September 1, 2010 9:14 AM PDT
by Dave Rosenberg
The results of a new survey from application performance management provider AppDynamics shows that despite all the hype around virtualization, most companies haven’t yet virtualized their mission-critical applications.
Despite widely acknowledging the benefits of virtualization, most companies noted that they need more evidence that mission-critical [...]
July 14, 2010 4:05 PM PDT
by Dave Rosenberg
A new developer survey report from open-source business intelligence vendor Jaspersoft shows that there has been minimal fallout from Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, and that Java and MySQL seem to be doing just fine in their new home.
These results contrast with the latest [...]
July 14, 2010 12:01 AM PDT
by Dave Rosenberg
Despite the fact that the state is constantly teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, California remains at the top of the venture capital heap churning out the most deals with the most dollar volume in the second quarter of 2010.
A new report from [...]
June 24, 2010 10:50 AM PDT
by Dave Rosenberg
(Credit:
Apache Hadoop)
Puppet Labs announced on Thursday that Adobe Systems is publishing code for managing Hadoop on the Puppet Forge community development site. (Disclosure: I am an adviser to Puppet Labs.)
Puppet is an open-source data center automation and configuration management framework aiming to provide system [...]
June 23, 2010 3:01 AM PDT
by Dave Rosenberg
The massive amounts of data being created on the Web and the rise of cloud computing together make an ideal environment for alternative database technologies to thrive. And the Web is often proving to be just an entry point for bleeding-edge technology to be [...]
June 11, 2010 2:29 PM PDT
by Dave Rosenberg
Customer intelligence on your iPhone
(Credit:
Medallia)
In a recent conversation about predictive analytics, I learned how Wal-Mart Stores uses statistical modeling to better understand the habits and tendencies of its customers–and how businesses can use this data to drive competitive pricing to dominate a market.
Imagine [...]