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 Big Data as we know it today is more aligned to the analytical processing of large quantities of data. All the predominant use cases identified by the big data product vendors are more aligned with analytical processing. For example one of the major use case of Big Data is about utiliz...Jun. 19, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 601 |
 “The cloud opportunity is helping C-suite leaders reshape customer experience," said Paul Papas, Global Leader Smarter Commerce, IBM Global Business Services, as IBM today unveiled an extensive array of cloud solutions designed for the C-suite.
“As part of IBM's digital front office...Jun. 19, 2013 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 937 |
 "We really do things differently than anyone else in this space," declared SoftLayer CEO Lance Crosby, in a Q&A published yesterday in conjunction with IBM's announcement of its definitive agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. "We provide bare metal dedicated servers with t...Jun. 6, 2013 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,641 |
 IBM Tuesday said it’s going to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, the Dallas-based outfit that’s supposed to be the largest privately held Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider in the world.
Terms were not disclosed but the good ole rumor mill, touched off by a Reuters report in March ab...Jun. 5, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,553 |
 "Cloud computing in the enterprise is all about workloads," said Ric Telford is Vice President of IBM Cloud Services, as IBM today announced its intent to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. - the well-respected provider of a wide array of options for hosting applications in the cloud...Jun. 4, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,460 |
 Enterprises should have a clear understanding of potential security benefits and risks associated with cloud computing to set realistic expectations with their cloud provider. With this baseline knowledge, enterprises can effect changes in security and privacy that are in the best inte...May. 31, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,082 |
 “Social, mobile, analytics and cloud can’t be looked at as distinct technology trends; they are facets of the same movement and an everyday reality for consumers and businesses alike,” said Craig Sowell, IBM VP of SmartCloud Marketing, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference C...May. 26, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,181 |
 Service Component Architecture (shortly referred as SCA) is a technology for creating services from components. SCA is a set of OASIS standards and part of it is developed with the collaboration of vendors from open source community, referred as “OSOA” Open SOA. SCA helps to build syst...May. 18, 2013 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,770 |
 Speed-to-market and improving ROI for new cloud services are an important element for adopting cloud computing. Open source technology translates into savings for clients in terms of flexibility and interoperability. OpenStack is leading the way in open source for IaaS, capturing the a...May. 13, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,331 |
 The supposed talks between IBM and Lenovo over the Chinese company buying IBM’s x86 server unit have reportedly broken down over price, which should come as a surprise to no one.
Wong Wai Ming Lenovo’s CFO and chief negotiator reportedly left Armonk, got on a plane and went back to H...May. 6, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,989 |
 Everyone is virtualizing, but are they realizing any of the promised savings? This overview of IBM's new virtualization optimization solutions will show you how integrated Cloud Solutions like SmartCloud Provisioning and SmartCloud Monitoring can deliver the savings virtualization prom...Apr. 30, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,648 |
 In an internal reorg, IBM's Tivoli, Maximo, TRIRIGA, Endpoint Manager, and Netcool branded offerings, as well as its SmartCloud service management offerings, are now to be clustered under an "overarching umbrella" called IBM Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure. The new division, says IBM, r...Apr. 30, 2013 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,665 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that IBM has been named “Diamond Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
IBM has helped thousands of clients adopt cloud models and manages millions ...Apr. 29, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,831 |
 On today's Smarter Planet, enterprises are turning to the cloud to revamp existing business models and manage an unprecedented rate of change. In fact, the number of enterprises moving to cloud computing will double within the next few years as they seek to transition IT from a cost ce...Apr. 29, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 7,561 |
 OSGi is the latest component model to join the bandwagon of component models, which provides a platform for component oriented development and assembly. OSGi framework is a standards based platform whose specifications are provided by the OSGi Alliance (www.osgi.org, formerly OSGi was ...Apr. 26, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,699 |
 Hibernate is one of the most used ORM Java frameworks out there. It is really simple to use, just add few annotations and you’re ready to go. However, it is also really easy to experience strange behaviors and bugs if you don’t respect Hibernate’s best practices. That’s why at Tocea we...Apr. 26, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,659 |
 What's the difference between "DBaaS" and "DRaaS"? What's the current status of Hadoop? What's the US Government doing right now in the Cloud? How about the financial industry? Why is the Cloud so important to the Big Data boom?
Which cloud model is right for your company? How can y...Apr. 26, 2013 01:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,500 |
 IBM said Monday that it’s bought UrbanCode, a Cleveland concern that automates software delivery and is good at releasing and updating mobile, social, Big Data and cloud applications. Terms were not disclosed.
Its technology is supposed to reduce the cycle time it takes to get updates...Apr. 24, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,883 |
 IBM reportedly wants to dump its x86 server business and, according to CRN, Lenovo, the Chinese company that bought its PC operation in 2004 and now wants to grow its server interests, is likely to buy it since it’s the only company in active acquisition negotiations.
Big Blue will s...Apr. 21, 2013 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,350 |
 Our more interconnected planet is accelerating the adoption and convergence of next-generation architectures, in the form of cloud, mobile and instrumented physical assets. Organizations that can effectively balance optimization and innovation, will be in a position to leverage new sys...Apr. 13, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,839 |
 The Java Virtual Machine specification limits the size of generated Java byte code for each method in a class to the maximum of 64K bytes. This limitation will cause the JVM throw java.lang.VerifyError at runtime when the method size exceeds this limit.
