While there’s a tendency to think of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) as the equivalent of placing an operating system and associated middleware stacks in the cloud, the reality is that PaaS is about…

When Salesforce acquired cloud-application platform Heroku in December 2010, it brought the latter’s CEO, Byron Sebastian, into the fold as an executive vice president. Salesforce has long harbor…

Last year, VMware’s ESX hypervisor software led the vendor pack in number of installations, according to the Gartner Group. VMware offers ESXi for free, but if you want additional features, you h…

[caption id="attachment_465" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c"][/caption] Oracle advertises its Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c as a plat…

SAP has jumped into the deep end of the predictive-modeling pool with SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis software. The new offering can operate as a standalone module or in conjunction with…

Database selection can be a major head-scratcher. You talk to one expert and hear: “MySQL will do everything you need, and then some." Another says, "Microsoft SQL Server is easier to administer…

Apple’s iPhone and iPad are achieving a high penetration rate among businesses, thanks in no small part to the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend currently in vogue among IT administrators and CI…

Cloud-based data storage is a more popular option than ever for companies. But many are unhappy with the associated costs. The good news for IT vendors specializing in cloud-based data storage: m…