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Bert Latamore

Bert Latamore is a freelance writer covering the intersection of IT and business for SiliconANGLE. He is a frequent contributor to CrowdChats focused on theCUBE coverage of major IT industry events and site editor at Wikibon.org. He has 35 years’ experience covering the IT industry including four with Gartner, five with Meta Group, and eight with Wikibon. He lives in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife, Moire, and their dog, cat and macaw. In his spare time he enjoys reading, hiking and photography.

Latest from Bert Latamore

Report finds operational impact is key to Big Data ROI

WIKIBON By BERT LATAMORE12 YEARS AGO

Wikibon research has demonstrated that most Big Data projects in 2014 actually lost money, returning an average of 55 cents on the dollar. However, a few companies stood out, with ROI of three times or more on their Big Data investments. Interviews …

Wikibon says in-memory databases are vital for predictive analytics

WIKIBON By BERT LATAMORE12 YEARS AGO

While the astronomical growth in data volumes gets most of the attention in Big Data discussions, all that data has no value without fast analysis that drives actionable insights. Action, writes Wikibon Principal Research Contributor Jeff Kelly, is what creates the business value from …

Opinion: Handicapping VMware’s bold new strategy

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE12 YEARS AGO

At VMworld 2014, VMware Corp. CEO Pat Gelsinger outlined a typically aggressive plan for the company’s post-hypervisor future, based on four initiatives:  software-defined data center (SDDC), the vCloud Air hybrid cloud, an about-face on open source including Docker, Inc. and VMware Horizon Desktop-as-a-Service …

IBM cloud business on track to exceed expectations after $4B Q4

WIKIBON By BERT LATAMORE12 YEARS AGO

IBM said today that it has generated $4 billion in new multi-year enterprise cloud business since November 1, citing new agreements with Lufthansa, WWP, Thomson Reuters, Woox Innovations, Dow Walter, ABN Amro and Thomson Reuters. IBM’s cloud business is on track to “easily …

Barcelona event shows HP has turned the corner

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE12 YEARS AGO

HP is back. That message from Hewlett-Packard Corp. Inc.’s annual Discover conference in Barcelona came over clearly in the three days of coverage on theCUBE  and CrowdChat.  Having paid down its debt down and stabilized its balance sheet, HP is starting to make …

HP, Microsoft team up in apparent comeback to IBM-Apple alliance

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE12 YEARS AGO

In a move that appears to be aimed at the new alliance between IBM and Apple, Hewlett-Packard Co.  and Microsoft this morning announced an alliance to provide joint services for companies using the popular Microsoft Office 365 software-as-a-service offering. In his keynote at …

HP slowly turns as Discover 2014 Barcelona Opens

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE12 YEARS AGO

Facing its  greatest business challenge in its nearly 80-year history, Hewlett-Packard Co. is facing pressure in its core businesses from hardware commoditization, cloud, infrastructure virtualization, and open source. While all the major traditional vendors are being disrupted by these and forces, HP’s financial misadventures and lack …

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