IBM unlocks big data in the cloud

IBM unlocks big data in the cloud

IBM inventors have patented a technique for combining big data from distributed cloud services with data stored on local IT systems, to gain new insights that can enable businesses to more efficiently and effectively market and serve their customers. The cloud...

Stratus releases OpenStack cloud software

Stratus Technologies, the leading provider of availability solutions, today launched a beta program aimed at improving the reliability of cloud infrastructures. The program will test Stratus’ next-generation suite of software solutions that enable always-on clouds...

Resellers must adapt or die in cloud era

By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – Resellers who cling to their traditional ways of doing business face the very real danger of going out of business as the new era of cloud computing starts to take hold in the market. Thomas Ehrlich, NetApp’s vice-president...

Watson takes big data analytics to the cloud

For the first time, IBM Watson technology is available as a development platform in the cloud, to enable a worldwide community of software application providers to build a new generation of apps infused with Watson’s cognitive computing intelligence. The move...

A cross-section of HR in the cloud

Small, medium and large businesses across virtually every sector are realising the potential of cloud computing within their HR functions. This is according to HR software start-up Piilo Software’s CEO Phil Lötter. “Since the official launch of Piilo in May, our...