Verivo’s new Akula server introduces a class of MEAP

dan.dimassa@innovi.mobi — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Innovi Mobile’s Dan DiMassa virtually sits down with Marc Rosenbaum, Director, Product Marketing, Verivo Software.

Being a CIO is a tough task, let alone when that role is for an entire city! But imagine the pressure and unique scenario if you are CIO of tech’s ground zero – Palo Alto, California. I was delighted to virtually sit down with Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D. to go over his thoughts on enterprise mobil [...]

Event: Global Sourcing - The Next Generation Road Show

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Tue, 28 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. If you’re an outsourcing buyer or provider working in the global marketplace, make sense of it all by attending Outsourcing Institute’s Global Sourcing – The Next Generation Road Show on June 19, 2013, in New York City.

From federal regulations to the changing provider landscape to buyers and providers meeting each other’s most pressing needs, discover how to maximize outsourcing in a dynamic and complex global environment [...]

New Global Research Reveals an Astonishingly Passive Approach to Website Performance

kellie.sturma@lewispr.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Research has shown that even minor delays to website response times can have a sizable impact on customer satisfaction, page views, conversion rates and site abandonment. Despite this, an astonishing percentage of organizations (32%) do not or don’t know if their website is monitored on a 24x7 basis. That’s according to an independent global research study undertaken by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by Borland, a Micro Focus [...]

Mobile CxO Interview: Regev Yativ of Magic Software Enterprises

dan.dimassa@innovi.mobi — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Mobile CxO Interview: Regev Yativ of Magic Software Enterprises

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Webinar: Hadoop for Enterprises: Unleashing Opportunities

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

For decades, companies have based business decisions on transactional data stored in relational databases. But beyond that critical data, every enterprise also has a treasure trove of “Big Data”: non-traditional, less structured data, including weblogs, social media, email, sensor data, and photographs.

When Big Data is mined and integrated with traditional data, companies can achieve a deeper understanding of their operations, resulting in enhanced productivity, stro [...]

CIOs Predict 50% Increase in Number of Business Apps Moving to Mobile but are Struggling to Deliver

kellie.sturma@lewispr.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

CIOs say it takes an average of five months to deliver new versions of mobile applications for existing mobile device updates, confirming they cannot keep up with device vendors releasing updates every couple of months. That’s according to an independent global research study undertaken by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by Borland, a Micro Focus company (LSE: MCRO.L).

When organizations look to reduce costs by following an outsourcing strategy, it’s easy to think about reducing capital expenditures by avoiding purchases of hardware, software licenses and networking bandwidth. But IT executives and their finance colleagues often believe it’s even more important to use outsourcing to reduce operating expenses, because those costs usually recur and often increase over time even without increases in business activity.

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In Private Clouds One Size Does Not Fit All

katef@lewispr.com — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

By Michael Salsburg, chief architect, Cloud Solutions, Unisys
Although we often talk about “the cloud” as if it were a homogenous entity, private cloud computing is very different from public cloud.
As such, an enterprise that has chosen to implement a private cloud has chosen that model because it has very specific service and compliance objectives that cannot be addressed by a public cloud.
Most private clouds are good at spinning up virtual machine [...]

Most Popular Big Data (Bases) and Tools

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

The following is a description of current and emerging Big Data database technologies. The discussion is based on the objectives of these technologies as well as the type of data involved.
First Some Noteworthy Data Facts
An interesting implementation fact in most successful Big Data systems show that that the value of an individual piece of data decreases with time and the value of a collection of data rises with time. Additionally, the value of aggregated data should cont [...]

Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Small Businesses.

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

A recent data breach investigations report from Verizon shows that small businesses continue to be the most victimized of all companies. Is this because there are many more smaller businesses than larger ones - and the larger ones have more resources and layered security mechanisms to combat cyber attacks? The answer depends on a couple of factors.
Of the 621 confirmed data breach incidents Verizon recorded in 2012, close to half occurred at companies with fewer than 1,000 employees, includ [...]

The Future of Mobile Testing: Part 1

kellie.sturma@lewispr.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

There are many challenges facing developers and testers in today’s mobile world. Their products must work smoothly across as many as 1,800 different device and platform combinations, as well as predict what device manufacturers will come up with next – quite a challenge for any organization.
As mobile demand continues to accelerate, developers and testers struggle to keep pace when it comes to mobile quality, performance, and development. Last year year, 708 million people [...]

80% of Companies See Web Attacks in 2012

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Web based attacks are on the rise as cyber criminals and others who do harm to computer systems for profit or malice prey on the Web’s areas of vulnerability, and businesses are feeling the effects of the attacks on their resources. Currently the weakest link is the Web browser. Vulnerabilities in browser add-ons like Java, Flash and Adobe represent a common source of network incursions and endpoint infections. To mitigate these significant business risks many IT security experts suggest a [...]

Two Worlds, Two Languages

alexandra.wildenhaus@lewispr.com — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

I’ve always said that discussions between business and IT people at the planning stage of IT projects are critical to success. However, the fundamental difficulty is that IT and business people do not understand each other well enough – they do not speak the same language. Let’s consider the business implications and suggest how the two parties can bridge the gap.
‘Discussion’ is a conversation: two or more parties exchange views and ideas, arguing about them, [...]

Word of the Day: Exfiltrate

kate.finigan@lewispr.com — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Multiple choice: Exfiltrate is . . .
1. What’s left over after your filter removes harmful substances. “Harry, I think you better change the water filter. The exfiltrate looks cloudy.”2. Removal of a layer of carbon atoms. “Professor, was it hard for those Nobel Prize winners to exfiltrate the graphite to get graphene?”3. To leave a locale to escape prosecution. “Rocky, me and the boys gotta exfiltrate ‘cause things are heating up here.”4. Som [...]

Are IT Procurement Processes an Obstacle to Success?

alexandra.wildenhaus@lewispr.com — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

The success of IT projects is commonly measured by three metrics: did the project deliver on time, within budget and do what it was asked to do? Although there is some controversy over the scale of the problem, there is little doubt that significant underachievement in one or more of the three metrics wastes vast amounts of money. A glance at some of the high profile examples reported in the press shows just how much.
As might be expected, much effort is spent in trying to identify the root [...]

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Verivo’s new Akula server introduces a class of MEAP

Event: Global Sourcing - The Next Generation Road Show

New Global Research Reveals an Astonishingly Passive Approach to Website Performance

Mobile CxO Interview: Regev Yativ of Magic Software Enterprises

Webinar: Hadoop for Enterprises: Unleashing Opportunities

CIOs Predict 50% Increase in Number of Business Apps Moving to Mobile but are Struggling to Deliver

In Private Clouds One Size Does Not Fit All

Most Popular Big Data (Bases) and Tools

Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Small Businesses.

The Future of Mobile Testing: Part 1

80% of Companies See Web Attacks in 2012

Two Worlds, Two Languages

Word of the Day: Exfiltrate

Are IT Procurement Processes an Obstacle to Success?