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Is RaaS a Fancy Jargon Term for Disaster Recovery?

Is RaaS a Fancy Jargon Term for Disaster Recovery?

By Ben Miller, Bluelock
Recovery-as-a-Service, or “RaaS”, is the latest disaster recovery solution. Cloud-based RaaS allows organizations to recover their IT resources efficiently and effectively when an adverse situation strikes. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Self-service BI Empowering Businesses Today with James Richardson, QlikTech

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Self-service BI Empowering Businesses Today with James Richardson, QlikTech

with James Richardson, QlikTech
In this interview, James Richardson from QlikTech discusses the value of self-service BI and outlines ways in which an effective Business Discovery platform can enable users to explore live data and solve business problems...

Live Webcast: Minimize technical challenges while delivering high impact analytics

Live Webcast: Minimize technical challenges while delivering high impact analytics

Join this live webcast where we'll discuss how you can minimize the technical challenges associated with delivering high impact analytics

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Strength of Granite, with David Greene, Riverbed Technology

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Strength of Granite, with David Greene, Riverbed Technology

By David Greene, Riverbed Technology
In this interview, David Greene from Riverbed technology offers expert advice for organizations looking to quickly, economically, and efficiently secure and protect data in the data center while ensuring that branches have the performance...

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Maximizing Data Discovery and Visualization with TIBCO’s Steve Farr

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Maximizing Data Discovery and Visualization with TIBCO’s Steve Farr

with Steve Farr, TIBCO
In this interview, Steve Farr from TIBCO discusses trends that have emerged in data management over the last decade, and highlights the ultimate business value of being able to analyze data in real time from...

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Future of Cloud Integration with Rick Nucci, DELL Boomi

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Future of Cloud Integration with Rick Nucci, DELL Boomi

with Rick Nucci, DELL Boomi
In this interview, Rick Nucci, founder of Dell Boomi, outlines ways in which organizations can overcome challenges associated with moving from on-premise to cloud based systems, and properly utilize MDM solutions to maximize...





Briefcase Highlights


DATA and ANALYTICS 

Kroll Ontrack reveals five common IT administrator mistakes that lead to data loss

June 6, 2013 No Comments

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery, ediscovery and information management products and services, today announced five of the most common IT administrator mistakes that can lead to data loss. Given the complexity and capacity of advanced storage devices and the criticality of organizational data, documentation and best practice implementation are critical when it comes to protecting data.

Metamarkets Wins 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award

June 3, 2013 No Comments

Metamarkets, the leader in real-time analytics for online advertising, announced today it has been awarded Red Herring’s Top 100 North America award, honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures in America that are “positioned to grow at an explosive rate.” Red Herring’s editorial staff based its selections on both quantitative and qualitative criteria for each company, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy and market penetration.

Special Opportunity for IT Briefcase Audience: Gartner CISO Invitational Program

May 30, 2013 No Comments

Gartner will host the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Invitational Program

Is RaaS a Fancy Jargon Term for Disaster Recovery?

May 29, 2013 No Comments

By Ben Miller, BluelockRecovery-as-a-Service, or “RaaS”, is the latest disaster recovery solution. Cloud-based RaaS allows organizations to recover their IT resources efficiently and effectively when an adverse situation strikes. Read More >>>

SDN, BYOD, Cloud, IT Security and Compliance…Where’s an IT Pro to Begin?

May 29, 2013 No Comments

SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today outlined the three main drivers of network complexity – changing New Technologies, IT Operations and Business Operations – that many IT professionals face as they get their jobs done and provided best practices to help manage the chaos today and tomorrow.

Concurrent Completes the Big Data Hat Trick for Hadoop Applications

May 22, 2013 No Comments

Concurrent, Inc., the enterprise Big Data application platform company, today introduced Pattern, a free, open source, standard-based scoring engine that enables analysts and data scientists to quickly deploy machine-learning applications on Apache Hadoop™.

