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Open Source Cloud Computing: Riak Cloud Storage Offers AWS-S3 Compatibility

By Dick Weisinger

Basho was founded in 2008 by a group of executives and software engineers from Akamai Technologies.  Over the last five years, the team has received $26 million ($39 million based on GigaOm’s estimates) in venture funding.  While the company name…

Records Management: Poor Information Governance Leads can be Costly

By Dick Weisinger

Poor record keeping is causing businesses problems — problems with regulators, auditors and courts.  31 percent of businesses have reported governance issues with their records and documents.   That’s according to a new white paper by AIIM on information governance…

SaaS and the Cloud: A Contrarian Voice Questioning the Hype

By Dick Weisinger

While cloud computing may be delivering on it’s promises to users of the technology, things may not be as rosy for the vendors that are providing the services. Anthony Miller, analyst at TechMarketView, is one such contrarian.  It’s not that…

Cloud Computing: Are Cloud Standards Standardizing the Cloud?

By Dick Weisinger

The adoption of standards for a particular market can be  a good thing.  The ISO standards body, for example, notes some of the benefits of standards are that they can help make business operations more efficient, they can result in…

Big Data: Plotting a Path of Success with Big Data Analytics (BDA)

By Dick Weisinger

“The ability to manage and analyze Big Data and derive value from these activities will increasingly define an organization’s ability to compete or service its constituents,” said Dan Vesset, IDC Business analytics research program vice president. The market size for…