Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• HP’s webOS Enyo Team Heading to Google: Report

  Several members of Hewlett-Packard’s Enyo group are moving to Google, according to The Verge. Enyo is an open-source JavaScript framework for building HTML5 applications. HP intended developers t…
• Cloud Inefficiencies Drag on Companies’ Bottom Lines: Survey

  How much money do companies lose by over-provisioning cloud resources? According to a new study by cloud-management firm Cloudyn, the answer is quite a bit. Cloudyn shared its findings with Forre…
• IBM Dropbox, iCloud Ban Highlights Cloud Security Issues

  IBM might have signed onto a limited version of the “Bring Your Own Device” policy currently gripping many companies, but it has reportedly banned employees from using certain cloud-based apps su…
• Big Data a Top Priority for Executives: McKinsey Survey

  A new study from McKinsey & Company suggests that businesses are making Big Data and data analysis a top priority going forward. The findings echo those of a few other research firms. McKinsey &…
• Oracle Acquires Vitrue, With Eye Toward Cloud Engagement

  [caption id="attachment_1142" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Oracle hopes Vitrue's software (seen above) will help with its cloud and social-media plans."] [/caption] Oracle has entered…
• SAP Acquiring Ariba for $4.3 Billion

  [caption id="attachment_1146" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="SAP's acquisition could boost its cloud-based collaboration and analytics capabilities."] [/caption] SAP will purchase cloud…
• EMC Targets Big Data Storage Market with Atmos Improvements

  EMC used its EMC World 2012 to unveil dozens of new products and services for data storage, virtualization, and security. All of those fields are particularly important to organizations looking f…
• Chrome Battles Internet Explorer for Browser Market Lead

  [caption id="attachment_1102" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="This graph is practically giving Microsoft's IE team a collective aneurism."] [/caption] A Web browser is a fundamental aspe…
• B.I. Adoption, Sophistication Increasing: Nucleus Research

  [caption id="attachment_1088" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="A good set of B.I. tools can actually give an organization some good ideas."] [/caption] A May note from Nucleus Research su…
• Mobile B.I. Adoption Will Demand Work, Planning

  [caption id="attachment_1068" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="Mobile B.I. apps could drive a lot of companies to buy a whole lot more support hardware."] [/caption] Business intelligence…