SDI’s Lessons Learned

Introduction On Dec. 3, 2015, I moderated a “Top 10 Things About SDI” panel at the Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Summit in Santa Clara, CA. The panel discussion included IT company executives from IBM; Gridstore—a Silicon Valley hyperconverged systems...

Citrix Moves the Channel to a Consumption Model

Citrix has moved to consumption model for some of its channel partners deploying cloud solutions based on hosting Citrix software. Partners now pay for what they sell based on what their customers actually consume. Neuralytix believes this model is a boon for partners and their customers. Though a shift from traditional, per-license (perpetual) pricing, it lowers the risks for partners and helps them to focus on higher margin value-added services.

Informatica Tackles Big Data Management

Analysis Big data software has emerged from a number of sources but especially the Open Source community, and more specifically the Apache foundation. While a number of for-profit companies have taken up the mantle of Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark, there is still a...