Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• SpiderOak Blue Private Cloud: Super-Encrypted Cloud Storage

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qxZO-0wMcEc Cloud storage for businesses has emerged as something of a contentious issue among IT administrators and security professionals.…
• Topsy Pro Analytics Mines Twitter for Deep Insights

  Over the past six years, Twitter has expanded to hundreds of millions of users, all producing hundreds of millions of Tweets on a daily basis. Taken by themselves, many of these Tweets mean relat…
• HTC Invests In Magnet Systems’ Cloud Enterprise Software

  [caption id="attachment_3730" align="aligncenter" width="347"] HTC's previous investments included a substantial one in Beats Electronics, makers of high-profile audio technology.[/caption] HTC C…
• DEA Storage Lack Results in Dismissed Case

  [caption id="attachment_3699" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Thanks to a possible lack of these, the U.S. government is dropping a criminal case.[/caption] Many a criminal case ends up dismisse…
• Big Surprise: Cloud Computing Still Surfing Big Hype Wave

  [caption id="attachment_3691" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Gartner's Hype Cycle[/caption] Pop quiz: which of the following tech terms have drawn the most hype this year? 1.) Big Data 2.) 3D P…
• Collaborative BI the Next Big Thing: Dresner

  [caption id="attachment_3676" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Who doesn't enjoy crunching data alongside one's coworkers?[/caption] Collaborative business-intelligence work will become the next…
• Hospitals Using Data Analytics May Increase by 2016

  Hospitals and other healthcare centers in the United States will adopt advanced data analytics in significant numbers over the next five years, predicts consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. As of 20…
• Windows 8 Is Microsoft’s Riskiest Bet

  [caption id="attachment_3653" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Microsoft is making a huge gamble that people will learn to love Windows 8's new, tile-centric interface.[/caption] Now that Windows…
• IBM Buys Texas Memory Systems

  IBM plans on buying Texas Memory Systems, a high-performance data storage provider, for an undisclosed sum. The deal further roils an SSD market already wondering about the target of Seagate’s ur…
• Symantec Enterprise Solution for Hadoop Aims to Eliminate Sprawl

  Symantec is offering an add-on to its Cluster File System that will allow businesses to run data analytics on existing infrastructure with a minimum of disruption. It utilizes Apache Hadoop, an i…