Goodbye CEP, hello streaming and Cassandra
All the major independents in the CEP space have now succumbed
The accessibility blog contains short pieces of news and thoughts on accessibility and usability. Accessibility covers making all of ICT easier to use by people with disabilities and challenges and how to make peoples lives easier by the use of ICT. Deeper examination of product and supplier matters appear in Peter Abrahams publications and articles for Bloor Research.
Filling the requirements hole
What would a tool halfway between RM and Visio look like?
Big data issues
How you store big data is one thing - how you make sure it is suitable for analysis is something else
Cisco acquires Composite: implications
Cisco has acquired Composite Software: what does that mean?
TIBCO transforms big data into big opportunity
TIBCO came to London for their user conference (transFORM2013). This year's theme was all about big data and TIBCO's senior executives outlined their strategy for their platform.
Calling a spade a spade
Preventative maintenance and asset optimisation are not the same thing
What is Actian actually doing? - Why does Actian need so many databases?
Having not even digested Pervasive Software yet, Actian has now acquired ParAccel. Why?
BLU Acceleration
BLU Acceleration provides significantly improved query performance in IBM DB2 data warehousing environments.
Big Data governance and EU data law – Part 2 - I talk to the experts
Further thoughts on Data Protection issues and Big Data.
Big Data governance and EU data law – Part 1 - I raise some questions – and highlight some resources
Individuals' consent is 'almost always' required by firms when using personal data in big data projects centred on profiling and that's a governance issue which perhaps needs legal, as much as IT, advice