Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• IBM Pushing New Social Analytics Software

  IBM isn’t content to give Salesforce and other tech rivals a free run of the social-analytics market: the new IBM Social Media Analytics platform will allow clients to data-mine Facebook, Twitter…
• Yahoo Becomes Next Firm to Reveal Law-Enforcement Requests

  Yahoo has disclosed the total number of law-enforcement requests it received between December 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. In doing so, Yahoo joins a host of tech companies—including Apple and Faceb…
• Cray Brings Hadoop to CS300 Supercomputers

  [caption id="attachment_10460" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Cray's CS300, as seen in a promo video.[/caption] Cray is blending Apache Hadoop into its CS300 cluster supercomputers. "The conver…
• HP’s Cloud OS Marks Big Push Into Crowded Field

  For several months, Hewlett-Packard has emphasized the cloud as a key element in its strategy for a turnaround. “If we can make each of these business units function beautifully on their own righ…
• Twitter Opens Analytics Dashboard to the Masses

  Twitter has opened up its analytics dashboard—formerly reserved for advertisers—to all account-holders. (Hat tip to The Next Web and its sources for pointing it out.) The dashboard is available a…
• Amazon, IBM Battling for CIA Cloud Contract: Report

  Amazon and IBM are reportedly locked in battle for a CIA cloud-computing contract, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The contract is the same one that Amazon won back in Mar…
• Would Phablets and Cheap iPhones Ruin Apple?

  [caption id="attachment_10364" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Producing devices solely for cost's sake, or because a competitor has a larger screen, doesn't seem part of Apple's DNA. But things…
• HP’s HAVEn Wants to Become a Big Data Contender

  Hewlett-Packard wants a big chunk of the Big Data game: the company has announced HAVEn, designed to bring its analytics software and high-performance hardware together on a common platform. The…
• HP Embraces Google Over Microsoft with SMB Toolbox

  [caption id="attachment_10342" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Google Apps for Business.[/caption] Hewlett-Packard’s new SMB IT in a Box—which it will market as a “one-stop shop” solution for sm…
• Keeping Your Data Private from the NSA (and Everyone Else)

  [caption id="attachment_10332" align="aligncenter" width="618"] The EFF's handy visualization of potential eavesdroppers.[/caption] Last week, The Guardian and The Washington Post published artic…