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Bloor is an independent research and analyst house focused on the idea that Evolution is Essential to business success and ultimately survival. For nearly 30 years we have enabled businesses to understand the potential offered by technology and choose the optimal solutions for their needs.
Welcome to Bloor
Shift Left
A cautionary tale about the importance of testing against user expectations, from Bloor analyst David Norfolk.
Services are a must in today’s complex hybrid IT world
In an automated, as-a-Service consumption environment, the idea of “hands-on services” has become somewhat of an after-thought.
We need to shift from Linear Thinking to Mutable Thinking
In today’s world we need to learn and think differently to survive uncertainty. We need to shift to thinking exponentially. We call it Mutable Thinking.
EDR vs EDR MDR
EDR technologies go further than traditional endpoint security controls to enable organisations to move from a reactive to a proactive security stance.
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Managed Detection and Response
Managed detection and response (MDR) refers to a threat monitoring, detection, incident analysis and response services.
Managed detection and response (MDR) refers to a threat monitoring, detection, incident analysis and response services.
Identity and Trust
Identity and access management tools are key weapons in any organisation's arsenal for protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive information.
Identity and access management tools are key weapons in any organisation's arsenal for protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive information.
Bloor TV
Bloor TV brings analyst insights and reports to life in a new, easily consumable way with a range of live stream and video programmes.
Bloor TV brings analyst insights and reports to life in a new, easily consumable way with a range of live stream and video programmes.
ArchOps
A combination of tools, practices and cultural philosophies, that increases an organisation’s ability to design, implement and manage agile IT infrastructure.
A combination of tools, practices and cultural philosophies, that increases an organisation’s ability to design, implement and manage agile IT infrastructure.
Data Movement
Data movement does what its name suggests and there are multiple ways of doing so and of avoiding do so.
Data movement does what its name suggests and there are multiple ways of doing so and of avoiding do so.
Trust in Data
There are various data tools that enable us to trust, specifically data profiling, data quality and data preparation.
There are various data tools that enable us to trust, specifically data profiling, data quality and data preparation.
Operational Databases
An operational database is designed to run the day-to-day operations or transactions of your business.
An operational database is designed to run the day-to-day operations or transactions of your business.
Data Discovery and Catalogues
Both data discovery and data cataloguing are designed to allow you to know what you have and how it is related.
Both data discovery and data cataloguing are designed to allow you to know what you have and how it is related.
Graph Databases
Graph databases store data in terms of entities and the relationships between entities.
Graph databases store data in terms of entities and the relationships between entities.
Data Warehousing
A data warehouse is a database implementation that supports the storage and analysis of historic data, with the aim of understanding what happened in the past or predicting what will happen in the future.
A data warehouse is a database implementation that supports the storage and analysis of historic data, with the aim of understanding what happened in the past or predicting what will happen in the future.
Blockchain
A blockchain is a distributed ledger, implemented across many servers, consisting of a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked across the whole network and secured using cryptography.
A blockchain is a distributed ledger, implemented across many servers, consisting of a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked across the whole network and secured using cryptography.
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
At its simplest it is using computers to run algorithms that give them the ability to undertake reasoning that was previously seen as the preserve of humans.
At its simplest it is using computers to run algorithms that give them the ability to undertake reasoning that was previously seen as the preserve of humans.
Managed Detection and Response Services - Key to Winning Today's Security Battles
Managed detection and response services provide access to advanced tech and skilled resources to ensure businesses can achieve their objectives.
VirtualWisdom 6.0: Hybrid Infrastructure Management
To deliver services reliably, companies need seamless access to application-centric performance metrics across their infrastructure, on site or in the cloud.
Hybrid Infrastructure Management
Hybrid Infrastructure Management solutions will enable I.T. to deliver availability & performance SLAs, even on cloud-based infrastructure that may not be directly under its control.
Monitoring and managing the performance of complex hybrid IT infrastructure environments
To monitor and react to performance issues in near real-time and be aware of what parts are being used by individual apps are critical business requirements.
Time-Series and Temporal databases and analytics
Time-series databases represent the fastest growing database sector over the last two years.
CrateDB (February 2020)
CrateDB is a NewSQL multi-model database supports JSON documents, relational data, geo-spatial, full text and binary large objects (BLOBs).
TrendMiner, a Software AG company
TrendMiner is a self-service analytics solution designed for domain experts within the process manufacturing space.
IBM Informix
IBM Informix is an object-relational database with native support for both time-series and geospatial data.
Teradata Vantage 4D
Teradata Vantage is the only product that we are aware of that has all the 4D capabilities that you might need.
Trendalyze (February 2020)
Trendalyze describes its core capability as the discovery of motifs (micro-trends) and anomalies within time series data.
InfluxDB
InfluxDB is a time series database that has been designed that way, as opposed to a relational (or other) database that supports time series.
QuasarDB
QuasarDB is a NewSQL column-oriented, time-series, distributed database that uses a peer-to-peer approach to support QuasarDB clusters.