Updated: How Amazon’s DynamoDB is rattling the big data and cloud markets 
Posted by Jo Maitland, Friday, January 20, 2012
AWS' new NoSQL service has many implications for public clouds and growing startups alike. Read more »
Cloud computing 2012: a pessimist’s guide
- Posted by Jo Maitland, Monday, December 26, 2011
Expect plenty of defensive M&A, cloud lock-in, phantom data discovery and job displacement over the next 12 months. Read more »
Dissecting the data: 5 issues for our digital future
- Posted by Derrick Harris, Tuesday, November 15, 2011
With laws, products, practices and education, data can become a far more valuable currency than cash ever was. Read more »
OpenFlow and beyond: future opportunities in networking
- Posted by Stacey Higginbotham, Thursday, September 1, 2011
A new world of virtualized networks could become the foundation for an entire new ecosystem of startups and value creation. Read more »
Flash analysis: the tech startup investment environment, Q3 2011
- Posted by David Card, Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Do tech startups even stand a chance with investors anymore? We polled a sampling of thought leaders, GigaOM readers and venture capitalists to find out. Read more »
Finding the Value in Social Media Data
- Posted by David Card, Monday, April 11, 2011
Companies Gnip and Sulia are early indicators of how others can effectively analyze and monetize social media big data. Read more »
CA’s Cloud Computing Plans Explained
- Posted by Derrick Harris, Monday, May 17, 2010
CA recognizes that the cloud is coming in a big way, and it wants to provide the guards watching over the enterprise crown jewels. Read more »
Big Data Marketplaces Put a Price on Finding Patterns
- Posted by Stacey Higginbotham, Thursday, May 13, 2010
Infochimps and Microsoft are staking out early positions in the new race to monetize big data products for business analytics. Read more »
Microsoft Azure: What It Is, What It Costs and Who Should Care
- Posted by Derrick Harris, Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Microsoft's platform as a service offering hit the market this week. Azure shows promise among enterprises, but may face challenges in addressing the developer market. Read more »
Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud: What’s New, What’s Next
- Posted by Bernard Golden, Thursday, August 27, 2009
Amazon's latest announcement could be a stepping stone toward further adoption of private clouds, but questions remain. Read more »
