
Will VMware Challenge Amazon Head On?
March 14, 2013 09:12 AM
VMware announces Hybrid Cloud Services unit. Does that mean VMware IaaS, competing directly with Amazon, or continued reliance on partners?
Keith Fowlkes
Can Colleges Tame The Bandwidth Monster?
March 13, 2013 10:45 AM
Not likely. But OpenFlow and other new networking technologies provide some hope.