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HP provides more picks and shovels to cloud miners

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

In two separate recent announcements, HP has affirmed its goal of being the neutral supplier of choice for all things cloud. [Read More...]

Android: Ice Cream Sandwich Accessibliity

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

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... [Read More...]

BCS CMSG Conference 2012

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

It's that time of the year again, when I remind people of the annual Conference of the Configuration Management Specialist Group of the BCS - I'm on its committee. I'm on the Committee, not because... [Read More...]

Conference observations: Enterprise transformation, enterprise architecture, SOA and cloud computing

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

The Open Group's Dr. Chris Harding gives his recollections and impressions of the Open Group Conference held in San Francisco the week of January 30. [Read More...]

Developing process applications: a place for everything, and everything in its place

rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:39 +0100

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... [Read More...]

EMC's Hadoop strategy cuts to the chase

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Analyst Tony Baer explores the big-data landscape and explains the significance of EMC's latest move with Hadoop. [Read More...]

Nuance on track to transform enterprise printing

rss@it-analysis.com (Louella Fernandes, Quocirca) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

At its first European analyst event in London, Nuance discussed its strategic priorities for 2012, which include integration of its scan and print products and expansion of mobile and cloud delivery platforms. [Read More...]

Enterprise architects play key role in transformation, data analytics value

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Good data management, analytics, and helping to shape the goals of the business are keys to transforming the enterprise through impactful enterprise architecture (EA). [Read More...]

Four Vendor Views on Big Data and Big Data Analytics: IBM

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz and Associates) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:09:28 +0100

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... [Read More...]

ME Commerce - Moving your IT strategy from 'multiple channels' to 'multichannel'

rss@it-analysis.com (Andy Tudor, Retail Assist) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Andy Tudor of retail IT solutions provider Retail Assist discusses the opportunities open to retailers when introducing and integrating multiple channels. He focuses in particular on the challenges and benefits surrounding mobile commerce. [Read More...]

Innovation Games - A Fun Way to Discover Customer Insight and Improve Product Marketing

rss@it-analysis.com (Mark McGregor, Bloor Research) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

In my recent article The Game of Process Improvement, I referred to a book called Innovation Games. The book is packed with details on how any of us can leverage Innovation Games to gain greater... [Read More...]

Getting ahead in the cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Fran Howarth, Bloor Research) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

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,... [Read More...]

RFID

rss@it-analysis.com (Simon Holloway, Bloor Research) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

When I first wrote the RFIC market overview, one of the key things I identified was that RFID hardware couldn't exist without RFID middleware and applications, and neither could RFID middleware and... [Read More...]

Commoditise storage to slash costs using AoE, says Coraid

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Williams, Bloor Research) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Thanks to x86 and other commodity components, users usually get good value for money from their server systems. However, storage subsystems and their connectivity remain stubbornly complex and... [Read More...]

CEP and Big Data 2

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

There have been a couple of things floating around in the ether about CEP (complex event processing) recently. The first is the question, supposedly credited to Curt Monash, of whether it should be... [Read More...]

Cassandra and Hadoop

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

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... [Read More...]

CRM data integration provider Scribe boosts cloud offering with GUI synchronization services

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Scribe Software, a customer relationship management (CRM) data integration provider, will launch next week Scribe Online Synchronization Services (SYS). [Read More...]

Expert Chat on how HP ecosystem provides holistic support for VMware virtualized IT environments

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Advanced and pervasive virtualization and cloud computing trends are driving the need for a better, holistic approach to IT support and remediation. [Read More...]

Alteryx, another disruptive technology of huge importance

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norris, Bloor Research) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. For Dickens, in a Tale of Two Cities, this was how he saw the era of the French Revolution. I think that we live in a time that could be described... [Read More...]

Kodak runs out of time and money

rss@it-analysis.com (Roger Whitehead, Office Futures) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:10:41 +0100

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... [Read More...]

Understanding the options for Big Data in the cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Helena Schwenk, MWD Advisors) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:23:51 +0100

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... [Read More...]

A new, confident IBM at Lotusphere 2012

rss@it-analysis.com (Angela Ashenden, MWD Advisors) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:04:45 +0100

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,... [Read More...]

The Open Group releases SOA and cloud computing standards, updates OSIMM

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

The Open Group has announced this week the availability of two new industry standards to integrate fundamental elements of service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud computing into a solution for enterprise architecture (EA). [Read More...]

Business process automation - the business fights back?

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

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... [Read More...]

Another choice for Hadoop

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

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... [Read More...]

Capgemini's CTO on how cloud computing exposes the duality between IT and business transformation

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Capgemini is about to publish a white paper on cloud computing. It draws distinctions between what cloud means to IT, and what it means to business -- while examining the complex dual relationship between the two. [Read More...]

Splunk: are you imaginative enough to realise its potential?

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norris, Bloor Research) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

I was first introduced to Splunk last year and, once I got used to its name, quickly came to realise that this was something that had amazing potential. Splunk is a leader in its market, which is the... [Read More...]

How professional services and portfolio management helped Nottingham Trent University

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

The latest BriefingsDirect case study podcast discussion centers on how Nottingham Trent University gained strategic operational efficiency and improved IT management. [Read More...]

The Data Works, a marketer's best friend

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norris, Bloor Research) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

We all know that the essence of Marketing is all about the 4 Ps, the right Product, in the right Place, at the right Price, with the right Promotion. But in this fast moving, very fragmented, and... [Read More...]

Systems of co-ordination: greasing the wheels of engagement

rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:15:33 +0100

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... [Read More...]