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Infochimps Delivers Big Data Insights Without the Heartburn #strataconf
Infochimps isn’t monkeying around with Big Data, they’re busy delivering insights to customers’ doors. “We’re the ones who let the genie out of the bottle,” says Jim Kaskade, Infochimps’ newish CEO. The genie, of course, is the one who provides strategic insights gleaned from big data, that make your
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Kimball Group Offers Best Practices for the Big World of Big Data
Since it's big and ingests lots of new kinds of things, Big Data makes many of its own rules. A new report from the Kimball Group attempts to present the best practices for dealing with this frontier. The report, Newly Emerging Best Practices for Big Data (registration required) points out that
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Battle For Government Contracts Heats Up as Oracle Releases Government Cloud
Oracle has just announced the release of its Government Cloud to give government users access to what Oracle describes as mission critical applications. However, the real benefit here is the agility it offers, not to mention the foothold it gives it in the battle for government contracts.
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OpenText Buys Cordys: Offers Integrated BPM, Information Management
Cordys Business Operations Platform OpenText has strengthened its business process management (BPM) and case management portfolio with the acquisition of Cordys, a BPM vendor in the Netherlands, for US$ 33 million. It says the acquisition will position it as the biggest player in the BPM market. This follows the
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CSC Buys Infochimps for Big Data, Analytics Expertise
Consolidation in the big data space continues with the announcement by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) that it has bought Infochimps, a provider of big data PaaS based in Texas. Infochimps is a relative minnow compared with CSC, but seems like CSC was quite keen on getting it.
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Infrascale Enables SharePoint BYOD Strategies Through FileLocker Native Mobile Apps
SharePoint connecting to FileLocker Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) strategies are starting to dovetail with SharePoint, as enterprises struggle to balance a need for security with demand for access. Platform-as-a-Service vendor Infrascale has released a possible solution with the availability of SharePoint connectors for its FileLocker enterprise collaboration solution.
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IBM, Pivotal Partner: Place WebSphere on Open Source Cloud Foundry
Using Cloud Foundry IBM continues to play in the open source and cloud space, this time with the announcement that it is teaming up with EMC spin-off Pivotal to develop technologies that will enable Cloud Foundry’s Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to work with IBM’s technology, as well as the OpenStack IaaS cloud.
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Cloud Service Models (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS) + How Microsoft Office 365, Azure Fit In
Cloud is a hot, but ambiguous buzzword in the IT industry. A Sofware Developer may describe the Cloud in a different way than a System Admin, while a Database Admin may have an altogether different definition. What constitutes the cloud is a rather complicated question.
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EMC's Fun to Watch Story Begins - If PaaS is the Future, Pivotal Initiative Holds the Key
The convergence of Big Data and Cloud will radically change the Enterprise Computing game. EMC’s Chairman, Joe Tucci, and his lieutenants have been evangelizing on this idea for years, though they’ve used different variations of the words.
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Infochimps Aims to Blaze a New Trail - Big Data Platform as a Service for the Enterprise #sxswi
If Infochimps’ new CEO delivers half as well as he sells, then Fortune 500 companies will be lining up to move their data -- Big Data, streaming and still -- on to the company’s Infochimps Enterprise Cloud.
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IBM Enables Easy Cloud Application Management, Extends SAP Cloud Alliance #ibmconnect
It seems as if every year IBM Connect always throws in some interesting items -- and this year is no different. In what almost appears to be a timed response to Oracle’s outline of its cloud strategy, IBM has given its SmartCloud a lot of attention, including a great
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Oracle's Hurd Says More Cloud Services in H1, Sun has Paid For Itself
In the past it has often been difficult to get information out of Oracle. In fact, it was often the case that enterprises outside of the US knew more about what was happening at Oracle than those within, as executives toured the globe for the launch of one product or
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Microsoft Releases Windows Azure Media Services - Development Platform for Video
More cloud-goodness from Microsoft, which has just announced the immediate and general availability of Windows Azure Media Services.
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2013 Predictions: The Digital Business of the Future
With the threat of another recession looming, businesses will have to refocus where they concentrate their efforts and budgets in 2013. Reconsidered Priorities Harsh economic times and the threat of a recession will make most executives focus on short-term cost reductions to please their disappointed shareholders.
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