Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• MemSQL Launches Next-Generation Database

  [caption id="attachment_1778" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="A screenshot of MemSQL processing a workload."] [/caption] Silicon Valley is filled to bursting with entrepreneurial types w…
• Cisco’s Next UCS Leap: Blade, Rack Server Upgrades

  [caption id="attachment_1973" align="aligncenter" width="386" caption="Cisco's UCS B22 M3 Blade Server"] [/caption] Cisco is continuing its big play for the data center with upgrades to its B-Ser…
• Researcher’s Wikipedia Big Data Project Shows Globalization Rate

  [caption id="attachment_1734" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="A screengrab from the YouTube video of Leetaru's project."] [/caption] Wikipedia, which features nearly 4 million articles i…
• Microsoft, Yammer Chatter Hints at Cloud Collaboration Popularity

  The hot acquisition rumor at the moment is that Microsoft will snatch up Yammer—possibly as early as next week—for roughly a billion dollars. Microsoft won’t confirm those rumors, but such a deal…
• Microsoft’s Own Windows RT Tablet Could Be Unveiled Monday

  Microsoft has a big announcement planned for June 18 in Los Angeles. In a bid to draw a little Apple-style buzz—which appears to have worked, given the number of tech publications filling homepag…
• MongoDB, Hadoop-Hive Top Jaspersoft Big Data Index

  MongoDB topped the list of most popular data sources for storing, analyzing and visualizing Big Data in software vendor Jaspersoft’s Big Data Index, which tracks native connector downloads from J…
• Microsoft Targeting Yammer for Acquisition: Rumors

  [caption id="attachment_1691" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="Yammer's business social-networking features (which include mobile) compete with those of Salesforce.com and others."] [/cap…
• Cisco’s Cloud Connected Solution Pushes Cloud-Ready Networks

  Cisco has unveiled a Cloud Connected Solution designed to securely link users to cloud services. Components include Cloud Connectors, or new software embedded into the Cisco Integrated Services R…
• Dell, Desktone Partnership Highlights Cloud Opportunities, Risks

  [caption id="attachment_1675" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="Desktone's "desktop as a service," delivered via Dell datacenters."] [/caption] Throw a stone on the show floor at New York’…
• CloudPassage Pushes Authentication for Cloud Servers

  Security in the cloud is a rapidly growing field, with any number of IT vendors either reinforcing existing security products or introducing new ones to the market. By exchanging on-premises data…