Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Cleversafe Leverages Hadoop for Big Data Storage, Computation

  Managing huge amounts of data can prove an expensive proposition, particularly with regard to storage and infrastructure costs. Moreover, analysts (or whomever else needs to crunch the numbers) o…
• Enterprise Cloud Spending Set to Double by 2016: Gartner

  Enterprise spending on public cloud services will nearly double over the next four years, according to a new prediction from research firm Gartner. Specifically, it expects that spending to incre…
• Apple Shutting Down iWork.com July 31

  Apple’s shift to iCloud continues with all due haste. On the heels of shutting down MobileMe, its previous-generation cloud platform, the company has announced that the iWork.com public beta will…
• Quest Acquisition Makes Dell More of a Data Player

  When it comes to data—particularly the massive amounts of data flooding organizations on a daily basis—Dell has long served the hardware side of things with its servers and other IT infrastructur…
• Windows 8 Pro Upgrade Will Cost $39.99

  Microsoft’s big bet on Windows 8 evidently extends to its pricing scheme: the company plans on charging $39.99 for an upgrade from Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro. Those w…
• Dell's Quest Software Acquisition Will Boost IT Management Abilities

  Dell’s plans to acquire Quest Software for $2.4 billion will help the PC manufacturer expand its horizons further into enterprise software. But is it a good deal for the money? At least one analy…
• Google Releases Mobile App Analytics Beta

  [caption id="attachment_2176" align="aligncenter" width="535" caption="Google's Mobile App Analytics measuring user engagement."] [/caption] Everything’s been going mobile over the past few years…
• Red Hat Offers Infrastructure, Storage for Hybrid Clouds

  As businesses turn to the cloud for their operational needs, a healthy portion of them are deciding on hybrid solutions. It’s precisely this demographic that Red Hat has targeted with its latest…
• Oracle Retail Customer Analytics Offers Data-Crunching for Retailers

  [caption id="attachment_2153" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The old-fashioned cash register: officially outdated, at least as a source of useful customer data."] [/caption] Oracle has…
• eXo Cloud IDE Offers Integration with Google App Engine

  [caption id="attachment_2125" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="eXo's debugger environment."] [/caption] Although hardware announcements such as the Nexus 7 tablet and Google Glass have so…