Cloud and big data providers spent the first quarter of 2012 adding services to their product lines that they hope will…
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The big machine: creating value out of machine-driven big data
Big data continues to offer more and more opportunity for businesses. By analyzing the information already in an organization, executives can…
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A cloud-computing market forecast
Cloud computing is made up of three key segments: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings. We forecast…
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Big data: beyond analytics
Key to understanding big data is to move beyond simply examining the technology for data storage and analytics engines in order…
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Why service providers matter for the future of big data
One major solution to the big data skills shortage has been the emergence of consulting and outsourcing firms specializing in deploying…
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A near-term outlook for big data
Big data now touches everything from enterprises and hospitals to smart-meter startups and connected devices in the home. Hadoop, meanwhile, is…
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10 ways big data changes everything
Industries like Internet search, genomics, climate research and business analytics are starting to create massive data sets — in the petabyte…
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Six security dangers Web startups should know and how to counter them
Rapid growth phases at startups are invariably accompanied by an escalating number of attacks and the need to respond to those,…
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Updated: How Amazon’s DynamoDB is rattling the big data and cloud markets
If you don’t like disruption, you won’t like Amazon, and you especially won’t like its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services…
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Infrastructure Q4: Big data gets bigger and SaaS startups shine
Continuing a yearlong trend, the fourth quarter in big IT was all about big data, and Hadoop in particular. At this…
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Cloud computing 2012: a pessimist’s guide
How does the cloud market for the next year look? There will be no silver linings or lemonade. This research note,…
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Quality of the cloud: best practices for ISVs
This report is intended to provide ISVs with guidance on partnering with hosting companies, establishing criteria for selecting a hosting service,…
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