Blog Posts
HP Cloud Strategy – 2012
HP recently provided an overview of their cloud strategy, which it calls HP Converged Cloud. HP Converged Cloud consists of HP’s cloud architecture, as well as the hardware, software and services necessary to implement and manage HP’s standard cloud delivery options: public, private, managed (by HP) private and hybrid cloud options. With its cloud architecture [...]
Attunity adds ‘Grow Financial Federal Credit Union’ to its client list, we expect more to follow!
Attunity Ltd. (http://www.attunity.com ) recently announced that Grow Financial Federal Credit Union (https://www.growfinancial.org ) had improved IT staff productivity saving 20 hours per month by automating all Grow Financial’s mission-critical file transfer processes. They did this using Attunity’s managed file transfer (MFT) solution (formerly known as RepliWeb-MFT.) Pointing to an additional benefit of enforcing and [...]
IBM PureSystems – What’s all the fuss about?
With the introduction of IBM PureSystems as expert integrated systems, IBM firmly establishes itself as the leader in defining new ways for its customers and partners to realize more benefit at lower cost from the data center They are redefining the role of IT away from being focused on the idiosyncrasies of the physical infrastructure [...]
IBM Pulse 2012 – Part 2 – Content and Attendees
Sessions and Corridor Conversations We only discuss two sessions here, but there were many more well worth attending. Also, see the other comments about Pulse written by other PNA attendees, Mike Karp and Audrey Rasmussen[1]. First, there is the insight provided by Tivoli Development VP, Matt Ellis’ presentation on IBM’s Service Availability and Performance Management [...]
Questions about Oracle’s latest performance claim!
It’s become almost routine for Oracle to make controversial performance claims on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. For a while, they exclusively targeted HP, but more recently they’ve turned their attention to IBM. Their latest ad claiming superiority is shown on the right. We think that it is worthwhile to examine the [...]
Analytics: Do You Mean What I Think You Mean?
“Analytics”, according to IT vendors, can save time, money and improve decision-making. No one would dispute the idea that data that has been filtered, analyzed and synthesized can provide useful information that delivers significant value. Unfortunately, “analytics” is being thrown around generically by vendors in many different contexts, representing a wide range of capabilities that are as different [...]
IBM Smarter Analytics Leadership Summit – 2012
IBM recently held the Smarter Analytics Leadership Summit[1] in NYC where executives and senior staff explained the increasingly influential and essential role that Smart Analytics plays in a data-centric world. The pace of annual data accumulation increased from gigabytes to terabytes to an estimated 2.7 zetabytes (2012), potentially reaching, in the words of EVP Steve [...]
IBM Pulse – Themes and Messages – Part 1
IBM Pulse 2012 – the recently concluded IBM Software Group event was as expected highly energetic, smooth running, entertaining and filled with informed, interesting sessions. The event brought over 8,000 attendees to the MGM Grand Conference Center, exceeding attendance expectations. There is never enough time to see as many demonstrations or interesting sessions as you [...]
Impressions from IBM Pulse
I recently attended IBM Pulse 2012, IBM’s user conference for “optimizing the World’s Infrastructure” (IBM’s tagline for the event). The conference sessions covered a broad array of topics – too much for any individual to absorb — while satisfying the interests of a diverse IT audience. Be forewarned that my perspectives on IBM Pulse are [...]
What IBM customers think… of IBM (part deux)
This is part two on the results of our Buyer Perception Study of IBM customers. PNA conducted its survey at IBM Pulse in early March, talking to IBM customers who define themselves as deciders or key influencers. Readers should remember the population sample consisted of software buyers of IBM’s Tivoli brand: cross-brand comparisons within IBM [...]
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