Aug 20, 2013
Much has been said about big data, but the real question to be answered is whether the technology is being used by company, and what value it offers. Analyst Steven Ambrose points out that 50-billion devices will soon be connected to the Internet, adding to the wealth...
Aug 20, 2013
Companies face the challenge of unlocking their businesses in the new global economy. Michael Jackson, guest speaker at the Hitachi Innovation Forum, points out that people, every day, generate staggering numbers. Every 24 hours, we will do $736-billion of business –...
Aug 20, 2013
Businesses are seeing rapid changes driven by a variety of factors. What they all have in common is a need to build IT systems that help them to manage challenges, in order to achieve better competitiveness and profitability. Bob Plumridge, EMEA chief technology...
Aug 20, 2013
Big data – possibly running in the cloud – is a dream for many companies, but an efficient content management infrastructure can help them to realise this dream. This is according to Stuart Cheverton, speaking at the Hitachi Innovation Forum today....
Aug 20, 2013
The concept of IT as a service is not a new one, but storage needs to transform as well in order to become more service-oriented. Tony Reid, EMEA pre-sales director at Hitachi Data Systems, told the Hitachi Innovation Forum that companies face a number of challenges...
Aug 20, 2013
Technology advances like flash arrays are key weapons in the CIO’s arsenal, and important in helping to deliver cost-effective, flexible and easy-to-use IT systems. Accelerated flash builds on the HDS foundation, says HDS’ Werner Coetzee. Companies today are facing...