This method size restriction o...Apr. 9, 2013 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,202 |
 Hibernate is an open source Java persistence framework project. Perform powerful object relational mapping and query databases using HQL and SQL.
In general the widely used libraries are well designed and implemented, and it's very interesting to learn from them some coding best pra...Apr. 7, 2013 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,596 |
 OpenXava is a framework for Rapid Java Web Development, well-suited for business and database oriented applications. OpenXava allows you to develop applications just by writing simple domain classes with Java or Groovy. The user interface is generated automatically in runtime, without ...Apr. 3, 2013 01:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,662 |
 A component is a reusable software entity. A component is a deployable piece of software that can be independently developed and maintained. In the previous article –Componentizing a Monolithic Application in Java, we discussed the need for componentizing applications to get the benefi...Mar. 22, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,911 |
 Late last Thursday a Reuters exclusive hit the wires saying IBM and EMC as well as other unidentified folks are talking acquisition with SoftLayer Technologies, the Dallas-based cloud and web hosting company founded in 2005. It said the price could be over $2 billion and that SoftLayer...Mar. 19, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,030 |
 Managed server hosting refers to a hosting company managing servers for its clients and providing them with the tools and resources necessary to run their businesses. Hosting companies employ full-time administrators that maintain the servers – something that users would have found the...Mar. 19, 2013 06:56 AM EDT Reads: 1,305 |
 Log analysis is a unique use case that is being leveraged in multiple ways to gain deep insight into activities generated by multiple sources.
A common theme heard in the IT marketplace is that innovative technologies are enabling new insights to be harvested from data. Cloud computin...Mar. 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,369 |
 A brand new Red Hat spin-off wants to support servers whether they’re physical or virtual, on-premise or in the cloud.
It’s called AnsibleWorks and the open source automation software it’s promoting is called Ansible.
The Ansible open source project was run up last year by one of t...Mar. 7, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 3,502 |
 Big Blue put its back into OpenStack Monday at its Pulse conference in Las Vegas, almost a year after lending its name to the open source cloud platform started by Rackspace and NASA – which has abandoned it.
It announced that “its cloud services and software will be based on an open...Mar. 6, 2013 07:00 AM EST Reads: 2,679 |
 A component is a reusable software entity that is developed and deployed independently. Component based software development has many architectural advantages. In the previous article Componentizing a Monolithic Application in Java, we learnt the need for componentizing applications fo...Mar. 3, 2013 02:15 PM EST Reads: 3,361 |
 I have had the opportunity to lead dozens of software development projects which I love doing. I have also had the opportunity to watch dozens of software development project from the sidelines, while working on my own project, or in place as a consultant to accomplish something other ...Feb. 25, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 2,372 |
 Pity IBM won’t say what it spent on mobile last year sans acquisitions, but whatever it was it’s going to double it this year under a big new “ second wave” initiative decreed by its new CEO Ginni Rometty, who has apparently sensed an inflection point that will grow Blue by a few billi...Feb. 25, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 3,495 |
 Now that you have the JavaScript skills that you need for using jQuery, you’re ready to learn jQuery. So, in this excerpt, you’ll learn a working subset of jQuery that will get you off to a fast start.
When you complete this section, you’ll have all the jQuery skills that you need fo...Feb. 19, 2013 08:30 AM EST Reads: 5,697 |
 Although a lot has been talked about becoming a social business, adoption is not universal in enterprises.
I have attended IBM's Lotusphere conference many times, but this year was a different experience. The long-familiar yellow Lotus branded signs were missing as the conference was ...Feb. 18, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 3,939 |
 IBM is out to push its Power-based servers into Big Data and the cloud.
Its problem is the cheap commodity servers sold by HP and Dell.
Its answer Tuesday was to cut the price of its proprietary hardware by as much as 50%.
That was the day it unveiled a line of eight Power 7+-bas...Feb. 8, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 3,987 |
 If I was going to use one word to describe this book, it would be 'masterpiece'. This is one of the most well put together books I have ever read. It is in full-color, covers a wide variety of topics, and covers them in depth.
This book goes well beyond simply teaching you how to us...Feb. 7, 2013 10:00 AM EST Reads: 2,264 |
 IBM says it is buying the software portfolio of Star Analytics Inc, a privately held business analytics firm in California, on undisclosed terms.
The acquisition, another in a string of Big Data and analytics acquisitions, is supposed to advance IBM’s business analytics initiatives s...Feb. 5, 2013 10:00 AM EST Reads: 2,987 |
 Component-oriented development has many architectural advantages. In spite of this, many developers tend to solve problems the monolithic way on the first go. This article demonstrates how a monolithic design can be modified to achieve component-based design. During this conversion pro...Jan. 28, 2013 05:00 AM EST Reads: 5,009 |
 What if you could make informed decisions on critical business issues by leveraging insights from the volume, velocity and variety of structured and unstructured data?
Register for January’s TechTalk, and you'll discover how to combine the big data processing capabilities of IBM Info...Jan. 22, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 4,247 |
 EPractize Labs offers mock exam simulator with study guide for OCEJWCD 6 (SCWCD 6) certification and it was released during OCE Web Component Certification beta stage itself.
The software kit, OCEJWCD 6 Certification Training Lab Kit contains 706 practice questions with brief expla...Jan. 18, 2013 09:50 AM EST Reads: 2,675 |
