Articles by Nick Kolakowski

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  Is Oracle Hiding its Data-Analytics Strategy?

  Oracle might be displaying more interest in data analytics, but the company’s playing its proverbial cards close to the vest when it comes to revealing an overarching strategy. At this year’s Ope…
• BlackBerry Will Sell Itself for $4.7 Billion

  [caption id="attachment_12585" align="aligncenter" width="618"] In the end, the brand-new BlackBerry 10 operating system wasn't enough to reverse the company's slide.[/caption] A consortium led b…
• CLANG and the Pitfalls of Kickstarter

  It’s not a new story: cool project solicits funds on Kickstarter (or a similar crowdfunding Website), fails to meet its lofty financial goal, and disappears into obscurity. The majority of Kickst…
• RSA Security Warns of Possible NSA Backdoor

  RSA Security is telling its developer clients to stop using an algorithm that could contain an NSA backdoor, according to a new report in Wired. RSA advises those developers to switch from using…
• Apple CEO Tim Cook Has Some Choice Words About Android

  [caption id="attachment_12505" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Apple needs its next iPhones to be blockbusters.[/caption] In an extensive interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Apple CEO Tim Coo…
• Salesforce, Workday Form Yet Another Data Alliance

  In a move seemingly tailor-made to send Oracle executives’ blood pressure through the proverbial ceiling, Salesforce and Workday have announced a wide-ranging plan to blend together their respect…
• New Features to Expect with iOS 7

  [caption id="attachment_12436" align="aligncenter" width="583"] iOS 7, whether you like it or not.[/caption] If all goes according to plan, Apple will release iOS 7, the latest version of its pop…
• Siri vs. Google Now vs. Cortana

  [caption id="attachment_12361" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Cortana in "Halo."[/caption] In the Halo video-game series, Cortana is the AI system tasked with guiding Master Chief—that’s the pl…
• Pentaho’s Latest Business Analytics Platform Focuses on Data Blending

  [caption id="attachment_12271" align="aligncenter" width="548"] Pentaho's analytics dashboard.[/caption] Pentaho has released the latest version of its Business Analytics platform. Version 5.0 in…
• SAP Acquires KXEN to Speed Analytics Processes

  SAP plans on acquiring KXEN, a builder of predictive-analytics software. KXEN’s strength lies in automating modeling and analytical functions, which could make data-analytics tools easier to use.…