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Finding the HBO or the Netflix of the enterprise: What we’ve all been waiting...
If you spent days digging through old TV Guides or perusing decade-old reviews in Entertainment Weekly, you wouldn’t be able to find a period of time with more television program – or channel –...
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An analysis of Windows Azure’s strengths and weaknesses
Windows Azure is emerging as a credible cloud platform for both startups and enterprises. Here is our analysis of the key factors that turned its fate around, and what it must do to stay relevant. An...
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What communications service providers need to improve and transform their...
Network functions virtualization includes many technologies that will enable communications service providers to create more agile networks and reduce operating costs. What communications service...
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Microsoft and Oracle solidify cloud coexistence as Amazon’s cloud turns 8
The week in cloud: Oracle and Microsoft put the finishing touches on a surprise alliance announced in June. What brought these two rivals together? A common adversary. Microsoft and Oracle solidify...
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Data discovery tools and companies to watch in 2014
Self-service will be the most powerful market force in data discovery, with mobile support almost as critical. Currently Datameer and Tableau are the best-positioned data-discovery suppliers. Splunk,...
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MachineShop raises $3M to get existing sensor data onto the internet of things
Getting machines online isn't a big problem in the sensor-laden world of the enterprise, but figuring out how to turn that data into a web-facing service is tough. MachineShop wants to help....
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What today’s companies need to bridge the sales automation-to-CRM gap
A new generation of contact-management capabilities is required for enterprises, and modern CRM solutions from companies like Contactually, Nimble, and Introhive point to how the market needs to...
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Better late than never? Oracle adds OpenStack support to Solaris
The week in cloud: Oracle furthers its OpenStack committment in its new Solaris 11.2 release and Red Hat surprises ecosystem with Inktank/Ceph buy. Better late than never? Oracle adds OpenStack support...
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Tech world stunned as court rules Oracle can own APIs, Google loses copyright...
A court surprised many in the tech and legal community by deciding a basic tool of software architecture can be owned by Oracle. Tech world stunned as court rules Oracle can own APIs, Google loses...
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Oracle v. Google ruling shows why cloud players may have steered clear of...
Fear of litigation may have prevented cloud providers from adopting AWS APIs to begin with and today's Oracle ruling may have proved them prescient. Oracle v. Google ruling shows why cloud players may...
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Bringing in-memory transaction processing to the masses: an analysis of...
For IT decision-makers and architects, there is enough inexpensive memory capacity on mainstream servers for SQL DBMSs to be optimized around the speed of in-memory data rather than the performance...
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Oregon governor wants to sue Oracle over healthcare site debacle
The strained relationship between Oregon and Oracle goes from bad to worse: Governor John Kitzhaber seeks legal action against the vendor over its work on Cover Oregon. Oregon governor wants to sue...
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Chris Pinkham, former Amazon whiz, exits Oracle
Chris Pinkham helped build the EC2 foundation for Amazon Web Services before starting up Nimbula, which Oracle bought a year ago. Chris Pinkham, former Amazon whiz, exits Oracle originally published by...
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Bringing Hadoop to the mainframe
Mainframes still account for 60 percent or more of global enterprise transactions. Bringing Hadoop to the mainframe originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014. Continue reading….
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Gigaom Research survey: Tell us your thoughts on marketing-tech platforms
Big players like Adobe, Salesforce, IBM and Oracle offer suites of tools for managing marketing technology. Some call them "marketing clouds." Give us your thoughts on what forces are shaping the...
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How streaming data and machine learning impact the bottom line
New techniques and technologies are emerging, but things are nonetheless becoming more integrated. How streaming data and machine learning impact the bottom line originally published by Gigaom, ©...
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What mattered in cloud in the second quarter of 2014
During the second quarter of 2014 we saw the rise of Docker as well as a few providers pushing harder to the cloud, the government finally beginning to make significant movement to the cloud, and the...
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SAP throws in with the OpenStack crowd
Business applications giant SAP is now an official sponsor of the OpenStack Foundation. Not sure what took it so long. SAP throws in with the OpenStack crowd originally published by Gigaom, © copyright...
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Expense this? Concur Technologies said to be on the block
Concur Technologies, which fields SaaS-based expense report and travel management for businesses, is for sale, according to Bloomberg News. Expense this? Concur Technologies said to be on the block...
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So, huge changes at Oracle with Ellison stepping down right? Wrong!
The more things change ... Ellison may no longer be Oracle's CEO-for-life, but he's still running the show. So, huge changes at Oracle with Ellison stepping down right? Wrong! originally published by...
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Oracle CEO changes — laying out the conspiracy theories
The week in cloud: Oracle CEO change bombshell-that-may-not-be-a-bombshell overshadowed a week that also brought more OpenStack cloud M&A. Oracle CEO changes — laying out the conspiracy theories...
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Ericsson mind melds with Apcera, Talko takes on communications, and what’s up...
Jason Hoffman, the former Joyent CTO who's now spearheading Ericsson's cloud computing show talks about what he and Apcera are up to. In addition, the Oracle succession saga, Talko talks, and what's up...
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Oracle dives into cloud (again), and this time it really means it
This week in cloud: It was all-cloud-all-the-time at Oracle OpenWorld as Larry Ellison again vowed that Oracle will lead the world in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Good luck with that says AWS, Salesforce.com,...
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Don’t write off that HP-EMC merger just yet
The specter of an HP-EMC merger loomed large over Monday morning's Hewlett-Packard analyst call, which was held to discuss HP's impending split into two public companies. Don’t write off that HP-EMC...
