Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Businesses Replacing On-Premises Software with SaaS: Gartner

  Over the past several quarters, many a large IT vendor has offered a cloud-based option for one (or more) of its traditional products. Think Microsoft’s Office 365, for example, or even the Oracl…
• HP Boosts BSM With Analytics Features

  Despite the fallout of its recent Autonomy fiasco, Hewlett-Packard is evidently pushing ahead with its various analytics packages: the latest version of the HP Business Service Management (BSM) s…
• Autodesk’s Fusion 360 Takes Simulation Further into the Cloud

  [caption id="attachment_6123" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Before the real-world construction can begin, engineers need to engage in a little virtual-world simulation.[/caption] Autodesk is t…
• Google Touch-Screen Chromebook in the Works: Rumor

  [caption id="attachment_6106" align="aligncenter" width="564"] Chromebooks: Getting touchy-feely?[/caption] There are rumors going around that Google plans on launching one or more Chrome OS-powe…
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  Cambridge University vs. Skynet

  Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) end up dooming the world? That seems like a pretty far-fetched possibility, considering how some of the most visible examples of AI—including Apple’s Siri and v…
• Does HP’s Autonomy Debacle Weaken the Case for Analytics?

  Hewlett-Packard is having a bad week. In addition to some dark quarterly results—sales in virtually every business division declined, driven by weak demand for personal computers and other hardwa…
• AWS Adds Windows Server 2012 Support

  Amazon is adding Windows Server 2012 to its portfolio of supported platforms for AWS (Amazon Web Services). While that’s not wholly surprising—AWS also supports Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008 and 2…
• Nokia “Here” Maps Try to Take Advantage of iOS Vacuum

  [caption id="attachment_6021" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Nokia's hoping its mapping data can make a positive impression on iOS.[/caption] It’s unlikely that Apple, having made the decision…
• Siri, Maps Could Appear on Mac OS X: Rumors

  [caption id="attachment_6003" align="aligncenter" width="352"] If the rumors prove true, Siri could end up on Mac OS X.[/caption] Every Apple user who dislikes Siri and the company’s Maps app, pr…
• Cisco Acquires Meraki to Strengthen Cloud Networking

  [caption id="attachment_5978" align="alignleft" width="618"] Meraki's products allow IT pros to monitor apps installed on managed devices, among other functions.[/caption] Cisco has announced its…