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Choosing a Cloud Hosting Provider with Confidence

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IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Web Analytics and Big Data Delivery with Pentaho's Ian Fyfe

There is no question that one of the biggest challenges for Big Data today is properly filtering and putting to use all of the information that has been collected. Ian Fyfe, VP of big data product marketing at Pentaho, outlines ways in which companies can not only make good use of the information they are collecting, but also capture the full benefit of the data.  Read More >>

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Companies Have their Head in the Cloud with Big Data - but is it Safe?

Big Data"IT Briefcase Analyst" by David A. Kelly
There is no doubt that Big Data and Cloud Computing are taking the enterprise computing landscape by storm hand-in-hand. Big Data - the ability to effectively capture, manage, and utilize large swaths of different-structure data - has companies with their head in the clouds, as the first enterprise-grade version of a Big Data software platform became available in January.  Read More >>

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Going to Adopt Cloud-Based BI? Here's What to Look for - and What to Avoid

By Farnaz Erfan, Product Marketing Manager at Pentaho
Planning and knowing what to look for in a cloud-based BI implementation is critical to success, and it begins with having a strategy and 'end game' in mind for your cloud-based applications. Here's a quick summary of what to expect - good and bad - as you search for a cloud-based BI solution.  Read More >>

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Managing the BYOD Chaos with Network and Security Information Monitoring and Management

BYODBy Sanjay Castelino, VP, Market Leader Network Management Business at SolarWinds
Enterprise computing, as we know it, is facing a dimensional shift with the widespread diffusion of the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon. While this may be a real boon to the employees making their work environment employee-friendly and personalized, but IT organizations will face challenges in terms of...  Read More >>

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Continuous Governance and Quality Control in a Next-Generation Enterprise Cloud Application Platform

By Dimitrios Kourtesis, Konstantinos Bratanis, Iraklis Paraskakis
Being open to third-party extensions and customizations is becoming an increasingly desirable property for software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms. But what kind of impact does such openness have on a platform's stability and reliability? This is one of the questions that the Information & Knowledge Management group at the South-East European Research Centre (SEERC) has been working to answer.   Read More >>

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Five Actions for Maximizing Your API Value

APIBy Chris Haddad
APIs have existed since the dawn of computing, and they've recently begun to show their star-power. With ecosystem leaders like eBay, Netflix and Amazon using APIs to expose business capabilities across third parties and demonstrating successful API business models, more enterprises are recognizing the API's intrinsic value.  Read More >>

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Three tips for choosing a secure data recovery provider

By Todd Johnson, Vice President of Operations, Kroll Ontrack
By following these simple steps, successful and secure data recovery is possible.  Read the 3 Steps >>

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New Mobile Devices = New Costs?

mobileBy Troy Fulton, Director of Product Marketing, Tangoe
Are your employees asking for the latest mobile device claiming it will make them more efficient? Are you concerned it will cost you more? The problem is that these "anywhere" devices are tied to data plans, and if consumers and employees don't fully understand their mobile data plans, use of the device can, and often will, lead to serious overage fees.  Read More >>

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Steroids are not the Answer to Big Data

By Yves de Montcheuil, Vice President of Marketing, Talend
Until recently, very few companies could reap the rewards that came with the harvesting and analysis of their big data. So just how did these organizations harvest big data? With steroids-driven IT stacks that provide lots of computing power, massively parallel architectures, columnar databases, etc. They also used steroids-driven "data scientists".  Read More >>

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IBM Safe Passage: A Migration Plan for Progress Customers

IBM Safe PassageProgress Software recently announced a divestiture of "non-core" product lines. This webinar is designed specifically for Progress users to guide you to the leading middleware solution in the marketplace today. Capitalize on IBM's migration experience with minimal business disruption.

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VIDEO: Alistair Rennie on becoming a social business

Alistair RennieAlistair Rennie, general manager of social business at IBM, discusses what it means to become a social business, what makes for a successful social strategy, and how social improves the enterprise and customer relationships.  

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VIDEO: The BI Chocolate Cake Problem

IBM SmartCloudA video from LogiXML relating BI problems to chocolate cakes makes it way easier to understand.  

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