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All aboard the data integration expressor

Andy Hayler, Bloor Research — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

expressor is a new entrant to data integration. It offers very high performance using MPP techniques, and a higher level of abstraction than usual in order to reduce the high maintenance costs that plague data integration applications. [Read More...]

IBM Goes Multi-Domain

Andy Hayler, The Information Difference — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

A new version of IBM's master data management offerings makes an important first step towards unifying its approach to different data domains. It has also launched an entry level pricing structure which is getting market traction. [Read More...]

Warehouse Management for SMEs - HighJump Warehouse Advantage-45

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Warehouse management is viewed by all involved in Logistics as a key to being successful in this fast moving industry. But the price of IT systems with the right mix of functionality for the SME market has been a major issue. [Read More...]

Welcome Josie

Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:01:00 +0100

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Josie Sephton into the fold as the latest addition to the Freeform Dynamics team.Josie may be a fledgling Freeformer, but is a highly experienced telecom... [Read More...]

What's Next For Text Analytics?

Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz and Associates — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:50:21 +0100

When I first started to research the text analytics industry about three years ago, people didn't understand why I was so interested in this nascent marketplace. I had always... [Read More...]

How to reduce the risk of personal injury claims against your IT department

Simon Parums, Themis — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Simon Parums, founder and managing director of Themis, a claims investigation and risk assessment company, gives his advice on how to reduce the risk of a claim being brought against companies with IT departments [Read More...]

Are data management consulting and business management consulting becoming one and the same?

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:25:00 +0100

Much technology industry talk is now about best business management practices. Gerry Brown evaluates. [Read More...]

ETL vendors don't understand content

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Leading data integration vendors claim to support unstructured data. They do but they don't support content. [Read More...]

Some reflections on Green IT 08 day 1

David Tebbutt, Freeform Dynamics — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:11:21 +0100

Today saw the start of Green IT 08 at the Design Centre, Islington. It's a combination mini-exhibition and conference. It was interesting to see a mix of customers, vendors and analysts sharing their... [Read More...]

Getting Smart about SOA at IBM IMPACT

Marcia Kaufman, Hurwitz and Associates — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:07:49 +0100

Just after I returned from last month's IBM SOA IMPACT Conference, the Hurwitz team started to interview companies for case studies to be included in the second edition of SOA For Dummies. So... [Read More...]

Flexible BPM adoption - the Finnish way

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

QPR Software has a different approach to providing BPMS solutions, which allows a phased approach for BPM adoption. This means that the customer does not have to commit a large amount of resources to a make or break BPM project. [Read More...]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?

Bob Tarzey, Quocirca — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Demand on corporate networks for distributed services these days goes well beyond the usual IT tasks. But actually measuring how distributed a business is can be problematic. [Read More...]

Ten things I learned about CA

Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz and Associates — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:40:12 +0100

I spent part of last week at CA's (Computer Associates in the old days) industry analyst meeting. My overall impression is very positive. CA is a complicated company with a complicated... [Read More...]

Migration matters

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

A pot pourri of news about matters pertinent to data migration [Read More...]

Don't throw the telecoms baby out with the cost centre bath water

Rob Bamforth, Quocirca — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Mobile phone costs are too high, but why do so many financial controllers believe it is better to wield an axe with a blindfold than a scalpel while wearing spectacles? [Read More...]

e-Access 08 was a great day in London

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

e-Access is a great conference. Comparing e-Access 08 with 06 shows that accessibility has moved forward to an extent. [Read More...]

Which comes first: process or service? Part 2

Neil Ward-Dutton, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:50:00 +0100

The question of how to combine BPM and SOA came up a lot here at TIBCO's TUCON user event - and, a little disappointingly, the standard response seems to typically revolve around reinventing the... [Read More...]

Business Community Management - the Inovis way

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Business Community Management (BCM) - there's a new name for you. It certainly was to me when I met the EMEA management team of Inovis - John Redfern - MD, Paul Tatam - Sales & Marketing Director and Stephen Jefferies - Director of... [Read More...]

Printing as a service: Outsourcing printing to the experts

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Organisations often do not know the true cost of their print environment. Many are turning to managed print services to regain control of printing to reduce costs, improved efficiencies and boost environmental credentials [Read More...]

Teradata appliances

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:05:00 +0100

Teradata has finally entered the appliance market. Will they be competitive? I don't think so. [Read More...]

Accessibility Conferences

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

There is a constant stream of accessibility and disability related conferences it seems to me to be useful to have a blog listing these. [Read More...]

Controversy in SCM

David Norfolk, Bloor Research — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Our recent article on Accurev prompted some feedback from the Subversion camp. But the real issue isn't the tools you buy but whether you can manage the People and Process aspects of SCM. [Read More...]

Oracle completes BEA take-over

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Yesterday saw Oracle finally acquire BEA as approval from the EU was given. [Read More...]

Mixed query workloads - why is it important?

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

The ability to support mixed query workloads is driving the agenda in the enterprise data warehousing space - what's it all about? [Read More...]

NVIDIA changes the game

Dr Russel Winder, Concertant — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

David Kirk, Chief Scientist at NVIDIA, is on the offensive. It is a very charming offensive, and it seems his message is a very compelling one. The summary is GPGPU is dead, GPU Computing is the future for affordable supercomputing. [Read More...]

A quick route to unified communications?

David Tebbutt, Freeform Dynamics — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:01:53 +0100

A cheeky little outsider from Spain has been quietly snitching large unified communication (UC) deals from under the noses of major competitors. (Reminder: a major benefit of UC is the acceleration... [Read More...]

The Desktop as a Service: Can Desktone be a Focal Point?

Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz and Associates — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:08:21 +0100

I have been thinking a lot about the evolution of virtualization lately and so I was intrigued when a company I had never heard of called Desktone asked to come in for a briefing. When I heard that... [Read More...]

Ideas for accessibility from HP Climate Strategy

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:05:00 +0100

HP's strategy for climate change can be used as a model to provide a strategy for accessibility for any organisation. [Read More...]

Siemens makes PLM announcement

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

On April 22, 2008, Siemens PLM Software announced what is described as the next big breakthrough in digital product development with synchronous technology, the PLM industry's first-ever history-free, feature-based modeling technology. [Read More...]

EnterpriseDB: not the IBM news

Philip Howard, Bloor Research — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

While IBM's recent investment into EnterpriseDB has made the IT news, less has been made of EnterpriseDB's recent product announcements. [Read More...]