Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Cloudera’s Sentry Offers Access Security for Big Data

  Cloudera is stepping further into the security arena with Sentry, an open-source project that provides an authorization framework for Apache Hadoop. The security module is designed to make Hadoop…
• IBM and Pivotal Will Collaborate on Cloud Foundry

  IBM and Pivotal will collaborate on the open-source Cloud Foundry PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) platform. Cloud Foundry has a somewhat convoluted history for a relatively new product. In December…
• Apple CEO Tim Cook on High-End Smartphones, iOS in Cars, More

  Apple CEO Tim Cook believes that the high-end smartphone market still has significant room to grow. “I don't subscribe to the common view that the higher end, if you will, of the smartphone marke…
• Oracle Suggests Utility Companies Could Do More with Analytics

  Oracle is back to plugging smart grids again. A new study by the tech giant suggests that many North American utilities are failing to use data analytics to improve customer service, even though…
• Facebook Should Charge for Ad-Free Mode: Biz Stone

  [caption id="attachment_11131" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Facebook's revenue efforts include monetizing mobile devices.[/caption] Facebook costs nothing, its users’ untold hours of procrast…
• Apple Buys HopStop: Report

  [caption id="attachment_11114" align="aligncenter" width="618"] HopStop is known for its tools that direct people from Point A to B via public transportation or walking.[/caption] Apple’s on a bu…
• SAP Experiencing Same Software-Revenue Grind As Other Firms

  As with so many other companies, the transition to next-generation software platforms is apparently giving SAP a little bit of trouble. Although the company reported a significant rise in revenue…
• Microsoft's Surface RT: Doomed From Day One

  [caption id="attachment_11072" align="aligncenter" width="593"] Microsoft's Surface tablet with a whole lot of cover-keyboards.[/caption] Last fall, Microsoft launched its Surface RT tablet with…
• Tech Firms Planning Transparency Push

  Now things might get real: a “broad alliance” of 63 technology companies and civil liberties organizations plan on demanding more transparency about U.S. government surveillance programs, accordi…
• Oracle’s Exalytics Release Hints at Continuing Hardware Dilemma

  [caption id="attachment_11028" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Oracle's analytics in a box.[/caption] Oracle just can’t quit hardware—at least, not yet. This week, Oracle announced a new release…