Cloud Computing And Big Data The cloud is all about applications, media and information. But of the three, media seems to be the largest with applications coming in at close second, while information ranks last place. But what we are seeing in the last two years suggests that information and other data is gaining ground and will soon overtake the other two in terms of relevance, at [...]

It was announced last week that Amazon Web Services had improved storage capabilities that could handle data intensive applications. The new storage designs are dubbed High Storage Eight Extra Large, and compliment applications with large amounts of data. Warehousing, Hadoop workloads and log processing are included in this. Amazon stated: “We know that these applications can generate or consume tremendous amounts of data and [...]

The Finnish handset maker, Nokia, stated last week that it and Research In Motion will enter into a new patent licensing agreement; this move will stabalize all litigation between both smartphone makers. Although the details of the deal were not disclosed, Nokia stated that one-time and ongoing payments will be released from RIM. The chief intellectual property officer at Nokia, Paul Melin, stated: “We [...]

Happy 2013, may it be a great year. What’s ahead for UC? Of course, no one knows for certain, but luckily we have some expert opinions. And based on the predictions I’ve seen, it will be a great year. Here’s a sample of what’s predicted and what just might be in store. Cisco HCS Eric Schoch posted six views on where hosted UC is [...]

Red Hat Inc., the commercial open-source software company, announced its acquisition of ManageIQ for approximately $104 million in cash. The transaction is set to close in the first quarter of 2013. ManageIQ is an enterprise cloud management and automation software provider based in New Jersey. ManageIQ’s software is said to enable business organizations to deploy and manage private clouds, virtualized infrastructures, and virtual desktops [...]

Unified communications (UC) has been talked about for years, but until Apple introduced the first multi-modal smartphone in 2007, there was relatively little benefit to end users sitting at their desktops or even using cell phones. Now that there is huge consumer adoption of mobile smartphones and tablets, the UC market has exploded in many ways. There are now lots of forecasts about the [...]

The holiday season is in swing, and following news of Dell’s purchasing of Credant Technologies last week, it has now emerged that Oracle has also acquired the provider of cloud-based marketing automation and revenue performance management, Eloqua Inc. The acquisition within the tech industry was finalized for the price of $23.50 per share (around $871 million total) of Eloqua’s cash. This gives Eloqua the [...]

Catalyst Telecom, a ScanSource, Inc. sales unit and a distributor of voice, video, and data convergence solutions, enhances its enterprise video conferencing solutions by expanding its sales portfolio to include Radvision’s Scopia. Radvision, a provider of video conferencing solutions over IP and wireless networks, was acquired by Avaya for approximately $230 million in March 2012. Catalyst Telecom is set to incorporate Avaya’s Scopia XT [...]