Archive for category Enterprise Applications

Splunk Makes Its Platform Play

Posted by Jeff Kelly in Analytics, Big Data, Enterprise Applications, Security on January 25, 2013


A Massachusetts company called Prelert released a new application yesterday that combines machine learning and predictive analytics to detect and report anomalous behavior emanating from  IT infrastructure. If that sounds a lot like what Splunk does, you’re right.

In fact,  Anomaly Detective is a downloadable app that runs on top of Splunk Enterprise. The release ties into Splunk’s push to position Splunk Enterprise as a Big Data application development platform as much as a suite of Big Data applications itself. Splunk released a software development kit for JavaScript to GA in October, followed by two new SDKs, one for Java and another for Python, in December.

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Cloud vendors need to rein in the hype for CIOs to pay attention

Posted by Scott Lowe in CIO Perspectives, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Applications on May 22, 2012


Last week, I was dismayed when I read an article from a cloud vendor that I considered to be extremely disrespectful of CIOs.  In short, the article implied that all CIOs are simply anachronistic remnants of the past in every organization because not all CIOs are rushing out and simply throwing every aspect of the IT organization to the cloud and heading home.  In these organizations, the author implies, the CIO and the IT department in general are apparently universally reviled by their business counterparts because of IT’s lack of understanding of the business and unwillingness to simply take orders from every individual business unit.

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The Finest Shade of Blue: #theCUBE @ SAPPHIRE 2012

Posted by Jeff Kelly in Big Data, CIO Perspectives, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Applications, ServicesAngle, Wikibon on May 11, 2012


SAPPHIRE, SAP’s annual mega-show, is just days away. Taking place next week (May 14-16) in Orlando, expectations are high for the German software maker and (now) database player.

At last year’s show, much of the focus was on HANA, SAP’s in-memory database, which promises end-users support for lightening fast analytics against large volumes of data. As I wrote then, SAP is betting the house on HANA, with plans to migrate its entire software and application portfolio onto the new database, as well as rolling out new, HANA-optimized analytic applications. SAP also declared last year that it intended to reach #2 in the database market by 2015.

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Making the case for Network Security

Posted by jcasaretto in Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure 2.0, Security, Wikibon on April 19, 2012


As we continue this journey into the age of big data, cloud, mobility, social media and so forth, vast amounts of data are being generated daily.  The volume of digital information continues to grow with no end in sight.  More and more, personal and company information are becoming more and more digitized, both in storage and transfer.  Securing this information is a growing challenge, and is becoming more complex by the day.  Protecting digital assets means utilizing the best of available technologies and methodologies to achieve security goals.  Not only must they ensure that the quality and performance of the solution is maintained, they must also assure undoubtedly that the information they seek to protect stays uncompromised.

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Inside 5 of North America’s Largest Datacenters

Posted by David Vellante in CIO Perspectives, Enterprise Applications on November 1, 2011


The data center. Featuring state-of-the art technology, multiple millions of square feet of space, the requirement of holding billions of pieces of business and customer information.

What goes into data center infrastructure? Think about rooftop arrays of solar panels generating as much as 4.5 megawatts of power. Lightning prevention systems that detract strikes from a 300 foot radius. Structures designed to withstand a category 5 earthquake.

Check out Wikibon’s latest infographic, highlighting some of the innovative information behind five of North America’s largest data centers.

5 Top Data Centers

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Windows Server 8 – Peek preview

Posted by jcasaretto in Cloud Computing, Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure 2.0 on September 22, 2011


I could get so much material from this one hour video from Microsoft’s Build 2011 on the Channel9 MSDN blog.

This session will introduce the next release of Windows Server, code-named Windows Server “8”. We will talk about the engineering investments we have done in this release along with their benefits. We will also point out opportunities for developers and hardware partners to expand on the new capabilities in the product. This session will include lots of demos illustrating how Windows Server 8 lets our customers and partners move beyond virtualization and embrace a truly cloud optimized OS.

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Electronic Health Records Survey Alerts the Industry on Security, Adoption

Posted by jcasaretto in Big Data, Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure 2.0, Security, Storage on July 29, 2011


A recent survey of consumers conducted by Xerox indicated some surprising results in regards to consumer perception of electronic health records (EHRs). Among other findings, the main concern cited in the report was the threat of hackers stealing information. The article states:

“Nearly 80 percent of respondents who have concerns about digital medical records indicated stolen personal information by a computer hacker to be their number one worry, followed by the threat of lost, damaged or corrupted records at 64 percent and the misuse of information at 62 percent.”

Results also indicated the following:

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Attivio Shows its Big Data Savvy

Posted by Jeff Kelly in Big Data, Enterprise Applications, ServicesAngle on July 25, 2011


Attivio added a handful of new modules to its Active Intelligence Engine platform today that allow users to tap into the power if Big Data. The AIE Extreme Modules include connectors to Big Data sources, namely Hadoop, as well as MPP data warehouses from vendors including HP Vertica, EMC Greenplum, IBM Netezza and Oracle.

Also included are a new recommendation engine that analyzes user-generated Big Data to suggest targeted products and services to customers and a new classification engine that classifies documents based on pre-determined rules and categories.

The new modules, particularly the Hadoop connector, are important developments for both Attivio and its current (and potential) customers.

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SAP Looks to Reinvent Itself with Social Media, Collaboration Capabilities

Posted by Jeff Kelly in Enterprise Applications on June 1, 2011


For 40 years, the German software maker SAP AG has built steady, reliable if not particularly user-friendly enterprise applications based around core business processes. The classic example is SAP’s ERP suite, which dutifully ticks all the business process boxes: materials management, order fulfillment, sales and operations planning, etc.

But the world has changed over the last four decades, not least in terms of how people communicate with one another. Today, social media and social networking technology is central to our personal lives. We tap Facebook to keep in touch with far-flung friends and family. Twitter keeps us connected to events happening around the world in real-time. Foursquare allows us to share our whereabouts with close relations and strangers alike.

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