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How a cloud-first enterprise application strategy boosts speed and scale for your business

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Cloud-first applications support a manageable OpEx cost model, metered like a utility, as opposed to requiring significant upfront capital investments in infrastructure and software licenses. This type of functionality and scale can be a game-changer for mission-critical applications such as SAP. More data-driven insights.

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Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case

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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 may be difficult to determine the exact point at which you should leverage one over the other.

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Generative AI copilots: What’s hype and where to drive results

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Many other platforms, such as Coveo’s Relative Generative Answering , Quickbase AI , and LaunchDarkly’s Product Experimentation , have embedded virtual assistant capabilities but don’t brand them copilots. Microsoft is heavily investing in AI capabilities and workflow integrations, so CIOs should expect and plan for improved capabilities.

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The latest on Web 2.0 in Australia: Showcasing the best - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Omnidrive is both a successful technology start-up, originally from Wollongong and now in Silicon Valley, and is also playing an important role in Web 2.0 more ] Six ways technology is transforming small business (1) Greytip Online wrote:When we talk about productivity and.[ standards development.

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Announcing Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum: Sydney, 19 February 2008 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies , future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network , leading events firm The Insight Exchange , and influence ratings start-up Repyoot. Enterprise 2.0 Permalink | View blog reactions Categories : Enterprise 2.0

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Web 2.0 in Australia: The birth of Silicon Harbour? - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

David Backley, Chief Technology Officer of Australian banking giant Westpac, said that risk aversion in corporations means both that they are less likely to try new technologies, and to by them from smaller vendors rather than the software giants. Another key theme was the application of Web 2.0 in the enterprise.

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