Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Oracle Alliances May Be First Sign of Major Shift

  [caption id="attachment_10580" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Oracle typically makes a show of force at conventions, but its earnings might hinge on more radical maneuvers.[/caption] Oracle rel…
• Sqrrl's New Analytics Platform Based on NSA Tech

  [caption id="attachment_10564" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Sqrrl's cartoon squirrel promotes the firm's use of Accumulo.[/caption] Database-software startup Sqrrl released version 1.1 of its…
• GE Bringing Hadoop to 'Industrial Internet'

  [caption id="attachment_10545" align="aligncenter" width="500"] What does Hadoop have to do with a factory line? A lot, if GE has anything to say about it.[/caption] GE is entering the Apache Had…
• Google Reader’s Demise Could Benefit Startups

  [caption id="attachment_10503" align="aligncenter" width="607"] Based on this graphic posted on its corporate blog, Feedly is obviously happy to see Google Reader go.[/caption] Remember: Google R…
• 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…