CTOvision

JULY 21, 2015

The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software.

Open Source 150

Open Source IBM Oracle Government 150

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

An Open Microsoft: Azure HDInsight Available for Linux (windowsitpro.com). IBM makes big data push (channeleye.co.uk). MapR Enables the Real-Time, Data-Centric Enterprise (insidebigdata.com).

Google 150

Google Cloud Big Data Open Source 150

CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

In the text below, I examine an on-premise Hadoop ecosystem as a general purpose Big Data solution in relation to alternative commercial purpose-built storage technologies (-e.g. Oracle, Teradata, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, EMC, etc). It is important to choose the right technology for your particular use case. Conclusion.

Big Data 286

Big Data Data Analysis Fractional CTO 286

Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

To recap how I’ve been tracking some of the evolution: In Part I (back in 2013) we observed AWS experimenting with expansion by reaching down into the enterprise by licensing its APIs (remember Eucalyptus?) Namely Google Compute Cloud, as well as IBM/SoftLayer. and building a VPC (which evolved into Direct Connect ). True Dat.

Strategy 100

Strategy Cloud Vmware IBM 100

All Things Distributed

APRIL 18, 2012

Marketplace has software listings from well-known vendors including 10gen, CA, Canonical, Couchbase, Check Point Software, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Zend, and others, as well as many widely used open source offerings including Wordpress, Drupal, and MediaWiki. CTO - Amazon.com. Cloud Experienceâ??: Amazon 1-Clickâ??

Cloud 116

Cloud Web Services Software Software 116