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There are enough NoSQL databases out there to make quite the kettle of alphabet soup, but Couchbase is making some moves that may help it float to the top of the pot.
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This morning IBM announced the intent to acquire Chicago based object storage vendor Cleversave.
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Amazon Web Services' re:Invent conference kicks off this week in Las Vegas, and its title is apt, given AWS's ongoing transformation from an IaaS provider to a player in PaaS that enterprise customers need to have on their short-list. There are no less than 13 tracks slated for re:Invent, starting with AWS's core competency in compute, but then onward to big data, architecture, developer tools, devops, databases, IT strategy and migration, security and compliance, mobile developer and IoT.
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Disruption is the new normal. Everywhere we look we find traditional business models under threat from emerging players, technology creating new opportunities for fast-moving businesses and the creaking bones of industrial age enterprises labouring to stay current, fresh or even just relevant. The darlings of our blue chip stock markets have given way to tighter, […]
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Before AWS reInvent starts in Las Vegas this week, I took the time to collect some thoughts on where AWS stands and what we may hear this week in Las Vegas.
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MapR, Pivotal and Teradata were among the who’s who of big data vendors making announcements at Strata + Hadoop World 2015. Here’s a quick analysis. … Continue reading →
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Good start - a platform for the Industrial InternetA good and splashy start by GE for GE Digital, but growing the business to a 15B in 5 years will be a tall order for any software business. In my view GE Digital will only be able to achieve this with openness for 3rd party things (GE is open for that) and creating substantial attach rates of software to the things it sells. For enterprises that do business with GE, Predix is a IoT platform to take a closer look at. We will be watching.
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Constellation is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Kanaracus to the research team as managing editor and principal analyst covering breaking developments in enterprise technology. Kanaracus will serve as managing editor and principal analyst of Constellation’s new Insights service. Insights will deliver Constellation Executive Network members exclusive, daily analysis of breaking news across Constellation’s eight business research themes, leveraging the deep domain knowledge of Constellation’s entire roster of analysts. Constellation’s new Insights product is planned for general availability in late Q4, 2015.
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Below is my review of the announcements (or lack of) at Box's BoxWorks 2015 conference. Quick summary:Box solidifies their strategy to be a content services platform for applications. Over the last few years they have invested heavy in their infrastructure and architecture and that work is now paying off. Box made several announcements that improve security, deployment and management including:
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Part 1 outlined what and how core innovative technology is creating business disruption, and ended with the statement; The realization that Digital Business is about adding a new online capability to your existing business model, but is the disruptive recreation of your industry sector is dawning rapidly in Boardrooms as sector news and financial results are the cause of serious evaluation.
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Another good Rising conference for Workday. A growing vendor, a growing ecosystem, more customers always creates a positive vibe at a conference. And with Learning Workday has (finally) delivered the missing piece to its portfolio of Talent Management solutions. Workday approaches Learning with the same verve as it did Recruiting - re-thinking it from an employee / consumer experience, always a good approach. Workdays is also doing good work at innovating and expanding its platform capabilities, which alleviates a general concern in regards of platforms that are reaching their 'teenage' years of age. It is also good to see how Workday is looking at TCO, the new effective date capability will make it easier, faster and cheaper to implement Workday, a good move.
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Earlier today we learned that Workday announced Learning, a new application to add to its portfolio of HCM applications. The announcement is key as it completes the native Talent Management portfolio offered by Workday – with Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance Management, Compensation and now Learning. Good move by Workday, as it (finally!) clarifies the vendor’s strategy in regards of Learning, the last piece of Talent Management automation that was not addressed with a native Workday solution. It is overall important as it makes the overall Workday messaging of one organic suite application built on the same platform real, while addressing the integrations concerns and worries of HR professionals. Also good to see that Workday strikes all the right points in regards of key 21st century Learning system functionality like content discovery, creation and propagation, aware of what works and is needed by employees.On the concern side it will be key to see how Workday addresses the ripple effects in the ecosystem, a number of Workday customers have partnered with a number of Learning vendors, and they will now have to re-asses their plans for the next 3-4 years.
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Cloud-Based CPM Supports Agile Planning for Digital Businesses This report explores the features and functions of the Anaplan system and its suitability for needs including budgeting, planning, forecasting, modeling, analysis, reporting, financial consolidation and regulatory reporting. Constellation also explores the vendor’s target customer, industry specialization, geographic reach and pricing models.
