Explaining Spark to Your CEO
There comes a time in the life of every important technology where the CEO gets interested and wants to know what the fuss is all about. That time has come for Spark.
First Look: Mobile Process Automation Made Easy with doForms
How is your organization going to harness the power of mobile devices? In many ways, the answer to this question is a proxy for your approach to technology in general.
I Sure Hope More than Hadoop Crosses the Chasm
Hadoop vendors are thrilled with the uptake of Hadoop by mainstream IT buyers, it won’t be good news for the businesses buying the technology unless more than just Hadoop crosses the chasm.
Why Only Fully Equipped Citizen Data Scientists Will Succeed
Wouldn’t it be great if everyone could find important insights from data, just like Hilary Mason and DJ Patil?
The Top 5 Triggers for an Oracle Audit
Everybody knows about IRS audits. Much less well understood are Oracle audits where the software behemoth comes into a company and – much as the IRS wields the proverbial fine-toothed comb to hunt for irregularities – Oracle uses its version of a fine-toothed comb to sift through a company’s software library and its licenses. Every piece of software is inspected, and so are the appropriate Oracle licenses and contracts.
Get Your Oracle Spend Under Control
What you don’t know just may cost you money – lots of it – when dealing with Oracle. But just six smart steps, taken early, can help position most companies to get what they want out of their Oracle relationship without breaking the bank.
How to Gain Control Over Your Business Relationship with Oracle
All over the world, Oracle customers regularly find themselves having to negotiate with Oracle about how to pay for software that they never intended to buy. Most companies find this process quite unpleasant and would prefer to avoid it. This research mission seeks to answer a simple question:
Oracle Says Forget about Benchmarks—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t
Despite the overwhelming importance of data to business, too little attention is paid to benchmarks that demonstrate which databases and architectures are fastest.
How To Become Just Enough of A Software Company To Succeed
I’m told by people who would know that Jeff Bezos thinks of Amazon as a software company, not a retailer or an e-commerce company.
Box/Roambi Partnership Take 2: From Spreadsheet Chaos to Data Governance
CITO Research managing editor Deb Cameron pointed out a data governance problem described in this Forbes.com article, Box Partners With Roambi To Attack The BI Market.
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