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Research Briefings

The internet of things: a market landscape

What can we expect the IoT landscape to look like, and how will its impact be felt? And is the attention being given by governments, manufacturers, and industry players merited, or is this just a fad? In this paper we…
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Jon Collins
June 18, 2013
Research Briefings

Private PaaS: the next generation platform for enterprises

How do you make PaaS work for your enterprise? The answer lies in understanding new models of delivery, such as private PaaS. An enterprise needs a good understanding of its requirements, and this paper aims to help business managers find…
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David Linthicum
June 17, 2013
Research Briefings

Getting your organization ready for SDN, Part II

In the previous report in this series, “The road to SDN begins now,” we laid out the business case for software-defined networking (SDN). A network actively, reactively, and proactively defined by software is far more ready than one constructed of…
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Mark Leary
June 16, 2013
Research Briefings

Cloud security market landscape, 2013–2017

Cyber threats are now a critical issue affecting the national security of nation countries worldwide. At the same time, the IT world is witnessing a wave of new innovation, and there are numerous business opportunities for technologies built around the…
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Keren Elazari
June 10, 2013
Research Briefings

Getting your organization ready for SDN: Part 1

Today, functioning networks hide many faults. Software-defined networking (SDN) offers network operators a solution for poor traffic visibility and clumsy operational systems. A network actively, reactively, and proactively defined by software is far more ready than one constructed of static…
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Mark Leary
June 9, 2013
Research Briefings

Impacts of the IBM-SoftLayer deal on the cloud industry

On June 4 IBM acquired cloud computing infrastructure provider SoftLayer. This report analyzes the deal and discusses how the greater IT ecosystem will be affected and the benefits and challenges IBM now faces.
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Larry Carvalho
June 4, 2013
Research Briefings

The new building blocks for IT: OpenStack, continuous delivery, and devops

The key building blocks of a modern IT organization include a highly flexible infrastructure, an automated software delivery life cycle, and a devops-driven IT organization. This report focuses in particular on OpenStack as an underlying cloud platform to support this…
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Jo Maitland
May 30, 2013
Research Briefings

How big data analytics drives competitive advantage

Few companies today have the time or the analytics expertise to apply statistics and complex data modeling to regular or even daily business decisions and operations. Now, however, an ecosystem of companies is emerging to fill this need.
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Benjamin Woo
May 19, 2013
Research Briefings

How data warehousing is now a cost-effective solution for businesses

The new economics of data warehousing provide attractive alternatives in both costs and benefits. While big data gets most of the attention, evolved data warehousing will play an important role for the foreseeable future. In order to be relevant, data-warehouse…
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Neil Raden
May 12, 2013
Research Briefings

Which steps are best when considering a move to the cloud?

Since a well-defined use case will determine the correct services, organizations moving to the cloud should understand where they are, where they need to go, and the best technological path to get there.
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David S. Linthicum
May 6, 2013