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As Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Big Data Conference 2015 kicks off this week in Boston, customers will be looking for evidence that the hardware giant is evolving its strategy in software and can be a strategic supplier for Big Data and analytics initiatives. To …
Fighting fire with fire: Anonymous security net targets enterprises
Paul Kurtz believes US enterprises have a fundamental disadvantage in fighting cyber attacks: The bad guys are cooperating with each other while the good guys work alone. Concerns about government regulation, bad publicity and intellectual property theft prevent organizations from telling anyone …
Virtual Instruments expands VM support in performance management platform
Virtual Instruments Corp. is further boosting its infrastructure performance management and application-tuning platform with the addition of support for Microsoft Hyper-V and IBM PowerVM virtual machines. Previously, the software had only supported VMware, Inc.’s vSphere. The firm also enhanced its analytics capabilities …
Wikibon analysts see merit, peril in EMC re-assimilation of VMware
Could EMC cross up its critics and spin VMware, Inc. back in to the mother ship instead of spinning it out as activist investors have demanded? That’s the scenario being floated by Arik Hesseldahl, senior enterprise editor at Re/code in an article …
IONU says it has a better idea about data encryption
IONU Security, Inc. (pronounced “eye on you”) thinks it has a better way to make data encryption viable in the enterprise while plugging one of the persistent holes in the ways in which most organizations implement encryption. The flaw in most current …
Considering DevOps? This new Puppet Labs report is for you
The manufacturing world embraced lean principles decades ago, so why has the concept struggled to find a foothold in software development? The latest State of DevOps Report from Puppet Labs, Inc. provides compelling evidence that traditional throw-it-over-the-wall approaches to programming make less …
Identity crisis: Will CDO role make CIOs irrelevant? | #MITCDOIQ
The chief information officer (CIO) role seems to go through a crisis about once every decade, from the “career is over” one-liners of the 1990s to Nicholas Carr’s 2003 declaration that “IT Doesn’t Matter.” Its newest challenge may come from the emerging …
Wikibon says Server SANs set for explosive growth
The Server SAN market is set for explosive growth that will see this new breed of software-led storage quickly overwhelm traditional spinning disk arrays within the next five years and make up 88 percent of the enterprise and hyper-scale storage markets by …
Google crushes expectations amid signs of fiscal discipline
With Facebook nipping at his heels in video, European regulators pressing for antitrust measures and its search engine market share stagnant, Google has been under a lot of pressure this year. But you wouldn’t know it from the quarterly earnings report released …
Business intelligence helps developer get prospects out of the office, onto the golf course
When Jamie Adams (right) joined real estate luxury development company The Cliffs two years ago following a 12-year career at Michelin NA, she quickly discovered that management reporting was anything but luxurious. The Cliffs was in the process of merging its club …