Category Archives: IBM

IBM’s SmartCloud Orchestrator Tilts Open Source IaaS Momentum In OpenStack’s Direction

On Monday, IBM revealed details of a new product called the IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator that allows users to: (1) deploy a private cloud based on OpenStack; and (2) configure and deploy resources within a private or hybrid cloud environment by … Continue reading

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IBM Releases Netezza Customer Intelligence Appliance For Big Data Analysis For Retailers

IBM revealed the availability of its Netezza Customer Intelligence Appliance today. The appliance empowers retailers to analyze petabytes of data about customer interactions regarding their products across multiple segments and points of interaction. Retailers can use the Netezza Customer Intelligence … Continue reading

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IBM Acquires Green Hat, Cloud Based Software Testing Company

IBM announced its first acquisition of 2012 on Wednesday by purchasing Green Hat, the software quality and testing company based in Wilmington, Delaware and London, England. Green Hat delivers a cloud based testing environment that enables developers to test software … Continue reading

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Big Data 2011: The Year in Review

If 2011 was the year of Cloud Computing, then 2012 will surely be the year of Big Data. Big Data has yet to arrive in the way cloud computing has, but the framework for its widespread deployment as a commodity … Continue reading

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IBM Releases Big Data Software On SmartCloud; Cognos for iPad

On Monday, IBM announced the release of the Infosphere BigInsights application for analyzing massive volumes of structured and unstructured data on its SmartCloud environment. The SmartCloud release of IBM’s BigInsights application means that IBM beat competitors Oracle and Microsoft in … Continue reading

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