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Enterprise Search: An Elusive Goal

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprise Search is still not there yet.  A vendor-sponsored study by Recommind of satisfaction around companies and their use of existing Enterprise Search Solutions reveals the short-comings of the current technology.  The survey found that users are able to successfully…

Storage: More Bytes for Less Bucks

By Dick Weisinger

While the demand for storage capacity is sky-rocketing, storage units continually are becoming more sophisticated while costs continue to fall. A new standard for memory cards for digital cameras and mobile phones called SDXC is out now with a design…

SaaS: Different Flavor For Cloud Databases

By Dick Weisinger

Relational databases have become a standard component for many applications. But they may become a thing of the past with cloud-based computing. Vendors are offering databases in the clouds, but the first generation of cloud databases, rather than being relational,…

SOA: REST Services Are Up in SOA Round Two

By Dick Weisinger

First generation SOA had a strong technology focus and front-and-center in that focus was SOAP-based Web Services.  But there’s been a backlash on SOAP and an effort to swing towards simplicity.  And because REST Web Services are proving that they…

Storage: Storage Sales Buck the Bad Economy

By Dick Weisinger

While sales of anything are almost universally down, storage sales were up in 2008 and expected to continue to grow. Gartner reports that storage sales in 2008 grew from $16.2 billion to $18 billion, or about 11.3 percent. The top…