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The 3 Best Places to Be in the Big Data Market
If last year was all about the exploration of Big Data, then 2013 is all about the execution. Making Big Data work, the theme of Strata’s conference this week, is a great opportunity to see this Big Data implementation in action, as validated by Intel’s new distro, announced at the event yesterday morning. But as ...
Over SxSW? Trade Up for Strata, the Big Thing in Data
SxSW keeps a special place in my heart. But even more thrilling than six months of reminder emails for SxSW registration, is this year’s first Strata event. Undoubtedly one of the most provocative gatherings in Big Data, Strata attracts the industry’s truly compelling. The result is a thoughtful and exhaustive exploration of Big Data’s economy, ...
Samsung S IV Could Drive Away HTC One Buyers
Just as HTC popped champagne bottles over the launch of its latest flagship smartphone, the HTC One, Samsung rumors stole the limelight with hints of a flagship upgrade of its own — the Galaxy S IV. Whatever hopes HTC had of regaining leadership in the Android market by revealing the One ahead of Mobile ...
VMware Says You Don’t Need Dropbox, Updates Enterprise Mobility Suite
This week VMware unveiled a reworked version of its Horizon Suite, the all-in-one end point management offering that was first announced at VMworld 2012. This latest release includes a new solution that will allow admins to manage users, rather than devices. VMware is one of several top vendors this week to revamp BYOD and virtualized ...
A $50 Billion Ego? Big Data Backs Up the Hype
Big Data’s become a victim of the buzz machine, but there’s a reason for the hype. Few movements have touched so many parts of our economy, impacting the way we do business, communicate and learn. And there’s big money being thrown at Big Data technology, especially in the past two years. Exploratory methods have turned ...
VMware Takes Up the SLI Torch, Lights Up Skeptics
It’s a great feeling to be in the lead. VMware is one company that had the foresight to develop virtualized systems for the enterprise early in the game, gaining a significant head start. But the rivals are beginning to catch up and VMware has shifted its outlook for 2013 as a result of an equalizing ...
Data is King – Bandwidth His Gold, and Software His Council
What makes Google and Facebook especially powerful? Their data centers. Built like nothing the world has ever seen, the design behind Google’s server networks and Facebook’s storage security make these two uniquely capable of powering our search queries and social inquiries. Anticipating the need for hyperscale storage, Google and Facebook knew early on the demands ...
Working on the Edges: Where the Cloud Empowers the People Behind SMBs
Even five years ago I couldn’t imagine the freedom mobility has presented my everyday work tasks, putting me, the end user, in charge of my day. In fact, the end user is gaining power all over the place, determining the fate of a brand with just a tweet, forcing new distribution models from print media ...
Michael Dell Takes Back Control: The New Steve Jobs of Services?
It would be naive to think that Dell’s surprising decision to return to the status of a private firm doesn’t impact an entire industry. The PC sector has had the rug pulled from under it, leaving several companies including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and others shifting strategies and rethinking their core business offerings. Indeed, the global economy ...
For BlackBerry, YOU Are Its Path to the Enterprise
What the new BlackBerry needs is a clear path back into the enterprise. It was an easy task a decade ago, when email was the killer app and companies were quick to hand out BlackBerries to employees. Those days have been replaced with employee-driven decisions, like which phone they want to use. And when device selection ...
