Monthly Archives: February 2012

Informatica’s stretch goal

This guest post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is senior analyst at Ovum. Informatica is within a year or two of becoming a $1 billion company, and the CEO’s stretch goal is to get to $3b. Informatica … Continue reading

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Embarcadero Technologies CEO Wayne Williams on how AppWave newly modernizes PCs via App Store convenience

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Get a free AppWave download. Sponsor: Embarcadero Technologies. There’s a huge productivity gap between modern software and the aging manner in which most enterprises … Continue reading

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Enterprise architecture and enterprise transformation: Related but distinct concepts that can change the world

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: The Open Group. For some, if you want enterprise transformation, you really need the organizing benefits of enterprise architecture (EA) to succeed. For … Continue reading

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Interact with HP experts on latest cloud-enablement strategies at Feb. 29 online event

Cloud computing trends are now driving the need for a different approach to data center transformation. The disruptions caused by the slack economy, data explosion and Big Data analysis, mobile computing, and social interactions are having a profound effect. Enterprises … Continue reading

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Architecture and change: The proper end is fitness for purpose

This guest post comes courtesy of Leonard Fehskens, Vice President of Skills and Capabilities at The Open Group. By Leonard Fehskens The enterprise transformation theme of The Open Group’s San Francisco conference reminded me of the common assertion that architecture … Continue reading

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HP’s Gen8 servers attack data center woes head on with better management, automation, and energy conservation to cut total costs

HP today took direct aim at the ever-increasing costs of data centers and managing an explosion of data by announcing a new generation of automated and efficient hardware. The new generation of ProLiant servers includes better internal management, powerful automation … Continue reading

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Cloudscaling wants to make OpenStack webscale

Reblogged from GigaOM: Cloud computing consultancy Cloudscaling is realigning its business around the open-source OpenStack framework, and it has a message for the world: If you want to use open-source software but operate like Amazon Web Services, we’re your man. … Continue reading

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Oracle buys Taleo in a $1.9B response to SAP

Reblogged from GigaOM: Oracle(s orcl) is buying Taleo (s tleo), a “cloud-based talent management” company for $1.9 billion or $46 a share.  Oracle said Taleo’s SaaS services will become part of the Oracle public cloud.   Taleo could bring both more … Continue reading

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NewSQL pioneer Clustrix delivers free software-only kit to demo shard-less MySQL scaling, unveils a poster child use at Twoo

There’s a lot to like about MySQL databases if you’re a start-up, until success comes knocking a bit too fast. When big data demand soars then MySQL can sour on making the transactions needed on time. Sharding the application and … Continue reading

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Five tips enterprise architects can learn from the Winchester Mystery House

This guest post comes courtesy of E.G. Nadhan of HP Enterprise Services. By E.G.Nadhan, HP Enterprise Services Not far from where The Open Group Conference was held in San Francisco this week is the Winchester Mystery House, once the personal … Continue reading

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