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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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Data Migration 2013

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100

Readers will know that our last survey into the data migration market, along with the best practices we recommended, was published in 2011. The big result from this survey was the extent to which the... [Read More...]

New platform for the Internet of Things

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100

I've been thinking�for some time�that the Internet of Things (IoT) is the next big technology disruption�- what we're doing now may simply not scale easily to this new world. Nothing new there but... [Read More...]

HP Software delivers integrated management for apps deployment, banking on simpler approach

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

HP Software today announced four products that aim to tackle the thorny reality that traditional apps deployment is broken, and that the new requirements make automation and comprehensive management an inescapable necessity. [Read More...]

Thomas Duryea Consulting provides insights into how leading adopters successfully solve cloud risks

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

Leading Australian IT services provider Thomas Duryea Consulting made a successful journey to cloud computing as a business, and a cloud-of-clouds approach is providing new types of IT services to their many Asia-Pacific region customers. [Read More...]

Putting Big Data To Work For SMBs

rss@it-analysis.com (Laurie McCabe, SMB Group) — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:51:43 +0100

In my previous post, Is Big Data Relevant for�SMBs?, I looked at the underlying trends driving the buzz around big data, and why big data is relevant for SMBs. I also discussed why big... [Read More...]

Ariba and Discover to transform B2B payments with cloud-based AribaPay

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

New cloud-based service leverages applications and insights within Ariba Network to streamline and enhance settlement and reconciliation of business commerce. [Read More...]

Healthy clients make for a healthy restaurant business, with a little help from your EPoS solution.

rss@it-analysis.com (Stuart Coetzee, TISSL) — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

TISSL's Stuart Coetzee is convinced more and more people now try to eat healthier while dining out. He recommends that restaurants use their EPoS solution to shed pounds off their clients' waistline and put pounds onto their balance sheet. [Read More...]

APTs: the imperative for active monitoring

rss@it-analysis.com (Fran Howarth, Bloor Research) — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Every year, I search for a common theme at Infosec Europe, but this year it was not so immediately obvious. There were no large clouds hanging above the exhibition hall and many of the largest... [Read More...]

McAfee publicly enters the IAM market

rss@it-analysis.com (Fran Howarth, Bloor Research) — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

One of the largest IT and security technology vendors in the market, McAfee is finally looking to take its place in the identity and access management market... [Read More...]

Dell's Foglight for Virtualization update extends visibility and management control

rss@it-analysis.com (Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions) — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Dell Software this week delivered Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition to extend the depth and breadth of managing and optimizing server virtualization as well as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). [Read More...]

The requirements of a security analytics platform

rss@it-analysis.com (Fran Howarth, Bloor Research) — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

In order to be effective, a security analytics system needs to integrate relevant information from multiple sources, be able to determine the relative importance of different events seen in the... [Read More...]

Ariba, Dell Boomi to unveil collaboration enhancements for networked economy at Ariba LIVE

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

At its Ariba LIVE conference next week, Ariba will advance greater collaboration among companies with an enhanced set of tools. [Read More...]

Busy bees at MapR

rss@it-analysis.com (Philip Howard, Bloor Research) — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

MapR has been very busy recently. Since closing a new round of funding in mid-March it has announced a partnership with Onepoint IQ to provide certified MapR training across Europe, it has opened an... [Read More...]

Enterprise apps for sale

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Salesforce.com is about a lot more than customer relationship management these days. Perhaps one of the most interesting facets of the product is salesforce.com as a trusted platform for enterprise... [Read More...]

CA World 2013 Fytte 2 - Mainframe Application Virtualisation

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Talking with Michael Madden, General Manager, and David Hodgson of CA's Mainframe group, I ws touched by their infectious (and, in my opinion, justified) enthusiasm. It's also a good sign that if... [Read More...]

Is Big Data relevant for SMBs?

rss@it-analysis.com (Laurie McCabe, SMB Group) — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:42:21 +0100

There's little doubt that big data is the latest big thing in the IT industry. But for many small and medium business (SMB) decision-makers, big data is a somewhat... [Read More...]

Adobe makes social publishing predictive

rss@it-analysis.com (Helena Schwenk, MWD Advisors) — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:01:02 +0100

In an effort to cement its position in the social marketing space Adobe recently announced some key enhancements to its Adobe Social product suite during its Digital Marketing Summit in London. In... [Read More...]

Huddle impressions: some features

rss@it-analysis.com (David Norfolk, Bloor Research) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:50:00 +0100

I've just had a hands-on demo of Huddle (which describes itself as an enterprise content collaboration�platform)�with Jonathan Howell (its CTO) and James Pipe (one of its... [Read More...]

CA - Same old same old, or new opportunities?

rss@it-analysis.com (Clive Longbottom, Quocirca) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

CA is wanting to change. Its new CEO, Michael Gregoire, looks and sounds good - but can he carry out the changes required? [Read More...]