Archive for data management
Revolutionizing the Traditional Data Center to Support Systems of Engagement
Many organizations are looking at cloud computing as an extension to their traditional data center. The private cloud is often envisioned as a technique to provide a segregated set of services that can be used for such requirements as supporting peak loads, creating new applications, or more easily deploying services on demand. But as with many technology trends, there are
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Can Meg Whitman Save HP?
This article was first published in Bloomberg BusinessWeeks’s online site. It was published several days before the October 3rd HP financial analyst meeting. On Oct. 3, Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) current and fourth chief executive in the past seven years, will meet with Wall Street analysts. Investors, customers, and employees better hope Whitman starts channeling Lou Gerstner, the former IBM
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What is the big deal about big data?
I have begun writing a weekly blog for Bloomberg BusinessWeek. I am pleased to be able to republish my discussions on my blog site. In this blog I discuss the value of big data and its implications for the business. Your comments on this blog are welcomed. The ability to analyze mountains of data is important, but managers need
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Predicting 2012: What’s old is new again – or is it?
Maybe I have been around the technology market too long but it appears to me that there is nothing new under the sun. The foundational technologies that are the rage today all have their roots in technology that has been around for decades. That is actually a good thing. Simply put, a unique technology concept often will not be commercially
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Is Big Data Real and Can IBM Execute on its Vision?
It is inevitable that data would emerge as the most complex and important topics of the next decade. The expansion of the amount and types of data that we have been accumulating across more systems—physical and virtual, applications, and electronic devices – is astounding. These environments generate huge amounts of data – from structured to unstructured – and with increasing
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Judith Hurwitz is an author, speaker and business technology consultant with decades of experience. 
