Oracle pushes into database-as-a-service

	Enterprises confident about tackling big data initiatives | Rob Walker: Using predictive analytics to make your data actionable (part 1)
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	Oracle pushes into database-as-a-service Oracle has hyped its new 12c database as faster and more powerful than ones that have come before, and now it's highlighting the release's ability to easily serve up multiple databases of varying size and scope according to a particular user's needs. Read More   WHITE PAPER: VMware People and Processes: Keys to IT as a Service Success IT as a service (ITaaS) provides a unique opportunity for IT and line-of-business leaders to realign to transform business. Over the past decade, IT organizations have worked hard to reduce delivery time and costs through automation and commoditization. Advances in virtualization and cloud computing have helped bring IT to this major inflection point, but business and IT transformation also require organizational transformation. In this Issue Enterprises confident about tackling big data initiatives Rob Walker: Using predictive analytics to make your data actionable (part 1) How EDA used big data analytics to drive SaaS revenue Oracle takes the fight to Amazon, Salesforce.com with new cloud services SAP HANA isn't 'even comparable' to Oracle's in-memory technology, Hurd says Steve Pate: Going to the cloud? BYOS (bring your own security) INSIDER How to protect corporate data from angry ex-employees WHITE PAPER: VMware Disaster Recovery Exercises Fall Short of the Finish Line Though many enterprises have advanced disaster recovery technologies put in place, they still fall short when it comes to actual preparedness due to a lack of formal processes and a strict regimen for exercising DR plans. Many enterprises that we speak with know that they need to improve their DR exercise program but face barriers such as a lack of executive support, limited employee resources, and a fear of interrupting business processes. Enterprises confident about tackling big data initiatives CompTIA's Big Data Insights and Opportunities study finds that a majority of organizations feel more positive about big data as a business initiative. They also see significant costs associated with falling behind in managing and using data. Read More   Rob Walker: Using predictive analytics to make your data actionable (part 1) If we were able to predict the future, we would be able read the minds of our customers and know exactly what they wanted. The closest we can get to this supernatural ability is utilizing predictive analytics to tap into the hidden treasures that reside in big data that every organization is wrestling with nowadays. Read More   How EDA used big data analytics to drive SaaS revenue   Faced with the challenge of converting subscribers to a new platform while implementing a price increase, Equipment Data Associates turned to Scout Analytics to provide the data analytics it needed to better understand and serve its customers. Read More   WHITE PAPER: VMware Disaster Recovery Exercises Fall Short of the Finish Line Though many enterprises have advanced disaster recovery technologies put in place, they still fall short when it comes to actual preparedness due to a lack of formal processes and a strict regimen for exercising DR plans. Many enterprises that we speak with know that they need to improve their DR exercise program but face barriers such as a lack of executive support, limited employee resources, and a fear of interrupting business processes. Oracle takes the fight to Amazon, Salesforce.com with new cloud services Oracle is offering a series of new services that position it as a one-stop shop for all things cloud and directly target the likes of Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.com. Read More   SAP HANA isn't 'even comparable' to Oracle's in-memory technology, Hurd says While SAP has made no secret of its desire to lure customers running Oracle databases over to its own HANA in-memory platform, any doubt that Oracle would fight back has been erased. Read More   Steve Pate: Going to the cloud? BYOS (bring your own security) There are many benefits to be gained by using the public cloud. Cost efficiencies, elasticity and collaborative access are mentioned most often. But will your data be secure in the cloud? And who is responsible for keeping it safe? These topics bear further exploration. Read More     INSIDER How to protect corporate data from angry ex-employees   The vast majority of employees who leave a company are honest, upstanding corporate citizens. But you never know when someone might leave on bad terms and then attempt to hack back into your corporate systems. Read More
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