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Yearly Archives: 2011

Cloud Computing: Open Source Standards for the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

It has been one year since NASA and Rackspace Hosting teamed up to launch an Open Source Apache-licensed project called OpenStack. The project aims to provide cloud standards that will ultimately provide cloud customers a non-proprietary path for  their cloud…

Cloud Computing: Smaller Companies find Competitive Advantage

By Dick Weisinger

There is another survey out on cloud computing.  Clearly cloud computing is a hot topic and analysts are trying to capture the overall trends and direction of the technology. This new survey survey by GigaOm and North Bridge Venture Partners…

Data Virtualization: Many Benefits, but not without Challenges

By Dick Weisinger

Virtualization is a simulation of the real version of something.  The term can be applied to hardware, software and applications, but typically virtualization refers to software that abstracts the hardware of a physical computer.  Virtual machine software can trick an…

Data Virtualization: Better than Integration by ETL or Data WareHouses

By Dick Weisinger

By now you’ve heard of virtualization when applied to servers.  Server virtualization is the primary enabling technology for cloud computing.  Forrester Research and others are now talking about another kind of virtualization that has potential to further transform IT operations…

Enterprise Software: Rise of Big Data Increases Interest in NoSQL Databases

By Dick Weisinger

NoSQL databases are structured stores that differ from traditional databases in that they are not based on fixed table schemas and are prized for their high scalability.  The scalability comes at a price — many query features of relational databases,…