VMware’s version 6 virtual blast
With a considerable amount of fanfare, VMware announced the latest iteration of its popular virtualization platform this past week. As part of the launch,...
Windows 10 January preview
After having 1.7 million users bash away at the first preview and provide feedback – some 800,000 pieces of it – Microsoft has gone...
Silanis works cloud for customer and company benefit
Half a decade ago, cloud computing burst onto the commercial scene as a viable option for the delivery of software, IT infrastructure, and even...
Twelve Steps to Cloud Success: A Presentation
In November, InsightaaS principal analyst Michael O'Neil published the acclaimed "The Death of Core Competency: A management guide to cloud computing and the zero-friction...
Benefits of broader access to open source BI
The appeal of open source software to developers has included the promise of free source code, quick development cycles, and community collaboration contributing to...
451 Research: Pneuron offers a new way of thinking about connecting and using hybrid...
InsightaaS: In the Impact Report that follows below, 451 research manager, enterprise architecture, integration & business process management Carl Lehmann offers a good example of...
Anatomy of an acquisition: creating the “perfect storm”
Conventional wisdom on developing new capability holds that there are three distinct approaches – companies can build, buy or ally. Each path is viewed...
Connecting the dots: security integration at Dell
Visions of the ‘wild west’ are often conjured in reporting on the business use of IT today, and the biggest outlaw is typically BYOD....
Everything old
Many people and companies position new products as "<old version>-killers". Sometimes it's true (or close to true); over time, touch tone phones replaced rotary...
Track and G2 on new people-finding mission
Big Data, advanced analytics and ubiquitous communications are creating a firestorm of opportunity for organizations with the right tools to harness their energy. One...
Social market engagement and the Canadian channel
Working as an IT industry analyst/consultant has some real benefits. I have regular access to unique, research-based insights spanning many technology segments and geographic...
Cogeco set to launch next gen cloud
How do you make cloud more compelling? This was the question facing Cogeco Data Services, which went public this past December with plans to...
Tieto translating integration experience to Industrial Internet reality
By most accounts, IoT offers huge potential for improvement of productivity, environmental health, and daily life, and analyst growth predictions for this opportunity are...
451 Research: 2015 in datacenter technology – tailwinds for most, crosswinds for some
InsightaaS: Long time industry analyst and current research VP, datacenter technologies (DCT) & eco-efficient IT for 451 Research, Andy Lawrence considers the sources of...
No one size fits all in Dell VDI
Back in the old days of cloud – half a decade ago now – desktop virtualization was viewed as a precocious harbinger of the...
