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)

Where Are RIA Technologies Headed in 2008?

I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning? "Because they can only give you answers." Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would share with you what some of the world's leading rich Internet application pioneers are thinking may be the next questions that we need to see answered. From that readers can themselves infer where AJAX is headed. What are the top questions to ask next about AJAX? Eric Miraglia of Yahoo! 1.  (From March'08) How do I calculate the ROI of building my RIA on the iPhone SDK vs using AJAX? 2.  How do I assess the performance of my app and decide what to do next to make it faster?  3.  When it comes to accessibility, how do I know what's required of me for my rich web apps?  Beyond what's required, what makes good business se... (more)

Another free seminar on June 6th in Helmond Brandevoort

My first free Delphi / RAD Studio seminar on Feb 21st in Helmond Brandevoort (NL) was a big success, so we've decided to organise a follow-up seminar in "wijkhuis 't Brandpunt" in Helmond Brandevoort on June 6th with new topics including Unicode, Win32 SOAP and Web Services, ASP.NET with AJAX, and an introduction to Delphi for PHP. The first event was fully booked in a matter of weeks, so although we can host more people now (70 instead of 50+), don't wait too long to book your free place to this event. See the online agenda for more details. ... (more)

Undisciplined approach to negotiation costing businesses millions of pounds, finds Huthwaite International Benchmark Study

As Global 2000* net income drops 31% over survey period, companies that adopt processes in line with best practice achieve a 43% increase. Report highlights critical areas to improve bottom line results - "transforming negotiation from individual competence to organisational capability is key to success" In the first study of its kind, Huthwaite International and IACCM found that companies with no negotiation processes in place suffered an average net income (bottom line profitability) decline of 63.3 per cent between 2007 and 2008. In stark contrast, over the same period the top 25 per cent of companies on the Huthwaite International/IACCM 'negotiation maturity' benchmarking scale recorded an average net income increase of 42.5 per cent. This was one of the main findings of Improving corporate negotiating performance** - a unique benchmark study undertaken jointly b... (more)

Mimecast Attains ISO/IEC 27001 Security Certification

Cloud services provider's commitment to security recognised with UK certification London, UK - 28 March 2012 - Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, today announced that it has attained the ISO/IEC 27001 security certification. Mimecast chose to become certified against the ISO 27001 framework as part of its ongoing mission to support clear, customer-friendly security standards for the cloud computing industry. Having an ISO 27001 compliant system helps customers make informed choices about their cloud security services and ensures vendor accountability. Mimecast also recently announced that is has published its security controls in response to the standards set by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), becoming one of only three supplie... (more)

Getmapping Launches Maps API

Hartley Wintney, UK, April 20, 2012 - Getmapping has launched its own 'Maps API' which enables customers to introduce interactive maps to their websites, or web-based applications. The 'Maps API' provides access to Getmapping's own hi-resolution aerial photography and high quality Ordnance Survey OpenData mapping, together with a comprehensive reverse geocoding service. With fast UK based servers and very competitive pricing the Getmapping 'Maps API' provides a really attractive alternative to Google and Microsoft. The Getmapping 'Maps API' is fully featured with a familiar pan and zoom interface and simple on screen buttons to choose between Ordnance Survey mapping at multiple scales, high quality high resolution aerial photography or a hybrid view. The 'Maps API' also boasts a comprehensive set of tools for creating map markers, for points of interest for example, ... (more)

Your choice in .VHD files, and what it implies (So many questions. So little time. Part 36)

Jeanne asked two questions at our TechNet Event a couple of weeks ago: So.. in question #1 you’re asking about the implications of using one particular .VHD (virtual hard disk) disk type; Fixed, Differencing, or Dynamic.  To answer that question, first let me take a minute to describe what these types are.  I’ll point to some benefits and weaknesses, and then I’ll point you to some documentation on what the performance impacts are. First of all you should understand that when you create a VHD file you have three choices.  Two of these choices concern the difference between what the virtual machine or file system thinks it has when compared the actual file of the disk, and one has to do with a linked relationship between disks. Fixed: This is a disk that, to the file system using it, believes it is a certain size.. and that size matches the actual size of the .VHD fi... (more)

A Sixth Thing CIOs Should Know About Big Data

Amid the slew of articles offering advice on Big Data,  Joab Jackson's, Five Things CIOs Should Know About Big Data. stood out because of how absolutely spot on it was. The five points he makes nearly always come up in our conversations with customers and prospects: You will need to think about big data. What we're seeing now is that the price of entry to big data, at least from a CapEx standpoint, is pretty low. Open source tools like Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, MapReduce and others, combined with the relatively low price of cloud computing, means organizations that may not have been inclined to collect, store and analyze their data volumes are now more willing and able to do so. Useful data can come from anywhere. Data that used to be "dropped on the floor" is one way to categorize big data. Gazzang CEO, Larry Warnock, likens to big data to a giant fishing net t... (more)

Shelly Palmer Radio Report – August 13, 2012

_wpaudio.enc['wpaudio-5028c040c7bab'] = '\u0068\u0074\u0074\u0070\u003a\u002f\u002f\u0077\u0077\u0077\u002e\u0073\u0068\u0065\u006c\u006c\u0079\u0070\u0061\u006c\u006d\u0065\u0072\u002e\u0063\u006f\u006d\u002f\u0069\u006d\u0061\u0067\u0065\u0073\u002f\u0075\u0073\u0072\u006e\u002f\u0031\u0032\u0030\u0038\u0031\u0033\u005f\u0053\u0048\u0045\u004c\u004c\u0059\u0050\u0041\u004c\u004d\u0045\u0052\u005f\u0047\u0045\u004e\u005f\u0042\u0045\u0044\u002e\u006d\u0070\u0033'; Click to play ... It’s incredibly common to hear people complain about Facebook and Twitter. Just last week my Facebook feed was filled with whining from users being forced into the timeline format. But even the most common complaints are often ignored by Facebook, Twitter and other free social networks, and why shouldn’t they be? We don’t pay for these services, so regular users aren’t treated the way most compa... (more)

The 2012 Gartner MQ for APM: What IT Operations Teams Need to Know

Gartner has released its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) report, highlighting growth in APM spending and a rapidly evolving market. This year’s report evaluated vendors according to Gartner’s five dimensions for APM and added the requirement that APM vendors include Java and .NET code instrumentation in their solution. Read more on The 2012 Gartner MQ for APM: What IT Operations Teams Need to Know… ... (more)

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices Book Review

I own the first two versions of this book and was looking forward to the third version. There was a lot of change between the first and second editions, but this third edition does not have that much new material. The authors let you know in the preface that the major update to this version of the book is that it has been updated for Visual Studio 2012. My personal preference is to always have the latest edition. I would say if you want to get familiar with doing Scrum with TFS this is the book you want. It really does not cover the other templates at all. I am not saying that is bad, but when I read the second edition of the book it is not what I expected or wanted. I already had read enough on Scrum to last me a lifetime. I wanted to see more on the other templates. All that said, if you have not had the opportunity to get familiar with Scrum this is a great place t... (more)