Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• 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…
• iPhone 5 Teardown Hints at Apple’s Efficiency

  [caption id="attachment_4722" align="aligncenter" width="506"] Apple's iPhone 5 (left) boasts a larger screen and faster processor than the iPhone 4S (right).[/caption] A physical teardown of the…
• Apple Sells 5 Million iPhone 5 Units, Hires to Improve Maps

  [caption id="attachment_4688" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Apple's iOS 6 mapping app has attracted some very vocal criticism.[/caption] In a bid to blunt criticism over the quality of its iOS…
• Oracle Quarterly Results Positive for Cloud Initiative

  [caption id="attachment_4672" align="aligncenter" width="519"] Oracle Cloud is the company's major foray into the cloud-computing space.[/caption] Oracle’s most recent quarterly results saw its t…
• Google’s Spanner Database Offers Innovation Not Easily Replicated

  [caption id="attachment_4633" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Google's Spanner relies on a combination of atomic clocks and GPS for its vital TrueTime API.[/caption] Preserving data in the face…
• Salesforce CEO Benioff: Future Software Will Look Like Facebook

  [caption id="attachment_4628" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff looks a bit nonplussed as he takes an analyst's question.[/caption] SAN FRANCISCO—Salesforce CEO Marc Be…
• Pentaho, Cisco Team Up for Data Analytics on Cisco UCS

  [caption id="attachment_4612" align="aligncenter" width="590"] In theory at least, Cisco's hardware (including x86-architecture servers) will speed Pentaho's analytics.[/caption] Pentaho and Cisc…