Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Developer Interest High for iOS Apps, Windows 8: Survey

  A few years back, more than a few analysts might have dismissed Apple’s chances among enterprise users. That was before the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, driven by a combination of tighteni…
• Attunity, EMC Partner for Data Replication

  [caption id="attachment_2836" align="aligncenter" width="518"] Attunity's Replicate software.[/caption] Attunity and EMC have partnered on a data-replication solution for the EMC Greenplum Unifie…
• Cloud Computing Stresses People Out: Survey

  The cloud was supposed to make everything simpler for consumers and businesses: no more worrying about hardware requirements, for example, or local file storage. But that’s not the case. Accordin…
• Microsoft Prices Windows Store Apps at $1.49 Minimum

  Microsoft will allow third-party developers to price Windows Store apps at anywhere from $1.49 to $999.99. The Windows Store will play an integral role in the upcoming Windows 8, which will appea…
• Dell, RainStor Offer Data Management Platform

  Dell is moving further into the data-analytics game with a platform combining storage (a longtime company focus) with data-retention software from RainStor. The goal is to make data retention and…
• Big Data: Positive or Negative for the Future?

  [caption id="attachment_2767" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Some surveyed see Big Data as causing more problems than it solves in the future. Although the problems probably won't result in tur…
• Eucalyptus CEO Explains the Need for Private Clouds (VIDEO)

  Eucalyptus Systems is in the business of producing software to run private clouds. Its CEO, Mårten Mickos, likens public clouds to Starbucks: you can go to one whenever you like and get a pretty…
• IBM Quarterly Results Point to Business Analytics Benefits

  IBM’s second-quarter 2012 results included significant upticks in business analytics and cloud revenue, even as other software and systems revenue remained flat or trended slightly down. IBM’s bu…
• Higgs Boson Discovery Required Epic Data-Crunching

  [caption id="attachment_2698" align="aligncenter" width="561"] The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where the magic happens.[/caption] It takes a lot of computing power to change the understanding of…
• Advanced Visualization Demands Lots of Planning: Report

  A picture does more than speak a thousand words: for businesses, the right one can mean the difference between millions of dollars earned or lost. Yet many firms haven’t embraced the potential be…