Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Apple’s iWork for iCloud: Danger for Microsoft, Google?

  [caption id="attachment_10306" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Apple's iWork for iCloud.[/caption] Amidst the sleek Sturm und Drang of Apple’s WWDC keynote, with its climactic unveiling of the m…
• Dell Offering Cloud Platform for U.S. Government

  Dell might have canceled its plans for a public-cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering, but the company clearly doesn’t want to leave the cloud space: its new Dell Cloud for U.S. Gover…
• Salesforce Makes Data Analytics Play with EdgeSpring Buy

  [caption id="attachment_10274" align="aligncenter" width="500"] This man's useless super-power is shooting data visualizations from his fingers.[/caption] Salesforce’s current acquisition run isn…
• The Downside of BYOD

  Despite the general popularity of BYOD programs (and the productivity gains they reportedly bring), many companies are beginning to see a decline in the performance of some important applications…
• How Apple Could Make iOS 7 a Winner

  [caption id="attachment_10257" align="aligncenter" width="618"] iOS 6: Scheduled for renovation.[/caption] Apple’s iOS 7, which is heavily rumored to make its debut at next week’s Worldwide Devel…
• Microsoft, FBI Take Down Citadel Botnet Network

  Microsoft, the FBI, and a variety of players from the financial services industry have taken down the “Citadel” botnet network. The investigation into Citadel began in early 2012. Computers infec…
• Cloudera Offers Search Platform for HDFS and HBase

  [caption id="attachment_10219" align="aligncenter" width="399"] Cloudera's distribution including Apache Hadoop, with Cloudera Search's position highlighted.[/caption] Cloudera has rolled out the…
• Salesforce Acquires ExactTarget for $2.5 Billion

  [caption id="attachment_10158" align="aligncenter" width="618"] ExactTarget allows companies to automate their marketing efforts.[/caption] Salesforce will acquire ExactTarget, which builds marke…
• IBM Makes IaaS Play with SoftLayer Acquisition

  IBM plans on acquiring SoftLayer Technologies, a massive cloud-computing infrastructure provider. Terms of the deal went undisclosed, but an unnamed source told The New York Times that Big Blue h…
• Microsoft Chopping Azure Prices to Better Compete in IaaS Realm

  [caption id="attachment_10139" align="aligncenter" width="588"] Microsoft wants to make its Virtual Machines a cheaper proposition.[/caption] In a bid to better compete with Amazon and other Infr…