Delivering the Right Level of Service – An Experience in Best Practices

May 14, 2013 No Comments

We’ve all heard the expression “Jack of all trades, master of none”. That is because it is nearly impossible to be an expert in everything. We need to play to our strengths and call for help when needed. It is this individual “expertise” that makes professional services such an important asset within IT operations, development and design.

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Open Source BI Today with Nobby Akiha, SVP Marketing, Actuate Corporation

May 10, 2013 No Comments

with Nobby Akiha, Actuate CorporationIn this interview, Nobby Akiha from Actuate Corporation outlines ways in which visual data mining, social media and predictive analytics can improve complex business variables and increase overall ROI for businesses today. Read More >>>

DIKW signs Business Intelligence partnership agreement with Yellowfin

May 9, 2013 No Comments

The agreement will see DIKW make Yellowfin’s easy-to-use BI solution, and associated training and implementation services, available to its broad range of clients and businesses throughout Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg).

IBM Helps Security First Insurance Mine Big Data To Analyze, Prioritize And Route Social Media Requests After A Disaster

May 6, 2013 No Comments

IBM today announced that Security First Insurance, a leading homeowners insurance firm based in Florida, is using smarter content software from IBM and partner Integritie to collect and analyze big data including social media and email to quickly begin the claims resolution process for customers who have been impacted by a storm.

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Self-service BI Empowering Businesses Today with James Richardson, QlikTech

May 6, 2013 No Comments

with James Richardson, QlikTechIn this interview, James Richardson from QlikTech discusses the value of self-service BI and outlines ways in which an effective Business Discovery platform can enable users to explore live data and solve business problems in new and creative ways. Read More >>>

BIG VALUE FROM BIG DATA: TWO ANALYTIC POWERHOUSES JOIN FORCES

May 1, 2013 No Comments

TIBCO Software (NASDAQ: TIBX), one of the world’s leading providers of analytics and event processing software, and Teradata (NYSE: TDC), a leading provider of enterprise analytic solutions, today announced TIBCO Spotfire® event analytics as a key component of the Teradata Unified Data Architecture™ (UDA).

4 Steps to a Big Data Strategy

May 1, 2013 No Comments

By Joe Caserta, Caserta ConceptsIs Big Data a business initiative or an IT initiative? For decades, businesses have been trying to make sense of disorganized transaction data sprinkled throughout the enterprise, relying heavily on human resources to analyze data via data warehouses. Read More >>>

Live Webcast: Minimize technical challenges while delivering high impact analytics

April 29, 2013 No Comments

Join this live webcast where we’ll discuss how you can minimize the technical challenges associated with delivering high impact analytics

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Strength of Granite, with David Greene, Riverbed Technology

April 29, 2013 No Comments

By David Greene, Riverbed TechnologyIn this interview, David Greene from Riverbed technology offers expert advice for organizations looking to quickly, economically, and efficiently secure and protect data in the data center while ensuring that branches have the performance and resource availability required to successfully conduct business. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Optimizing Agile Business Analytics with Brad Peters, CEO, Birst

April 23, 2013 No Comments

with Brad Peters, BirstIn this interview, Brad Peters, CEO and C0-Founder of Birst, offers expert advice for organizations looking to measure their true business value through agile data analytics, and highlights the importance of an enterprise caliber cloud BI solution. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Maximizing Data Discovery and Visualization with TIBCO’s Steve Farr

April 22, 2013 No Comments

with Steve Farr, TIBCOIn this interview, Steve Farr from TIBCO discusses trends that have emerged in data management over the last decade, and highlights the ultimate business value of being able to analyze data in real time from anywhere in the world. Read More >>>

Hitachi Data Systems Unveils New Approach for Unified Data Protection and Instance Management

April 18, 2013 No Comments

Hitachi Data Instance Manager Provides a Holistic View and Management of Data Copies, Lowers Costs and Enhances Effectiveness of Data Protection