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Cloud-Based CPM Supports Agile Planning for Fast- Growing Digital Businesses This report explores the features and functions of the Adaptive Insights system and its suitability for needs including budgeting, planning, forecasting, modeling, analysis, reporting, financial consolidation and regulatory reporting. Constellation also explores the vendor’s target customer, industry specialization, geographic reach and pricing models.
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Cloud-Based CPM Supports Agile Planning for Fast-Growing Digital BusinessesThis report explores the features and functions of the Host Analytics system and its suitability for needs including budgeting, planning, forecasting, modeling, analysis, reporting, financial consolidation and regulatory reporting. Constellation also explores the vendor’s target customer, industry specialization, geographic reach and pricing models.
My colleague Holger Mueller and I are in San Francisco this week attending BoxWorks, Box's annual user conference. Over the last few years Box has evolved their story from being just a cloud based file synchronization and storage (EFSS) company to more of a content-centric platform. Here are the things I'd like to hear about at BoxWorks 2015:
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Today I am sharing an article that I wrote for the most recent issue of SEAT Magazine, a quarterly publication of the Association of Luxury Suite Directors.Strategy Before Systems: IBM steps up to the plate in sports and entertainment with a new approach to technology decisionsWithout question, the changing technology landscape impacts the relationship between sports and sports fans. Teams, colleges, and venues are consistently challenged with making sure the in-venue experience matches and exceeds the at-home experience. New social media channels seemingly appear out of thin air to provide more ways to create and distribute content for fans to consume. And data that used to be impossible to get pours out of every new platform, from loyalty systems to mobile ticketing.
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Earlier today Microsoft announced new capabilities for its BigData products. Not a surprise regarding the timing as the marquee Hadoop gathering, Strata, is happening this week.Microsoft comes late to the overall cloud platform and BigData market. During the time in which Microsoft lagged behind competitors in the big data servies market, enterprise clients retained big data services elsewhere. Around spring of this year, Microsoft finally caught up to its competitors in product capability and messaging. The big data capabilities announced ahead of Strata are another major step forward for Microsoft, but the interested buyer needs to note the GA dates of most of these offerings.
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Controlling the Flow of Personal Information in a World of Superconnectivity and Data-Driven Services This report uncovers the subtle and unexpected flows of personal data on the Internet of Things (IoT), using a “superconnected” automobile as a case study. The intent is to help IoT strategists, architects and product managers understand the privacy impacts of both purposeful and inadvertent data flows, and to help them to engineer better privacy outcomes.
Cloudera announces access control layer and columnar storage engine for Hadoop. News analysis from Strata + Hadoop World 2015. It’s going to be a big week for big data as Strata + Hodoop World 2015 kicks off this week at New York’s Jacob Javits Center. Ahead of the show there were two big announcements from Cloudera on Monday as it introduced RecordService and Kudu.
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Workday Momentum, HCM, Finance, and SCM should all get air time at Workday Rising 2015. Here's why.
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Dreamforce is over for another year. This year there were 170,000 attendees, 400 partners and 1,600 sessions. In any measure the event is a big deal and the Launchpad for Salesforce through the next year. The winners for the event include Salesforce, integration of Microsoft and Salesforce, Salesforce IoT & Analytics, ... Losers include the keynotes, large SI's, the Microsoft Dynamics team... [more]
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Under new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, innovation for once is the policy du jour in Australia. Innovation is associated with risk taking, but too often, government wants others to take the risk. It wants venture capitalists to take investment risk, and start-ups to take R&D risks. Is it time now for government to walk the talk?Obviously government must be prudent spending public money on new technology. Yet at the same time, there is a public interest argument for selecting newer solutions: in the rapidly changing online environment, citizens stand to benefit from the latest innovations, bred in response to current challenges.
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Cloud computing is the strongest technology investment sector for the third year in a row.Biopharmaceuticals and robotics are the two sectors that have gained the greatest venture capital confidence from 2014 to 2015.U.S. technology hubs (Silicon Valley/San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles & Chicago), Israel and Canada dominate while confidence continues to fall in Brazil and other emerging markets.These and other insights are from Deloitte’s 2015 Global Venture Capital Confidence Survey.
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