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White Paper: Big Data – Beyond the Hype
December 27, 2012 No Comments“Big data” is a big buzz phrase in the IT and business world right now – and there are a dizzying array of opinions on just what these two simple words really mean.
Top Stories
Top 5 Healthcare IT trends to look out for in 2013
December 27, 2012 No CommentsHealthcare IT, like all of IT, has changed tremendously over the past year. The Affordable Healthcare Act is now the law of the land (and will probably stay that way), which means digital record-keeping will continue to grow in importance. 2013 also marks the beginning of payment bundling, which will mean that more (and more reliable) data interchange will become increasingly necessary.
VIDEO: Gamification: Using Fun and Engagement to Build Great Software
December 18, 2012 No CommentsGamification is transforming business and technology. Watch this video to view the key patterns and pitfalls of gamification.
It Takes Intelligence to Close the Identity and Access Management Gap
December 17, 2012 No CommentsThe challenge for banks has always been ensuring the right people have the right access to the right resources and do the right things with them — this is identity and access management (IAM).
Making the Most of Your Mobile Campaign
November 19, 2012 No CommentsDon DeLoach InfobrightIn this article, Don DeLoach from Infobright explains how to utilize new technologies to deliver timely analytics needed for harnessing big data. Read More >>>
VIDEO: From Riding on Rails to Riding Camels
November 8, 2012 No CommentsGilt Groupe, the US leader in flash sales, built our initial infrastructure like many fast growing start-ups – we used Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails did everything, from displaying products to managing the entire lifecycle of inventory, purchasing to fulfillment.
Got Virtual Desktops? Strategies for Ensuring Desktop Virtualization SLAs
November 7, 2012 No CommentsDesktop Virtualization is the top cloud-based technology impacting End User Computing. And, user-centric, Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management is the primary factor against which cloud-based virtual desktop solutions and providers are and will be evaluated. If you are currently evaluating, planning, or managing application performance in a Virtualized Desktop Environment, don’t let your VDI project get derailed by poor end user experience.
Managing IT Through the Lens of the End User
November 7, 2012 No CommentsTweet Featuring David Williams, VP of Strategy in the Office of the CTO at BMC Software and former Gartner Research VP, and Trevor Matz, President and CEO, Aternity Available On-Demand BMC Software and Aternity hosted a 45-minute webinar that revealed the value of complementing your Application Performance Monitoring (APM) strategy with End User Activity Monitoring (EUAM) in […]
Green Planet
October 31, 2012 No CommentsToday’s rapidly evolving society and markets are not only demanding your company to be productive and efficient, but also to respect and protect the environment. This combination that walks hand in hand is being consolidated over the years and strengthened by the social awareness that looks after future and current interests.
Blogs, Featured Blogs, Top StoriesOut with the Old and In with the Agile: The Power of Unifying Unstructured and Structured Data for Business Intelligence
September 20, 2012 No CommentsBy: Mike Urbonas Director, Product Marketing at AttivioA dramatic shift is under way in the increasingly interdependent worlds of enterprise information management and business intelligence. Demand for information is booming, with business leaders, managers and line-of-business users all clamoring for new combinations of data types (structured, semi-structured and unstructured), drawn from new sources, in higher volumes than ever before. Read More >>>
Bitdefender Relaunches Clueful as Free Social Web-Guide on iOS App Behavior
August 30, 2012 No CommentsBitdefender, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirussolutions, today announced the relaunch of Clueful, the first security application to empower iPhone owners to distinguish privacy violating apps. Replacing the controversially removed iOS App Store version, Clueful returns as a free web-app globally.
Companies Still Struggling with Cloud Security: Reported Higher Incidence of Data Security Lapse or Issue From 2011
August 29, 2012 No CommentsGlobally, the cloud continues to pose challenges on how to deliver agile, yet secure, IT services to enterprises. The percentage of companies that reported a data security lapse or issue with their cloud service increased from 43 percent in 2011 to 46 percent in 2012, according to a recent global cloud security survey conducted by Trend Micro (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), the global leader in cloud security.
Why your CRM Integration Consultant Doesn’t Know Anything
August 28, 2012 No CommentsSoftware implementation consultants have been around for more than 30 years. By now, virtually everyone has a cloud practice-even firms that have simply transitioned their SOA practice into the hotter market. Of course, there are new cloud consultancies, but most tend to follow the same mold.
Attention IT Departments: Is Your Business Going Behind Your Back with “Shadow IT Maneuvers?
