Insight News
July 18, 2016

Why Softbank Bought ARM

Data to Decisions
Japanese conglomerate Softbank has plunked down $32.4 billion for ARM in a deal that takes advantage of a weakened pound while giving it control over the world's leading developer ...
Chris Kanaracus
Andy Mulholland
Insight News
July 15, 2016

Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin: Does It Always Make Sense?

Tech Optimization
While most applications of blockchain to date have focused on financial services, IBM is pushing the technology as ideal for supply chain monitoring, particularly to track items wi...
Chris Kanaracus
Andy Mulholland
Steve Wilson
Insight News
July 15, 2016

MIT, Swiss Researchers Take a Crack At Making a Better Tor

Tech Optimization
For years, Tor has been the network of choice for Internet users who want to remain anonymous while online. But in recent times, Tor's repuation has taken a hit after reports of se...
Chris Kanaracus
Steve Wilson
Insight News
July 13, 2016

Microsoft Makes Significant Strategy Shift for Azure Stack

Tech Optimization
Microsoft's Azure Stack, which in essence allows enterprises to run a version of the Azure public cloud in their own on-premises data centers, has been delayed until mid-2017. When...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
July 13, 2016

AT&T Courting Developers, Enterprises with $99 IoT Starter Kit

Matrix Commerce
ATT wants to be a go-to provider for developers and enterprises that are creating IoT (Internet of Things) projects, and is hoping a new $99 dollar IoT Starter Kit is just the thin...
Chris Kanaracus
Andy Mulholland
Insight News
July 13, 2016

Facebook Will Use Office 365 Internally: What It Means

Future of Work
One of the more surprising bits of news out of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference this week was the announcement that Facebook will roll out Office 365 to its 13,000 employee...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
Insight News
July 12, 2016

Salesforce Closes Demandware Acquisition: Now What?

Marketing Transformation
Salesforce has completed its $2.8 billion acquisition of e-commerce platform vendor Demandware, and now has the job of adding yet another cloud to its ever-broadening portfolio. Wh...
Chris Kanaracus
Cindy Zhou
Insight News
July 11, 2016

Inforum 2016 Day One: Key Takeaways

Data to Decisions
Infor offered up plenty of news, updates and future directions during day one of its Inforum conference in New York this week. While not unexpected, the flow of information nonethl...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
July 07, 2016

U.S. National Privacy Research Strategy Plays It Too Safe

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
The Obama administration has been making efforts to show it is serious about personal privacy, even as the revelations over domestic surveillance exposed by Edward Snowden remain f...
Chris Kanaracus
Steve Wilson
Insight News
July 06, 2016

How to Make Sure Your Data Lake Doesn't Become A Swamp

Data to Decisions
The term "data lake" has been popular for a few years now, particularly in the context of Hadoop-based systems for large-scale data processing. But as Constellation Resea...
Chris Kanaracus
Doug Henschen
Insight News
July 05, 2016

Netherlands Creates First National Network Dedicated to IoT

Data to Decisions
The Netherlands is the world's first country to complete a nationwide network dedicated to IoT (Internet of Things), in a major symbolic milestone for the technology trend. More th...
Chris Kanaracus
Andy Mulholland
Insight News
June 23, 2016

Examining Twilio's Successful IPO Filing

Future of Work
Cloud communications platform vendor Twilio has successfully launched its long-anticipated IPO. Despite its arrival amid concerns around overvaluation of so-called "unicorn&qu...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
Insight News
June 17, 2016

Oracle's Q4: The Key Takeaways

Tech Optimization
Oracle's fourth-quarter and year-end numbers are in and have Wall Street impressed, thanks to the better-than-expected numbers the vendor reported for its cloud business. Here's a ...
Chris Kanaracus
Holger Mueller
Insight News
June 15, 2016

How IoT Can Supercharge Your CX Strategy

Marketing Transformation
The IoT (Internet of Things) is without question one of the most discussed tech trends in recent times, and the industry is only scratching the surface of its potential today. One ...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
June 14, 2016

How to Survive and Thrive In Today's Digital Workplace

Future of Work
It wasn't so long ago when the phrase "office skills" mainly conjured up abilities such as how fast you can type, how well you can create and maintain a spreadsheet, or h...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
Insight News
June 13, 2016

Cloud Identity Summit 2016: Recapping A Landmark Event

Tech Optimization
The recently concluded Cloud Identity Summit isn't the largest security event out there, but is one of the most important. Constellation Research VP and principal analyst Steve Wil...
Chris Kanaracus
Steve Wilson