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Calling a spade a spade

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0100

I've been to a couple of analyst events in the last two weeks focused on analytics: with SAS and IBM. One of the things I am interested in right now is the Internet of Things and one of the important... [Read More...]

With Cloud OS, HP takes up mantle of ambassador to the future of hybrid cloud models

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0100

HP's innovations in its Converged Cloud portfolio, announced recently at HP Discover 2013 in Las Vegas, are aimed at better ushering large enterprises from legacy to hybrid cloud environments. [Read More...]

Developing an ALM data model for OSLC

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +0100

OSLC (Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration), a set of open specifications for integrating different tools, is a very welcome initiative and the news that IBM has just transferred its management... [Read More...]

PegaWORLD 2013 impresses, but what's next?

rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:59:16 +0100

A swaggering Pegasystems put on its annual customer event in Orlando last week. An audience of over 2,000 customers, partners and employees came together to dodge thunderstorms, play... [Read More...]

Podcast recap: HP Experts analyze and explain the HAVEn big data news from HP Discover

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0100

HP has made a big announcement around a broader vision for businesses to help them gain actionable intelligence from literally a universe of potential sources and data types. [Read More...]

Dissecting the Converged Cloud news from HP Discover: What it means

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Three HP executives discuss the implications and business value from the Converged Cloud, the major focus of discussion at HP Discover 2013. [Read More...]

ISV survey

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0100

We recently completed a survey of the ISV market and I thought it might useful to summarise our findings. Perhaps the most interesting statistic was that 75% of ISVs were still just concentrating on... [Read More...]

HP's Project HAVEn rationalizes HP's portfolio while giving businesses a path to total data analysis

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0100

HP's new data analytics platform, announced today in Las Vegas, is designed to help organizations overcome the roadblocks to big data success and reap the rewards of data analysis. [Read More...]

Top SMB Takeaways: SAP Sapphire 2013

rss@it-analysis.com (Laurie McCabe, SMB Group) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:33:06 +0100

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend Sapphire 2013, SAP's annual user conference. As is the norm for these events, SAP opened the fire hose to reveal new directions, product... [Read More...]

Salesforce doubles down on marketing and analytics with two acquisitions in a week

rss@it-analysis.com (Helena Schwenk, MWD Advisors) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:29:31 +0100

Last week Salesforce.com raided its piggy bank by announcing not one but two acquisitions. It started the week with news of its impending $2.5 billion purchase of marketing software vendor... [Read More...]

Seeing the Light: How SMBs Are Using Data and Insights to Get Ahead

rss@it-analysis.com (Laurie McCabe, SMB Group) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:00:32 +0100

At a time when information is proliferating at an unprecedented rate, companies that effectively gather, create and use information can gain dramatic market advantages over those that don't.... [Read More...]

Informatica World

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0100

As usual with any major vendor conference there are various new product releases and announcements. The most interesting from Informatica World are the release of new Informatica PowerCenter Express... [Read More...]

BonitaBPM 6 - engineering for growth

rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:20:21 +0100

Bonitasoft launches version 6 of its BPM platform tomorrow - and there's a lot of new code and capability on show. A completely new runtime engine and a new work portal are both... [Read More...]

Innovative analytics technology from Light Cyber

rss@it-analysis.com (Fran Howarth, Bloor Research) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0100

The attacks being experienced today on computer networks are increasingly targeted and sophisticated. Attackers carefully research their victims and increasingly write one-off exploits that are... [Read More...]

Salesforce Company Communities

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0100

A clear theme at the Salesforce.com Customer Company Tour I went to recently was the power of a Collaboration�team - including the power to sell things to customers,... [Read More...]

Why should your business care about Platform 3.0? A Tweet Jam

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0100

The Open Group is planning a tweet jam around what it calls Platform 3.0 issues -- big data, cloud computing, the consumerization of IT and other current trends. [Read More...]

Charting Your Big Data Journey

rss@it-analysis.com (Laurie McCabe, SMB Group) — Fri, 31 May 2013 19:57:16 +0100

In the first post in this series, I examined the underlying trends driving the buzz around big data and its relevance for SMBs. In the second, I discussed how three IBM business partners (FYI... [Read More...]

The Internet of Things

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Fri, 31 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100

The Internet of Things is starting to get almost as much hype as big data although in this case I am not sure that it is misplaced. The Internet of Things was first described by Kevin Ashton in 1999.... [Read More...]

Managed Print Services: From Big Paper to Big Data

rss@it-analysis.com (Louella Fernandes, Quocirca) — Thu, 30 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Whilst Big Data and MPS may not have immediately obvious connections, many MPS engagements are advancing beyond the realm of device consolidation to encompass business process improvement. [Read More...]

Telling stories at CMSG 2013

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Thu, 30 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Why go to a conference these days? After all, all the information one could possibly need is on the web, isn't it, probably with a nice video to go with it? Well, it's the story, dammit. Before you... [Read More...]

Blended security threats require a unified response

rss@it-analysis.com (Fran Howarth, Bloor Research) — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:00:00 +0100

The new mantra today is that it is not if your organisation will suffer a security breach, but when. In a recent survey released during Infosec Europe 2013, 93% of large organisations reported that... [Read More...]

User-centric tools go long way to reaping most benefits from big data projects, says IDG survey

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Mon, 27 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

While nearly 90 percent of business and IT leaders agree that big data can be useful in making intelligent business decisions, only one-third of companies have implemented big-data initiatives. [Read More...]

Informatica extends its cloud proposition with Active Endpoints acquisition

rss@it-analysis.com (Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors) — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:51:30 +0100

Back on February 15, Informatica almost silently acquired BPM technology specialist Active Endpoints. Although the BPM vendor built most of its business by selling a traditional on-premise product... [Read More...]

Ariba LIVE roadmap debrief with solutions manager Chris Haydon

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Ariba Vice President Chris Haydon explains the company's latest news and offers insights into how Ariba will be broadening its services procurement management value, mobile push, and AribaPay rollout. [Read More...]

Teradata Connect 2013 and how email marketing still counts

rss@it-analysis.com (Helena Schwenk, MWD Advisors) — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10:32 +0100

Last week Teradata ran its Integrated Marketing Management conference - Connect 2013 �- in London's O2. The event attracted around 1000 attendees combining prospects and customers from... [Read More...]

Informatica acquire Active Endpoints

rss@it-analysis.com (Simon Holloway, Bloor Research) — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100

Active Endpoints has been acquired by Informatica. The news was buried in a press release announcing Informatica's latest cloud-based product, which is dated February 20, 2013. It's not immediately... [Read More...]

ERP - where to in 2013?

rss@it-analysis.com (Simon Holloway, Bloor Research) — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100

The change of season and, of course, the weather from snow to sunshine here in the UK seems to have coincided with the production of 2 reports on ERP from 2 of the major Magazines aimed at the... [Read More...]

Continuous deployment at BCS CMSG 2013

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100

If there is one thing that drives agile delivery of automated business outcomes, it's continuous deployment. Automation of error-prone manual procedures reduces errors and increases efficiency - as... [Read More...]

ERP

rss@it-analysis.com (Simon Holloway, Bloor Research) — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

The change of season and, of course, the weather from snow to sunshine here in the UK seems to have coincided with the production of 2 reports on ERP from 2 of the major magazines aimed at the... [Read More...]

The Intel Software Conference 2013 in Chantilly

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100

The Intel Software Conference was in Chantilly this year and, once again, James Reinders' keynote set the agenda - see his blogs here. It's all about parallel programming from few to many cores with... [Read More...]