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A near-term outlook for big data
Big data now touches everything from enterprises and hospitals to smart-meter startups and connected devices in the home. Hadoop, meanwhile, is…
Read More10 ways big data changes everything
Industries like Internet search, genomics, climate research and business analytics are starting to create massive data sets — in the petabyte…
Read MoreSix security dangers Web startups should know and how to counter them
Rapid growth phases at startups are invariably accompanied by an escalating number of attacks and the need to respond to those,…
Read MoreUpdated: How Amazon’s DynamoDB is rattling the big data and cloud markets
If you don’t like disruption, you won’t like Amazon, and you especially won’t like its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services…
Read MoreInfrastructure Q4: Big data gets bigger and SaaS startups shine
Continuing a yearlong trend, the fourth quarter in big IT was all about big data, and Hadoop in particular. At this…
Read MoreCloud computing 2012: a pessimist’s guide
How does the cloud market for the next year look? There will be no silver linings or lemonade. This research note,…
Read MoreQuality of the cloud: best practices for ISVs
This report is intended to provide ISVs with guidance on partnering with hosting companies, establishing criteria for selecting a hosting service,…
Read MoreMigrating media applications to the private cloud: best practices for businesses
Web content that relies on interactivity, social networking and personalization is becoming the dominant form, but it puts particular demands on…
Read MoreDissecting the data: 5 issues for our digital future
When it comes to the promise of data as the currency of the web, the current state of affairs has privacy…
Read MoreInfrastructure Q3: OpenStack and flash step into the spotlight
Last quarter we highlighted the fast maturation of the Platform-as-a-Service and big data spaces. Those two trends only picked up speed…
Read MoreOpenFlow and beyond: future opportunities in networking
The world of networking is changing, thanks to shifting traffic patterns, more widely distributed webscale systems and the economic need for…
Read MoreFlash analysis: the tech startup investment environment, Q3 2011
With the stock market in flux, do tech startups stand a chance when it comes to luring investors? To find out,…
Read MoreInfrastructure Q2: Big data and PaaS gain more momentum
Big data and Platform-as-a-Service offerings highlighted the second quarter, suggesting that we can expect to see a shift in enterprise IT…
Read MoreA field guide to cloud computing: current trends, future opportunities
Assuming cloud adoption takes off as data suggests it will, cloud services integration will provide major opportunities for cloud providers and…
Read MoreThe Structure 50: The Top 50 Cloud Innovators
In five short years, cloud computing has gone from being a quaint technology to a major catchphrase. Amazon and others are…
Read MoreInfrastructure Q1: IaaS Comes Down to Earth; Big Data Takes Flight
Two things stand out above all else when looking back on the first quarter of 2011: Infrastructure as a service (IaaS),…
Read MoreDefining Hadoop: the Players, Technologies and Challenges of 2011
Hadoop will continue its trek to mainstream adoption in 2011. Companies of all types and in all geographic regions likely will…
Read MorePutting Big Data to Work: Opportunities for Enterprises
In 2011, we’re seeing extraordinary growth of big data in these areas along three dimensions: volume, complexity and speed. Additionally, data…
Read MoreThe Future of Workplaces
Technological advancements have minimized the need for employees to be as physically present in a traditional office setting, and employee relationships…
Read MoreA 2011 Infrastructure Forecast
More exciting than examining the previous quarter is looking forward into the next 12 months and using the trends of 2010…
Read MoreBig Data 2011 Preview
ll of this makes 2011 an exciting year for benefiting from and managing big data.
Read MoreBig Data, ARM and Legal Troubles Transformed Infrastructure in Q4
As for Java, which, technically, is still very important but is losing its shine among web developers, Oracle’s stewardship of the…
Read MoreReport: Health Care’s Climb To the Cloud
The U.S. health care system remains one of the most fragmented and inefficient ones on the planet. In fact, many view…
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