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Hadoop projects dominated the third-quarter big data market
The third quarter showed clear signs of Hadoop’s maturation and the industry’s maturity in working with it. Meanwhile, megavendors continued to build out their big data and analytics portfolios. Hadoop...
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Google urges Supreme Court to act on Oracle ruling, shut down copyright...
Unless the Supreme Court steps in, companies like Oracle are set to own small pieces of code that are the basic building blocks used by developers in all sorts of technology. Here's Google's petition...
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How cloud computing is changing enterprise security
The rise of cloud computing has led to the reassessment of how both cloud and non-cloud systems approach security. Considering the complex and distributed nature of cloud-based platforms, security...
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Which key trends will shape mobile application development in 2015?
Mobile application development is becoming increasingly complex. Vendors and developers need to be ready for the key disruptors that will shape the development landscape in 2015 and beyond. Which key...
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How in-memory database products are changing the enterprise market
The landscape of data solutions has been significantly disrupted in the last several years, on multiple fronts. Another such disruption is taking place now, with the mainstreaming of in-memory database...
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Oracle “say on pay” proposal narrowly defeated by shareholders
Shareholders voted down the Say on Pay proposal again at Oracle, but the margin of defeat was narrower than last year and the year before. Oracle “say on pay” proposal narrowly defeated by shareholders...
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Shocker: Lots of new product-and-feature news at AWS confab, but nary a price...
At AWS Re:Invent, Amazon may be signaling an end to the race to the bottom with lots of higher-end products and services, but not a mention of price cuts. There is another day to go, but still....
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More from Facebook on its new networking architecture
Facebook's networking guru Najam Ahmad on why the company had to go to core-and-pod from less module cluster technology. More from Facebook on its new networking architecture originally published by...
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Oracle humbly suggests that you try its cloud
Oracle, which was late to cloud, nonetheless has arrived in time for mission-critical apps to make the cloud leap, according to the company’s new top cloud exec Shawn Price. An SAP veteran, Price...
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Think AWS doesn’t have designs on in-house apps? Think again.
Some people still see Amazon Web Services as “out there” and think of their own on-premises servers as islands onto themselves. But, as we keep being reminded, Amazon has ambitions to reach right into...
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Former cloud pariah Oracle claims stronger cloud sales
Oracle, which ramped up its cloud marketing and product rollouts over the past year, touted some encouraging signs for that business in its second quarter, ending November 30. Revenue from cloud...
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Red Hat’s success aside, it’s hard to profit from free
Red Hat, which just reported a profit of $47.9 million (or 26 cents a share) on revenue of $456 million for its third quarter, has managed to pull off a tricky feat: It’s been able to make money off of...
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Oracle’s at it again: Acquires data broker Datalogix
Oracle continues to build its cloud-and-data arsenal, announcing its intention to buy Datalogix, a data marketing specialist that gleans consumer sentiment data via pacts with Facebook and Twitter and...
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Watchdog group urges FTC to scrutinize latest Oracle deal
The Center for Digital Democracy wants the Federal Trade Commission to really look over Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Datalogix, announced Monday morning. The combined consumer data gathered by (via...
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Oracle names Thomas Kurian president
When Oracle CEO Larry Ellison promoted co-presidents Safra Catz and Mark Hurd to co-CEOs in September, a slot opened up for a new president. Now Thomas Kurian, an 18-year veteran with the company, will...
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Oracle names former CIA director Leon Panetta to its board
Leon Panetta, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA director under President Obama, is now an Oracle director. Panetta served as defense secretary from 2011 to 2013 and led the CIA from 2009 to...
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SAP’s lower profit guidance blamed on “tough” cloud transition
SAP, like its enterprise software competitors, has been talking cloud for years, putting a ton of effort into promoting HANA as a cloud-enabled in-memory database for example. But early Tuesday, a...
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What businesses gain when Hadoop and data warehouse technology converge
With virtually every Hadoop distribution vendor offering SQL-on-Hadoop solutions, the key factor in the market is now the integration between Hadoop and data warehouse technology. What businesses gain...
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The cloud computing market in 2015
Despite multibillion-dollar earnings and the continued birth of new startups, both buyers and suppliers still grapple with what the cloud computing industry will become and what their place within it...
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Not a shocker: SAP puts HANA at center of new biz apps push
When you hear from SAP these days, the software giant always leads with HANA, its in-memory database. HANA is to SAP what Watson is to IBM — proof that just because a company is getting along in years...
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Oracle paid north of $1.2B for Datalogix, says WSJ
Right before Christmas, when announced plans to buy Datalogix it didn’t detail price. Now, The Wall Street Journal, (paywall) is filling in the blanks, reporting that the price tag is $1.2 billion,...
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Will calling Boston “CEO City” make it so?
John Cullinane, who co-founded what many characterize as the industry’s first standalone software startup back in 1968 near Boston, thinks the city could do itself a favor in attracting corporate...
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Private cloud? Public cloud? Rackspace erases the difference
Rackspace is going to stop distinguishing between the money it makes from public cloud and what it derives from “dedicated” cloud, a category that encompasses a bunch of options. Well that’s one way to...
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What to know when planning an OpenStack deployment
Knowing the different ways in which an OpenStack cloud can be deployed will ensure a successful and sustainable solution to local business requirements. What to know when planning an OpenStack...
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How work media tools are shaping business in 2015
Mobility, digital-work culture, and collaboration own the ever-evolving work-media landscape in 2015, and influence the business tools we use each day. How work media tools are shaping business in 2015...
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New Relic drafts former Oracle exec to lead biz dev
New Relic has named John Gray, a former long-time channel exec for Oracle, as its new SVP of business development. Gray, who was most recently at LivePerson, brings long experience dealing with channel...
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