DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Politics 2.0 Meets Web 2.0

Paul Brennan, CEO of Zeus Technology, the company that powered Barack Obama's online fundraising efforts, reflects on the new President's online campaign and explains why the UK political scene has a lot to learn. Barack Obama's Presidential campaign has been widely praised for its use of social media and online tactics. Some have even gone as far to say that he would not have been as successful if it wasn't for the Internet. The results speak for themselves. In just a few months, President Obama raised over $200m in online donations, mobilized over 850,000 social networking participants, and promoted more than 50,000 events across the U.S. On some days, seven figure amounts were pledged in 24 hours and six figure amounts were donated per hour. The campaign's outcomes have been followed closely by UK politicians keen to build stronger relationships with citizens. Bu... (more)

Cloud Expo Day Four: Still Very Cloudy in New York

The economics of the cloud, the rise of the mobile workforce and the consumerization of IT are making the transformation to the cloud a foregone conclusion within enterprise IT. But not every company, organization or government agency is necessarily keeping up. Is yours? Whether your company is seeking to play at the SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS level of the Cloud Computing ecosystem, the surest way to get yourself and your company fully "Cloud-ready" is by attending Cloud Expo New York – being held this week, June 6 - 9, 2011, at The Javits Center In New York City. A representative sampler (only) of this week''s technical program, which is now in its fourth day, is included below. The full schedule for the entire four days is here. Jacob Javits Convention Center in NYC Getting Ready for Cloud Expo 2011 New York Cloud Expo offers a non-stop 4-day technical program with 175+ ... (more)

Cloud Expo Speaker Profile: James Thomason - Gale Technologies

With Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo) starting today Monday November 7 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, let's introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical program at the conference... We have technical and strategy sessions for you every day from Nov 7 through Nov 10 dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else have they written and/or said about the Cloud that is transforming the world of Enterprise IT? CLOUD EXPO SPEAKER NAME: James Thomason TWITTER: @fef1f0 COMPANY: Gale Technologies 9TH CLOUD EXPO SESSION TITLE: Scheduling and Optimization for the Cloud SESSION DESCRIPTION: http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1909067 BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: James Thomason is CTO at Gale Technologies, driving t... (more)

Wikipedia Nixes "Enterprise 2.0"

(August 19, 2066) - This week's remarkable deletion, from Wikipedia, of the useful colloquy "Enterprise 2.0" coined by a Harvard Business School professor (Andrew McAfee, pictured) and popularized by Web 2.0 Journal editor-in-chief Dion Hinchcliffe - has set the cat among the pigeons. When someone as eminent as Prof. Andrew McAfee, who first coined the term in March 2006, is writing articles in the MIT Sloan Management Review entitled "Enterprise 2.0: The Dawn of Emergent Collaboration", then it is surely an odd time for Wikipedia, of all reference sources, to be suggesting that there's no consensus on the value or meaning of such a term. McAfee is an associate professor with the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, so he is no lightweight. His HBS faculty blog gave an early account of the nixing on Thursday. The most insightful view o... (more)

President & CTO of 3tera Speaking Next Week at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo November 19-21 in Silicon Valley

The 3tera Blog Months ago, 3tera unveiled our Cloudware architecture. But rather than try to convince the world that there is only a single architecture that works and ours is it, we emphasized that Cloud architectures need to be open. Not only need they interoperate with all sorts of hardware and software as virtual appliances, they need to interoperate with other Clouds and Cloud components as well. Now, of course, the two undisputed leaders in virtualization, VMWare and Citrix/Xen, have both announced suites of products in support of Cloud Computing - vCloud and Citrix Cloud Center (C3), respectively. Undoubtedly, Microsoft and Red Hat and more will follow. The anticipation that drove our Cloudware architecture is proving spot on. There will be multiple global Clouds, they will not all be the same, and the ones that will get the brass rings will be the ones that ... (more)

CCT CEO Jonathan Rosenberg Drives Revenue Through CRM in the Philippines

Cyber City Teleservices (www.cctll.com) is the most venerable of the CRM call-center firms in the Philippines. Dating back to 1999, it was co-founded by longtime industry executive Jonathan Rosenberg, who spent two decades in the US in the direct response industry. "The first thing I want to be clear about is that we don't view ourselves as a solution for companies to reduce costs," he told me in a recent interview at CCT's headquarters in the Clark Special Economic Zone, a couple hours north of Manila in the state of Pampanga. "The most important issue for business executives is driving topline revenue, and we help our clients do that." I met Jonathan during an event called Convergence 2009, part of a convention at Clark that was sponsored by the Philippine government. The event attracted local business leaders and foreign executives, as well as students eager to ... (more)

IQMS Advances ERP Collaboration and Management Capabilities with Latest EnterpriseIQ Release

IQMS, an innovator in the design and development of extended Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, today announced the latest release of the company’s flagship EnterpriseIQ ERP solution. EnterpriseIQ 7.7, which continues IQMS’ tradition of helping manufacturing organizations stay lean, agile and competitive, utilizes the popular Web 2.0 IQMS Community Server collaboration portal as the main catalyst for development changes. Community Server allows all IQMS customers to contribute their development ideas and to comment on ideas of others to help drive the system forward. This collaborative method streamlines the development process and allows IQMS to deliver customer-driven changes more quickly. “Manufacturing, like so many industries, benefits from collaborative environments that influence the development process. IQMS brings that approach right into its ER... (more)

Cloud Expo 2011 New York: The Impact of Cloud Computing on IT

Cloud Expo 2011 New York $800 Savings here! There are many considerations when deciding how your organization will leverage cloud computing. There are many service and deployment models (Private vs. Public cloud, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS). There is no one size fits all. How do you decide which cloud model is right for your organization? In his session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Bhargav Shah, Director at KPMG in its IT Advisory practice, will share knowledge and insights gleaned from helping many clients leverage cloud computing in their overall IT strategy. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Speaker Bio: Bhargav Shah is a Director at KPMG in its IT Advisory practice. He has been involved with IT strategy, DC operations, IT Services Management and Architecture since 1998. He also leads KPMG's cloud solution development and has helped many clien... (more)

Full Service Marketing Firm Infrontweb Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary

New York, NY, March 24, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Infrontweb, a leading online and mobile marketing service provider, has announced the completion of 15 years in the industry. The company was established in 1997 and has come a long way, adding several awards and achievements to its credit. The company has been in the Online Marketing space for over 15 years and is known for its creative client strategies. Infrontweb believes in working closely with each client to ensure that their specific needs have been perfectly understood and the appropriate marketing strategy has been conceived. The company specializes in SEO, Web Development, Mobile Marketing and Branding, along with various services to optimize online presence, such as social media marketing and online marketing. Infrontweb is committed to delivering high quality marketing services to ensure that its clients maximize t... (more)

5 Ways to Cope When You Don’t Believe in Your Company

Let’s face it: we can’t all work for one of Fortune’s Top 100 Companies or non-profit organizations. And in fact, a large percentage of the population works in for-profits whose... Follow The Fast Track on Twitter: http://twitter.com/intuitquickbase & Google+ at https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106377964303068533661/+quickbase ... (more)