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Data Management #1 Technology for Insurance Industry

By Melody Smith | January 14, 2011

In a list of six hot technologies that will demand carriers’ attention during the coming year and impact the insurance industry in 2011, data management led the pack.

Visioning the Future of Cloud Computing

By Melody Smith | January 7, 2011

Cloud computing has exploded. So much so that it makes you wonder what the future holds for this technological evolution. That is exactly what one writer did as he meticulously described a future data center and the artificial intelligence that will run it.

SaaS-Based Corporate Action Events Minimize Costs

By Melody Smith | January 4, 2011

The concept of SaaS clouds has gained significance with services being hosted in a common cloud environment within the enterprise or outside the enterprise.

Keynote Speakers for EDW 2011 Named

By Melody Smith | December 30, 2010

For the 15th year, Enterprise Data World (EDW) and DAMA International will host a conference on April 3 – 7, 2011 at the Chicago Sheraton and Towers.This year’s hot topics will include master data management, data in the cloud, data governance, information quality, metadata, enterprise information management, business analytics and Big Data.

Standards Help Maintain Security in the Clouds

By Melody Smith | December 28, 2010

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) launched revision 1.1 of the CCM Security Controls Matrix, which is designed to provide fundamental security principles to guide cloud vendors and to assist prospective cloud customers in assessing the overall security risk of a cloud provider.

Synthesys v3.0 Released

By Melody Smith | December 13, 2010 |

Digital Reasoning Systems Inc. released their flagship solution for cloud-scale analytics in government and commercial markets – Synthesys v3.0.

Ireland in the Clouds

By Melody Smith | December 2, 2010

What does the financial bailout of Ireland and cloud computing have in common? The bailout relates directly to a real-estate bubble that is very similar to the one in the United States and will take the form of loans in the range of $100 to $120 billion – about half the size of the entire Irish economy. A recent survey showed Ireland ranking 13th per capita in IT spending, though not ranking in the top 25 of most vibrant IT culture. This revealed that Ireland’s IT spending has been deploying new systems and is then, a perfect case for outsourced cloud computing relying on third-party providers to deliver.

Analyzing the Clouds

By Melody Smith | November 25, 2010

Research and Markets has added the “Analyzing Cloud Computing” report to their offering. This report addresses the trendy shift of web-based processing, known as cloud computing.

Cloud vs. Cloud

By Melody Smith | November 24, 2010

There seems to be cloud computing associations appearing on a daily basis. The two most recent are the Open Data Center Alliance and the Asian Cloud Computing Association. One columnist looks at what they have in common and most importantly, what they don’t.

Expanding Cloud Computing Strategy

By Melody Smith | November 23, 2010

IBM is leading a joint research initiative of 15 European partners to develop a smart cloud storage architecture, which will improve the global delivery of rich data and storage services across boundaries of countries and vendors. Tackling the major challenges facing today’s storage clouds, the consortium partners include standards bodies, media companies, telecommunications companies, healthcare companies, academic institutions and more.