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Transforming Big Data into Actionable Information with Cloudmeter

April 18, 2013 No Comments

with Mike Dickey, CloudmeterIn this interview, Mike Dickey, founder of Cloudmeter, outlines ways in which organizations today can efficiently transform large amounts of data into actionable information, and accentuates the value of leveraging data to gain better insight into the end user experience. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview with Suvish Viswanathan, ManageEngine

April 18, 2013 No Comments

with Suvish Viswanathan, Zoho Corp.In the below interview, Suvish Viswanathan from ManageEngine discusses the myths surrounding enterprise search and big data, and takes it to the next level, referring to enterprise search as the ‘Mother of All Structured Data Search’. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Future of Cloud Integration with Rick Nucci, DELL Boomi

April 17, 2013 No Comments

with Rick Nucci, DELL BoomiIn this interview, Rick Nucci, founder of Dell Boomi, outlines ways in which organizations can overcome challenges associated with moving from on-premise to cloud based systems, and properly utilize MDM solutions to maximize productivity in almost every area of business. Read More >>>

How to Green Your IT: Go Pre-Owned

April 17, 2013 No Comments

By Mike Sheldon, CurvatureWhile the economy is showing signs of an uptick, many businesses are not ready to throw caution to the wind quite yet in terms of their approach to IT infrastructure investment. Feeling the pinch first hand, IT departments have grown accustomed to being asked to do more with less. Read More >>>

NoSQL Database Platform Vendor MarkLogic Gets $25 Million, Promises To Go Deep On Semantics

April 11, 2013 No Comments

Enterprise NoSQL database platform provider MarkLogic has come into some cash: a $25 million round of growth capital from investors including Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital, Northgate Capital, CEO Gary Bloom and other corporate executives.

Schneider Electric StruxureWare™ Enhancement Enables Holistic Management of Data Center Infrastructure across Business Segments

April 11, 2013 No Comments

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today introduced StruxureWare for Data Centers v2.0, an integrated suite of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software engineered to manage data centers across multiple domains.

Birst Positioned in the Challengers Quadrant of the 2013 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms Report

April 10, 2013 No Comments

Birst Inc., the leading provider of agile business analytics, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Challengers quadrant of the 2013 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms.* The report presents a global view of Gartner’s opinion of software vendors that should be considered by organizations seeking to use business intelligence (BI) platforms. After evaluating 38 different BI and analytics software vendors on 15 functional areas, Gartner analysts placed Birst in the Challengers quadrant based primarily on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Endeca Information Discovery

April 9, 2013 No Comments

First Enterprise Data Discovery Platform Lets Business Users Rapidly Explore and Analyze Structured and Unstructured Data from Internal and External Data Sources

CompTIA A+ Certification Still the Standard for IT Techs after 20 Years

April 8, 2013 No Comments

Given a worldwide IT skills gap and the reality that technology is beginning to permeate a wider range of job descriptions across industries, the number of certification offerings and the need for IT specialization is expected to increase.

Progress Software Expands Big Data Connectivity With New HiveServer2 and Cloudera Support

April 7, 2013 No Comments

New DataDirect Connect® for ODBC Driver Technology Boosts Data Warehouse Performance, Enables Better Data Access for ODBC Interfaces

Of Dark Data, Beware You Must

April 4, 2013 No Comments

By Yves de Montcheuil, Talend Dark data that beyond these limits resides, if properly mastered, incredible opportunities for Data Jedis will create, for the Force to unleash and for their organization’s bottom line to levitate. Read More >>>

DataStax Case Study: Netflix

April 2, 2013 No Comments

Netflix, the world’s leading subscription service for movies and TV, launched in 1997 as a provider of DVDs by mail. However, since it launched its “Watch Instantly” streaming delivery service in 2007, the Los Gatos, Calif., company has steadily shifted resources toward the streaming model, since it offers benefits to both the business and to customers (no postage costs or delivery wait times).

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