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Big Data Needs a Steady Management Hand to Give Best Results
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-23
Big data is delivering productivity dividends to enterprises, but the technology also needs new management techniques to deliver the best results.
Interop: Open Compute Project to Tackle Network Switches
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-09
The Open Compute Project says it will turn its attention to developing open-standard network switches, news that won't be entirely welcome with makers of proprietary switches, especially Cisco.
Follow Amazon's Example: Dare to Talk About IT Costs, Prices
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-05-02
Amazon Web Services is one of the few IT outfits that is willing to spend time at a conference keynote talking about pricing and what customers get for their money.
Five Lessons on Innovative Thinking From DEMO Mobile 2013
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-25
Some truly innovative applications were on display at Demo Mobile in San Francisco April 17. They offered some important lessons about how to come up with hot, new ideas.
'Software Defined' Emerges as an Overused Term With a Kernel of Value
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-12
IT Infrastructure vendors are falling all over themselves to slap the "software-defined" label on their products, even on their hardware.
HP's Moonshot Strategy Requires Enterprise Astronauts Ready for Liftoff
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-08
Enterprises that are prepared to buy into HP's Moonshot server strategy need to learn a new language and be willing to take a new approach to data center design.
Facebook Phones Home to Call a Winning Number
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2013-04-05
Facebook Home gives the company a leg up in the mobile space and relieves it of the burden of conjuring up another OS, developing hardware and building sales channels.
There Are Many Cloud Entry Points, as Well as Barriers
By Eileen Feretic | Posted: 2011-12-09
Cloud computing has become an industry buzzword ripping through IT departments and forcing them to scramble to get in the game. But while the benefits of moving IT functions over to a
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Back-Up, Disaster Recovery, Business Recovery: Two Out of Three Is Bad
By Eileen Feretic | Posted: 2011-11-22
The world is growing more dangerous every day. There appears to be more devastation from natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and tsunamis than
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Are You Combating "Bring Your Own Mobile Device"?
By Eileen Feretic | Posted: 2011-11-18
Many IT departments are struggling with the mobile device onslaught sweeping through their organizations. Employees are bringing in their own devices (commonly known as BYOD), such as
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The Database Problem Lurking Under Facebook and Skype
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2011-07-08
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeFacebook is a database with a great user interface on top. Skype is a database that authenticates users and shuffles calls around based on type. Of course all database engineers argue that every software application lives or dies by the underlying database. In this Web,
The HP exec shuffle
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2011-06-14
Forbes, via AP, is covering the shuffles at the top of Hewlett Packard . Credit Leo for acting quickly. Changing HP into a true services company is going to be a big task. With high margin items from printers and supplies as well as a strong heritage of hardware, the
World IPv6 day starts in 24 hours
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2011-06-07
Image via WikipediaThis falls into the "We'll see if this hybrid engine works" category. Last fall a bunch of big tech players said they will give IPv6 a trial run. That run takes place tomorrow. Google, Facebook and Yahoo are among those giving IPv6 a trial run. Guessing is that
Louderback: 7 Biggest CEO Secrets Accidentally Revealed at AllThingsD
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2011-06-07
Image via WikipediaJim Louderback was a stalwart part of PC Week for many years. Now he is the CEO at Revision 3. And he is still a great writer, especially when he is taking apart the comments of those upper level exec interviews. High tech execs have become much more
Google's Eric Schmidt: Want security, get a Mac, not a PC.
By Eric Lundquist | Posted: 2011-06-01
Image via WikipediaThis is the week that Walt Mossberg holds his popular D9 conference. Walt does a great job at getting key execs (often THE key exec) from Google, Microsoft, Facebook and the entire panoply of tech movers and shakers. Of course D9 wouldn't work without getting those shakers to make
