Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Oracle Ties Analytics, Social to the Cloud

  [caption id="attachment_4939" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Some of Oracle's new cloud applications mine social networks for insight.[/caption] Oracle previewed seven new cloud services at its…
• IBM, Oracle, Others Team With UPMC on Health Data Analytics

  IBM, Oracle, Informatica and dbMotion are teaming with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) on an enterprise-analytics project that will help physicians personalize patient care. Ex…
• Apple iPad Mini Could Complicate Things for Windows 8 Tablets

  [caption id="attachment_4929" align="aligncenter" width="500"] An iPad Mini could ignite a full-on tablet war just in time for the holidays.[/caption] Current rumor suggests that Apple is gearing…
• Oracle Updates Business Intelligence Platform for Mobility

  [caption id="attachment_4923" align="aligncenter" width="488"] Oracle's new business-intelligence software emphasizes mobile capabilities.[/caption] Oracle uses its Oracle Open World (OOW) confer…
• Google Briefly Passes Microsoft in Market Capitalization

  Looking for evidence that cloud computing has achieved primacy over the “traditional” software model that long dominated the tech industry? Look no further than the stock market, where Google’s m…
• EU Pushing for Cloud Computing Standards, Partnerships

  The European Union is gripped by economic malaise, social unrest, and deep uncertainty about its future as a cohesive body. But at least its governmental regulators can agree on one thing: there’…
• Apple CEO Tim Cook Offers Contrite Tone on iOS 6 Maps

  [caption id="attachment_4817" align="aligncenter" width="618"] "The Amazing iOS 6 Maps" Tumblr details many of Apple's Maps inaccuracies.[/caption] Apple has offered a public apology for its prob…
• Cisco Acquires ThinkSmart, Wi-Fi Data Analytics Firm

  Cisco has acquired Ireland-based ThinkSmart, which offers software for location data analysis using Wi-Fi technology. Under the terms of the acquisition, which closed in in the first quarter of C…
• Google Maps App for iOS: When’s It Coming?

  [caption id="attachment_4790" align="aligncenter" width="482"] Apple's new iOS 6 Maps: handsome-looking, but also a criticism magnet.[/caption] Soon after iPhone and iPad users began downloading…
• IBM Acquires Butterfly Software, Storage Analytics Software Vendor

  IBM has acquired Butterfly Software Ltd., a vendor of storage analysis software, for an undisclosed sum. IBM will integrate Butterfly Software’s assets into its Software Group, claiming in a Sept…