August 28, 2012 No CommentsBy: Dawn AltmanSales, management and other business departments have always had a mind of their own (as have, admittedly, IT departments). Lately, more and more departments are going behind IT’s back to implement technical solutions “on their own” (sort of). Read More >>>
Five Factors That Make Pervasive Business Intelligence A Winning Wager
August 22, 2012 No CommentsBecause companies are no more interested in gambling with their futures than professional card sharks, an increasing number of enterprises are striving to make improved enterprise performance a sure bet by enabling data-backed decision-making at every level of their operations.
Continuous Governance and Quality Control in a Next-Generation Enterprise Cloud Application Platform
July 11, 2012 No CommentsBeing open to third-party extensions and customizations is becoming an increasingly desirable property for software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms. It’s also a must-have for the emergence of an ecosystem around a SaaS platform. But what kind of impact does such openness have on a platform’s stability and reliability? This is one of the questions that the Information & Knowledge Management group at the South-East European Research Centre (SEERC) has been working to answer. Read More >>>
Can mobile make flying easier for travelers?
July 10, 2012 No CommentsSummer is here and like many people planning a vacation that involves a plane, you’re dreading the experience at the airport. With travel forecasters predicting busy skies this summer, people can expect delays and cancellations while at the airport. As many have experienced, this often results in panic over connecting flights or concern about how to entertain the kids and prevent a public meltdown. Instead of taking it out on the airline crew, what if you as an individual could minimize the stress caused from last minute changes with a smart phone or tablet most people already carry with them?
5 tips for successful PaaS management
July 9, 2012 No CommentsPlatform as a service is hot right now. If you’re in charge of IT, you’ve probably heard mumblings about PaaS – you may already be using one. Before you dive into PaaS, it’s important to understand its limitations and how they apply to your organization. Once you have made the jump, succeeding with PaaS requires a new management strategy targeted at the developers who drive the PaaS workflow. Read More >>
Oracle Exhibits Oracle Customer Experience Strategy
June 25, 2012 No CommentsUshering in a new era for improving customer relationships, at a unique customer experience event tonight, Oracle President Mark Hurd will introduce Oracle Customer Experience, Oracle’s revolutionary customer experience strategy.
APPLICATION INTEGRATION, News, Top StoriesSalesforce to buy Buddy Media for $689 million
June 4, 2012 No CommentsSalesforce.com Inc. on Monday said it has agreed to buy social-marketing company Buddy Media for $689 million.
Symantec Warns of Android Trojans That Mutate With Every Download
February 3, 2012 No CommentsSymantec has identified a new SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded.
5 Tips For Sending Healthcare Data To Cloud
January 18, 2012 No CommentsRecent research on cloud computing in healthcare suggests that many IT managers are reluctant to store critical patient-related data in a cloud-computing environment.
Hack Attacks Now Leading Cause Of Data Breaches
January 13, 2012 No CommentsThe majority of data breaches stem from hack attacks, followed by data that’s lost while physically in transit.
Informatica Identified as a Leader in Data Virtualization
January 10, 2012 No CommentsInformatica Corporation today announced it was cited as a Leader in “The Forrester Wave(tm): Data Virtualization, Q1 2012” published January 5, 2012.
Future Tech: Where Will ERP Be in 2 Years?
January 4, 2012 No CommentsERP is in a state of flux. The ERP of the future promises to be simplified, more accessible and easier to use, shaped by trends that began taking hold this year.
Top Trends in Telephony for 2011 and Beyond
January 3, 2012 No CommentsThis year, telephony stopped being a separate solution for some companies and, in the near future, is likely to be part of a larger communications and collaboration strategy for more and more organizations. This is enabled by Internet Protocol (IP)-based systems, and a general commodification of telephony services, and ongoing adoption of Unified Communications (UC).
Free Aberdeen Group Research Report: Delivering a Seamless Customer Experience with Multi-Channel Support
December 30, 2011 No CommentsAccess Your Complimentary Copy Today. This $399 Value Offer Expires 01/09/2012. The ability to deliver superior customer service and support across multiple channels isn’t a requirement to be Best-in-Class. It is, however, a trait of leading organizations which are looking to lead their customers to newer media of information discovery and service interaction.
Business Analytics Predictions for 2012
December 29, 2011 No Comments2011 was a great year for business analytics across all industries. As business analytics projects proved their measurable value within companies, I believe that in 2012 we will continue to see a mathematical increase in the number of companies that use business analytics.
5 Worst Cloud Washers Of 2011
December 29, 2011 No CommentsMany vendors want to be cloud vendors. The cloud has come to connote flexibility, scalability, and economy of scale. Wouldn’t you want those attributes to be on your side when you’re trying to make the sale? There’s just one problem.
15 energy management vendors worth your notice
December 9, 2011 No CommentsCA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM and Verisae emerge as sector leaders in Verdantix report about enterprise-grade energy management software.
