Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Google Search Appliance Updated with Expanded Search, SharePoint

  Google has updated its Google Search Appliance, which hunts through companies’ in-house databases for relevant information. Google claims the Appliance leverages its years’ worth of work with sea…
• IBM PureData Offers Models for Big Data Analytics

  IBM wants to help its clients more effectively crunch massive amounts of data, and it’s doing so by introducing a new PureData System to its PureSystems integrated-systems line. The PureData Syst…
• SAS Updates Text Analysis Software

  [caption id="attachment_5057" align="aligncenter" width="500"] A solid text-analysis software platform can mine insight from a lot of different things, but not a stack of actual paper. For that,…
• Can Windows 8’s Windows Store Reach 100,000 Apps by January?

  [caption id="attachment_5052" align="aligncenter" width="580"] The Windows Store.[/caption] If the number of available apps means the difference between life and death for a typical mobile platfo…
• Motorola's Whacked Lapdock Can Make Raspberry Pi Base

  [caption id="attachment_5042" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Although Motorola killed the Webtop, the device can apparently serve as a foundation for Raspberry Pi.[/caption] Poor sales have dri…
• HP CEO Whitman Talks Tablets, Cloud as Part of Turnaround Message

  [caption id="attachment_5027" align="aligncenter" width="500"] HP CEO Meg Whitman.[/caption] The cloud could play an integral role in pulling Hewlett-Packard out of its current slump, according t…
• Union Metrics Offers Analytics Tools for Tumblr

  [caption id="attachment_5013" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Tumblr's funky photos and inane captions apparently have analytics value.[/caption] When it comes to social-networking analytics, Tu…
• One Year After Jobs’ Death, Apple Still Has Momentum

  One year after Steve Jobs’ death, Apple finds itself at something of a crossroads. While the company enjoys blockbuster sales and massive revenue, it’s also confronted by enormous challenges. By…
• Google Glass, Augmented Reality Spells Data Headaches

  [caption id="attachment_4962" align="aligncenter" width="434"] According to the patent, the integrated camera plays a large role in what Google calls the “smart-watch."[/caption] Google caused a…
• SAP Eyes Real-Time Analytics for Retail

  SAP is expanding its real-time analytics reach with a new Planning for Retail platform, which offers the ability to project sales and forecast future quarters. It’s yet another example of SAP ana…