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with Blake Brannon, AirWatchIn this interview, Blake Brannon from AirWatch outlines ways in which organizations today can maximize their mobile capabilities to increase productivity and gain ROI by deploying mobile applications and enabling mobile access to content. Read More >>>
By Jonathan Dale, FiberlinkIn this interview, Jonathan Dale from Fiberlink accentuates the importance of taking a flexible approach to Mobile Device Management, and offers expert advice for organizations looking to safely and securely manage company data stored on mobile devices. Read More >>>
How can you improve application performance in the face of changing environments? Join Riverbed and John Rymer, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, in this live debate as they discuss how businesses measure the value of fast applications.
By Richard Cocchiara, IBMWith the growing dependence on technology, hard work and tons of data could be lost in the event of a building fire, flood, or even rodents chewing through wires. In the early days, most companies fortunately had the knowledge to do things manually if warranted. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, RackspaceA recent Forrester survey on IT spending worldwide detected areas of higher spending, including apps and tablets, as well as growing reliance on cloud computing systems in the enterprise. Read More >>>
with Rick Stevenson, OpengearNot everyone has been insensible to the instability of our networks. Large enterprises, which of course have a great financial interest riding on the availability of those networks, generally construct systems that can function on any number of channels if the main line falters. Read More >>>
with Siamak Farah, InfoStreetWe live a non-tethered world. Users are demanding mobility and access to their data and apps at anytime, anywhere, and with any device. As a result of this demand, development of Software as a Service solutions is no longer a novelty limited to new or small developers. Read More >>>
Hindsight is 20/20. It’s easy to see where the gaps in your disaster recovery plan are after you’ve recovered. But, hindsight could be too late to save crucial systems that are required for your business to operate at its highest level. So, what are the most important to consider before a disaster hits that will save your systems? Here are seven questions to ask yourself that could help you better protect your applications if disaster strikes tomorrow.
by Rick DelGado, Independent AuthorBig Data is the new exciting buzzword in the business world. While most businesses have relied on a mix of research data and gut intuition to make decisions, some businesses are moving toward making all decisions based on data. This has been made possible mostly due to technology like hadoop solutions. Read More >>>
By Joe McKendrick, Author and Independent ResearcherIt’s no use even trying to control it. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is here to stay. Everyone is bringing in their own devices to help at work, and trying to fight this trend is like trying to stop the tides from coming in. Some organizations, it is reported, are even mandating that employees bring in their own smartphones for work. Read More >>>
with James Richardson, QlikTechSports play an important role in building a cohesive and inclusive society, capable of uniting people from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds through playing or supporting sport together. Ultimately, we love to cheer on our compatriots and favorite athletes to success, or to see how, by improving their performance, the underdog can come out on top. Read More >>>
By Vinod Mohan, SolarWindsIt’s summertime—the season of fun in the sun and beach vacations. But as business slows down, what’s happening in the server room and network operations center? Unfortunately, security threats know no seasons, which means neither does IT. Read More >>>
Sims Recycling Solutions, the global leader in electronics reuse and recycling, has released a downloadable white paper providing tips to ensure the data security of retired IT assets. As technologies, such as cloud-based computing, file-sharing applications, and mobile devices, increase employee efficiency and customer convenience, they also make it easier to collect, store, access, and transfer vast amounts of information. From the time data is collected to the time it is destroyed, digital data security has never been more critical.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement with Predixion Software, a provider of collaborative predictive analytics software, to jointly develop advanced industry and process-specific analytics solutions designed for the needs of business users. The agreement, which is part of a strategic investment Accenture has made in Predixion Software, strengthens Accenture’s ongoing strategy to bring capabilities to its clients that cover the full analytics value chain.
IBM announced that wehkamp.nl, one of the Netherlands’ largest online retailers, is using IBM cloud-based big data analytics offerings.
By Yves de Montcheuil, Talend Do you remember the late 1990s? The so-called “Dot-Com” era? I do. I was marketing Web testing tools at the time, so you can say I was right in the middle of the heat. It was a thrilling experience, and I learned a lot – about technology, about marketing, and about reality of business.Read More >>>
By Carolyn April, CompTIAWith so many firms generating so much business, opportunities for conflict between vendors and channel firms are bound to occur. Indeed, channel conflict isn’t anything new. Read More >>>
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that wehkamp.nl, Netherland’s largest online retailer will use IBM cloud-based merchandising analytics to manage markdown pricing to better meet customer demand and improve profitability. With the addition of this solution, wehkamp.nl takes full advantage of IBM’s cloud suite of marketing and merchandising solutions resulting in a more personalized shopping experience, improved overall service levels as well as margin and revenue growth.
Richer apps and real-time apps, like voice and VDI, place new demands on the network. Watch this webcast to learn how to improve application performance in the face of changing environments.
Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held Composite Software, Inc., a market leader in data virtualization software and services.
DataStax, the company that powers the big data applications that transform business, today announced that dozens of industry-leading enterprises such as Netflix, Openwave Messaging and Ooyala have migrated from traditional Oracle relational database management systems (RDBMS) to DataStax and the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database platform.
Big Data, just like Cloud Computing, has become a popular phrase to describe technology and practices that have been in use for many years.
with Siamak Farah, InfoStreetWe live in very exciting times. We hear of innovations every day, some of which may be pivotal to our future. This is particularly true for technologies that companies select to offer to their customer base. Read More >>>
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced the successful installation of its EcoBreeze modular, indirect evaporative cooling solution at a new colocation and cloud services facility in Barrie, Canada. The facility is operated by Cogeco Data Services, a leading ICT provider that provides data centre, managed IT, cloud and connectivity services to some of Canada’s largest companies and public sector organizations.
Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., today introduced a channel-ready big data and analytics solution for its HP solution provider partners in the U.S. and Canada.
Composite Software today introduced a new version of its Composite Data Virtualization Platform that enables organizations to turn big data analytics into competitive advantage by dramatically simplifying integration of big data with enterprise, cloud and desktop sources.
Customers must take back control of their data.
Haven works with the open-source Hadoop software to analyze big data, the vast quantity of data amassed by businesses, governments and universities that requires powerful computers for storage and analysis.
Read this eBook to learn the cutting-edge strategies that IT leaders are using to tap into their “collective” and ever-expanding knowledge — with results you can replicate without integration or data migration.
By Donald Farmer, QlikViewWe base Business Intelligence today on a clear premise: people are logical decision-makers. In this light, common BI practices promise that the right data, in the right format, at the right time, will help you toward better outcomes. Read More >>>
