CXOs Must Avoid Unfavorable Cloud ContractsThe risk of getting locked into a disadvantageous cloud contract is increasing for three main reasons.November 3, 2015 by Ray Wang in CXO
Oracle CEO delivers bold predictions, large customer perspectivesAnalysis: Mark Hurd's OpenWorld keynote featured the expected sales pitches and claims of Oracle's leadership in the cloud, but also provided some bold predictions and interesting perspectives from large customers.October 26, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in Cloud
SAP TechEd: A closer look at the new 'Cloud for Analytics' platformConsistency and in-memory performance among benefits for 'Cloud for Analytics' customers, but Lumira and BusinessObjects customers will need to recreate on-premises reports in the cloud.October 23, 2015 by Doug Henschen in Big Data
Michael Dell's DellWorld Keynote Was Notable for What He Didn't-Or Couldn't-SayDetails about the Dell-EMC deal, enterprise and overall core strategy omitted from keynote.October 23, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in CXO
What Storage Industry Consolidation Means for Applications CustomersScalable partners at a higher price.October 23, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in CXO
Dell and Microsoft's Azure-Powered Box Signals An Inflection Point for CloudOn-premises is making a comeback.October 23, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in Cloud
Google's tempting apps migration offer: The fine printGoogle is offering the chance to save up to 70 percent by switching to docs. Here are the pros and cons of the offer.October 21, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in CXO
Teradata Puts Aster On Hadoop, Adds 'Listener' For IoTTeradata puts Aster database on Hadoop to support 'multi-genre' analytics. 'Listener' software collects and delivers data for IoT.October 21, 2015 by Doug Henschen in Big Data
Adobe aligns new e-sign capabilities with Salesforce, Workday and AribaAdobe expands partner program to integrate with Salesforce, Workday, SAP Ariba.October 14, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in Cloud
The Dell EMC Deal: 5 Things Consumers Should KnowA mega-merger that carries massive risk and uncertainty. Here are the five things you need to know.October 12, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in CXO
The General Mills Cheerios Recall and Your Supply ChainRecall of nearly two million boxes of Cheerios reveals increasing complexity of supply chains.October 9, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in CXO
AWS re:Invent: Five takeaways on Amazon's new cloud servicesAmazon challenges 'old-guard' IBM, Microsoft and Oracle with QuickSight, Kinesis Firehose, Snowball, and new database services. Here's a quick rundown with cautions for would-be adopters.October 9, 2015 by Doug Henschen in Cloud
GE and Capital One endorse AWS at re:InventAWS emphasizes enterprise penetration at re:Invent. Companies considering the cloud for IaaS and PaaS should place Amazon on their short list.October 9, 2015 by Chris Kanaracus in Cloud
Strata + Hadoop World: Cloudera introduces RecordService for security, Kudu for streaming data analysisCloudera announces access control layer and columnar storage engine for Hadoop. News analysis from Strata + Hadoop World 2015.October 1, 2015 by Doug Henschen in Cloud
Dreamforce 2015: Salesforce Thunder likely not available until 2016Salesforce is promising low-latency data processing for real-time apps. Thunder will enter pilot testing "in the first half of 2016 with general availability later in the year."September 17, 2015 by Doug Henschen in Cloud