Android: Ice Cream Sandwich Accessibility
Last Novemeber I wrote a blog about the inaccessibility of mobile apps. In it I used Apple iOS as an example of a accessible platform and then bemoaned the fact that many apps running under iOS were not accessible. I used iOS because it had, with...
Abrahams Accessibility | By: Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research | 7th February '12
Developing process applications: a place for everything, and everything in its place
Over the years I’ve been part of many conversations that revolve around how ‘BPM’ is not the same as ‘BPMN’ (in the context of process automation). The point consistently made is that even when you’re tackling...
MWD Advisors | By: Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors | 3rd February '12
Four Vendor Views on Big Data and Big Data Analytics: IBM
Next in my discussion of big data providers is IBM. Big data plays right into IBM’s portfolio of solutions in the information management space. It also dove tails very nicely with the company’s Smarter Planet strategy. Smarter Planet...
Fern Halper | By: Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates | 31st January '12
Getting ahead in the cloud
Cloud-based computing is growing faster than the IT sector as a whole. There are plenty of analysts throwing numbers about regarding cloud spending. Here are some from Forrester Research: in 2011, US$40.7 billion was spent on public, private and...
Bloor Security Blog | By: Fran Howarth, Bloor Research | 30th January '12
Cassandra and Hadoop
I am continuing to investigate Hadoop storage options as I get briefed by more vendors and as new products get released. In this article I want to focus on Cassandra.
DataStax is the leading commercial provider for distributions of Cassandra, which...
Bloor IM Blog | By: Philip Howard, Bloor Research | 25th January '12
Kodak runs out of time and money
Newspapers and blogs have been full of the news that Eastman Kodak and its US subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 protection from their creditors. You can get a copy of the filing here. Kodak has created a special Web site about the matter,...
Office Jotter | By: Roger Whitehead, Office Futures | 22nd January '12
Understanding the options for Big Data in the cloud
Of all the conversations and discussions held at Salesforce’s customer day in Egham this week, one in particular struck a chord with me. Cloudapps, an ISV and partner of Salesforce, spoke briefly about the challenges of capturing, storing and...
MWD Advisors | By: Helena Schwenk, MWD Advisors | 20th January '12
A new, confident IBM at Lotusphere 2012
This week, I attended IBM’s Lotusphere 2012, IBM’s annual customer and partner event which showcases the latest products and strategy in the area of collaboration. Like last year, “social business” was squarely at the centre...
MWD Advisors | By: Angela Ashenden, MWD Advisors | 20th January '12
Another choice for Hadoop
I have written about RainStor previously. Hitherto it has had a single product, what is now known as RainStor Data Retention but it has now announced a second: RainStor Data Analytics for Hadoop.
First, a re-iteration of what the basic product does....
Bloor IM Blog | By: Philip Howard, Bloor Research | 19th January '12
Business process automation - the business fights back?
Sorry if this isn't hot news, but sometimes the business really doesn't like the IT group very much. The IT group is seen as the people who say NO when the business comes up with a neat new idea. And that is one reason why things like end user...
The Norfolk Punt | By: David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 19th January '12
Systems of co-ordination: greasing the wheels of engagement
Ever since I read Geoffrey Moore’s Future of IT paper introducing the concept of systems of engagement (published last year), I’ve had a slight uneasiness about the ongoing discourse. For a long time it was nothing I could put my finger...
MWD Advisors | By: Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors | 13th January '12
IBM Rational to acquire virtualised testing environment.
I am always rather concerned about the testing of large, complex, virtualised (cloud) automated business services, especially those involving 3rd-party applications such as SAP. Constraints on resources and, especially, time, may result in testing...
The Norfolk Punt | By: David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 9th January '12
TIBCO nears the $1bn mark - so what's next?
Just before Christmas, TIBCO released its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2011 (the intervening holiday is why I haven’t blogged about it until now).
While companies like Oracle struggle to deliver performance, TIBCO...
MWD Advisors | By: Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors | 6th January '12
IBMs Vision for Analytics in the Midmarket: gaining deeper business insight
I recently attended an IBM analyst meeting focused on solutions for the midmarket. What caught my attention was the focus on analytics as an important and growing revenue opportunity for IBM. In fact, IBM mentioned during the meeting that 70...
Marcia Kaufman | By: Marcia Kaufman, Hurwitz & Associates | 22nd December '11
Newest but not bestest?
I've just been persuaded to revisit CIX (now under new owners; the latest CIX Roadmap is here) by an old online friend I met F2F for the first time a day or so ago. For the many that won't remember it, CIX was based on an old bulletin-board-style...
The Norfolk Punt | By: David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 22nd December '11
Telligent acquires Leverage Software
On Monday, Dallas-based online communities vendor Telligent announced its acquisition of Leverage Software in a move designed to bolster Telligent’s opportunity in this fiercely competitive market. The acquisition, which brings together two...
MWD Advisors | By: Angela Ashenden, MWD Advisors | 21st December '11
Secure disposal of old IT equipment
Network and security devices age just like any other IT equipment. As the IT industry moves toward 100 gigabit/second Ethernet and 100 megabit/second broadband connections, many existing devices will no longer cope with traffic volumes. The need to...
Quocirca | By: Bob Tarzey, Quocirca | 19th December '11
Now hold your breath - the Olympic year is nearly upon us
As we usher in the end of 2011 many of us will be glad that a pretty traumatic year has finished. With continuing turmoil across financial markets, revolutions and civil war it makes one wonder what else is set to challenge us in 2012.
The answer...
Nigel Stanley | By: Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 19th December '11
Yammer has plenty of ticker - Part 2
Here is the second and final part of this profile of Yammer. In it, I try the software and give my assessment of the service and its future.
In use
The following might not represent the general user experience and is no substitute for first-hand...
Office Jotter | By: Roger Whitehead, Office Futures | 18th December '11
Can Oracle finally succeed in the enterprise collaboration market?
In October at Openworld, Oracle announced the release of its new social collaboration platform, Oracle Social Network (OSN), with a (rather awkward) demo of the product by Larry Ellison. Yesterday, I finally got the chance to look a little bit...
MWD Advisors | By: Angela Ashenden, MWD Advisors | 16th December '11