Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Microsoft Surface Won't Feature Cellular Connection: Report

  Microsoft’s Surface tablets will launch as a Wi-Fi-only device, according to a pair of unnamed sources speaking to Bloomberg. Whether that places the devices at a disadvantage against Apple’s iPa…
• EBay Data Center Will Use Biogas to Power Online Transactions

  [caption id="attachment_1919" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="EBay's alternative-energy fuel cells are manufactured by Bloom Energy."] [/caption] Online auction site eBay has revealed pl…
• Dell’s Converged Data Center Products Challenge HP, IBM, Cisco

  Dell used its annual storage conference in Boston to announce a set of new products designed to help the company maintain market-share in the data center, where it faces significant competition f…
• Scalability, Agility Cited as Top Cloud-Adoption Reasons: Survey

  Whether or not you feel “cloud computing” is the most overhyped buzz term of the past few years, companies are apparently accelerating their adoption of it, at least according to North Bridge Ven…
• Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 Aims at NoSQL Market

  [caption id="attachment_1943" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="You can't see it, but these servers contain enough unstructured data to give an analyst a nervous breakdown."] [/caption] Re…
• Why Database Administrators Should Consider JSON

  Back when XML first appeared on the scene—we’re talking 1996—software developers began using it in many different areas, including data storage and transfer. It even spawned a few memorable lawsu…
• IBM Data Center Plans Focus on Efficiency, Cloud Agility

  IBM’s Edge2012 conference, held June 4-5 in Orlando, Fla., highlighted the company’s recent work in storage. IBM used the venue to highlight the three thematic pillars undergirding its array of s…
• Ford Exploring Big Data, Open Source Tech with New Silicon Valley Lab

  Ford has opened a laboratory in Silicon Valley with the stated aim of exploring “big data, open-source innovation and user experience.” The opening of the Ford Silicon Valley Lab (SVL) seems an o…
• Intel Atom vs. ARM: The Future of the Low-Energy Data Center?

  Hewlett-Packard’s Project Moonshot, a multiyear program for developing low-energy servers, will apparently rely on the “Centerton” Intel Atom processor for its initial production server system. H…
• Woopra CEO on Making Real-Time Analytics Work: Video

  [ooyala code="Y1dXU0NTp8FQR_q4Dw6F8t1jwMbHiJPY"] Big retailers such as Amazon have developed some very effective ways of applying real-time analytics to customer interactions: for example, sugges…