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Yearly Archives: 2011

Big Data: The Data Revolution is Here and There's No Going Back

By Dick Weisinger

150 years ago Wendell Philips, American abolitionist and lawyer,  commented that “Revolutions never go backwards.”  There’s a revolution happening right now and Big Data is at the heart of it.  An excellent new free whitepaper, called Data rEvolution, by CSC researchers…

Storage: No End in Sight to Storage Device Sales Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner’s research vice-president Roger Cox recently called it “unabated terabyte growth.”  The growth of storage and explosion in the number of storage devices and capacities is affecting all industries.  Steve Wojtowecz, vice president of storage software development at IBM, said…

Cloud Computing: Cloud Adoption Uneven Across Countries in Europe

By Dick Weisinger

Last week Friday we looked at two surveys about the scope of cloud acceptance — a survey by CA Associates that found that 93 percent of companies are using the cloud, and another one by SWC Technology Partners that concluded…

Cloud Computing: The Cloud is Steaming with Hype

By Dick Weisinger

How many companies are actually using Cloud Computing?  It depends who you ask.   CA Associates did a survey that said that 93 percent of companies are using at least one cloud-based application now, and many companies have six or more…

Cloud Computing: Is Virtualized Mission-Critical an Oxymoron?

By Dick Weisinger

Mission-Critical applications are the last frontier for virtualization technology.   Performance and practicality have been two impediments that have made IT groups hesitant to go virtual with mission critical applications.  While virtualization technology is getting better, performance is still a…