Mike Vizard

The biggest problem when it comes to business intelligence (BI) is the rate at which modern businesses now operate. By the time a BI application is set up to provide an answer to a particular question, no one can remember why it was asked in the first place. To reduce the amount of time it […]

While the concept of desktop virtualization may not be all that new, applying virtualization to smartphones is still a twinkling in the eye for most enterprise IT organizations. Looking to speed that process along, VMware recently released version 1.5 of VMware Horizon Workspace, which adds support for a range of VMware-ready smartphones based on the […]

As an open source NoSQL database based on a document metaphor, MongoDB has been gaining traction in the enterprise because it provides more structure for building certain classes of applications than a basic file system without introducing the complexity and cost associated with a SQL database. The challenge, of course, is that MongoDB introduces yet […]

CIOs and the New Service Provider: What You Need to Know Rather than building its own cloud computing platforms, Accenture is maneuvering to position itself as a broker of cloud computing services that are delivered via multiple cloud service providers. The global IT services and business consulting giant today announced that an update to the […]

Because most IT organizations have no idea where endpoint devices go once they leave the corporate network, endpoint security has become more challenging than ever. In the age of bring your own device (BYOD), every time a device connects to the corporate network, the odds that some sort of infection is being spread have increased […]

With interest in using DRAMs and Flash memory to provide persistent storage on the rise, a lot of IT organizations are looking for new approaches to managing primary storage. The latest vendor to throw its hat into that particular ring is Diablo Technologies, a long-time provider of memory interfaces, which this week unveiled a Memory […]

One of the promises of converged infrastructure is that it simplifies the acquisition of server, storage and networking technologies inside a single product. The tradeoff, however, has been that the only way to scale out additional capacity has been to buy entire sets of integrated systems. In theory, that approach can work, but in reality […]

Every time the term “industry standard servers” gets bandied about, there’s a natural assumption that the topic at hand is going to be about x86 servers. IBM wants to change that conversation by defining the term as two- and four-socket servers. IBM today unveiled a four-socket PowerLinux 7R4 server, sporting up to 32 processors that […]

Custom Mobile Apps: Streamlining the Way Business Gets Done IT organizations are often under pressure to develop mobile applications as quickly as possible. Developing those applications is one thing, but actually giving them access to relevant corporate data is usually what takes the most time. As part of an effort to accelerate that process, Salesforce.com […]

While there’s a tendency to think of cloud computing as a nebulous IT experience that provides continuous access to files and applications, the reality of cloud computing is governed much more by the unforgiving laws of physics. In fact, cloud computing is little more than a massive exercise in distributed computing where the location of […]

When faced with making a choice between deploying an application across a private network or the Internet, the decision generally comes down to how much control the IT organization needs to exercise over that application. Riverbed Technology now wants to make that decision a little harder. Best Practices for Enterprise Cloud Computing As a provider […]

Just about every IT organization managing a data center has deployed a load balancer, also known as a proxy server. But as load balancers have evolved into application delivery controllers (ADCs), a lot of those organizations couldn’t afford to make the leap forward to more granular control over application delivery. A10 Networks this week moved […]