Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• 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…
• Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Talks Social Future

  [caption id="attachment_4608" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff onstage at the Dreamforce ’12 conference.[/caption] SAN FRANCISCO—Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff took the s…
• Heroku Unveils Enterprise Cloud Service for Java

  [caption id="attachment_4601" align="aligncenter" width="574"] Heroku Enterprise for Java leverages Atlassian’s Bamboo integration service in order to automate the various stages of the applicati…
• 1010data Launches Analytical Dataspace

  [caption id="attachment_4582" align="aligncenter" width="410"] 1010data wants Analytical Dataspace participants to include data consumers, data providers, "third-party integrators," and independe…
• B.I. and the CMO’s Evolving Role

  [caption id="attachment_4544" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A recent survey found that the majority of companies already employ marketing technologists.[/caption] As Big Data provides companie…