Startups keep on-demand BI faith, but big vendors wait and see

Startups keep on-demand BI faith, but big vendors wait and see
Not only have customers failed to adopt BI-on-demand the way they have for other kinds of apps such as CRM or productivity apps, but it has also received little validation from the big players.

Seven Key Challenges You Can’t Ignore
While virtualization infrastructure platforms provide considerable advantages, VMs also add complexity. By planning for your migration, and recognizing the challenges, you can seamlessly optimize your virtual network and storage environment.

Table of Contents

• Startups keep on-demand BI faith, but big vendors wait and see
• 80legs offers free version of its Web data mining tool
• MySQL developers release 5.5 beta
• Drone incident serves up data encryption lesson
• Business process modeling specification set for 2010 adoption
• Blu-ray 3D disc specification finalized

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• Computerworld Briefing – Analytics: The Art and Science of Better

• Virtualization Cost Savings Not Yet Explored

80legs offers free version of its Web data mining tool
Startup 80legs is offering a version of its suupercomputer-scale data mining service available without charge.

MySQL developers release 5.5 beta
The MySQL developer community has released the first public iteration of what will be the next version of MySQL, version 5.5.

Drone incident serves up data encryption lesson
The disclosure that Iraqi insurgents were able to intercept live video feeds from U.S. drones has focused the spotlight on a familiar IT security issue: data encryption.

SPONSOR: Microsoft
DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess

Business process modeling specification set for 2010 adoption
Vendors like IBM and Oracle are backing Version 2.0 of the OMG technology.

Blu-ray 3D disc specification finalized
The Blu-ray Disc Association announced it has finalized the specification for 3-D content on Blu-ray discs, meaning games, movies, and television series will soon be able to be viewed on 3-D enabled televisions using special glasses.

SPONSOR: Juniper
How Operating Systems Create Network Efficiency
Lake Partners Strategy Consultants conducted research to understand the efficiencies created by different operating systems. Research included (but was not limited to) investigation of Juniper Network’s operating system (JUNOS software). For customers who perceived a difference in efficiency between operating systems, Lake Partners quantified that difference in key network areas. Based on these customer interviews and the data collected, Lake Partners’ found that in specific network areas JUNOS software creates significant and meaningful operational efficiencies. Specifically, those who perceive the most impact from JUNOS software save a total of 25% of time on common network operations tasks compared to competitive operating systems.

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