Oracle extends cloud offering with BlueKai

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire BlueKai, a cloud-based big data platform that enables companies to personalise online, offline and mobile marketing campaigns with richer and more actionable information about targeted audiences. The BlueKai solution includes...

The future of distribution in the cloud

Over the past few decades a whole industry has built itself on the distribution and resale of hardware and software — an industry that is now under threat as software sales move online and entire services move into the cloud. But, says Jessica van Wyk channel...

Visa enables cloud-based mobile payments

Visa has announced it is offering clients new options to securely deploy mobile payment programs, including for the first time an option to host Visa payWave-enabled accounts in a secure, virtual cloud. The move expands Visa’s support for mobile payments globally and...

NetApp delivers new unified storage solution

Customers moving to unbound clouds struggle to manage their data freely across both private and public clouds. To address this challenge, NetApp delivers new unified, scale-out innovations that enable enterprise customers to flexibly and efficiently manage and control...

CIOs are at the centre of value creation

Global trends like big data, cloud computing and advanced security threats are challenging the relationship between IT and the business, forcing a new operating model for IT. As a result, today’s CIOs must act as independent service providers, competing for the end...