Is Cloud Computing Hurting Software Companies?

Large enterprise software companies have been reporting decreased profitability over the past several years. This has been explained as a byproduct of the cloud computing trend. Is this true? An analysis of SAP’s financial data suggests that the cloud transition and not a system set of problems is to blame. Profitability will likely be hurt in the short-term but will abate in the future. Customers can continue to purchase software from large traditional vendors without fear that they are in permanent distress.

Cloudera Looks to Business Value as Key to Its Future Growth

Cloudera, focused on Big Data and analytics, held its annual analyst meeting on March 10-11, 2015, in San Francisco. The company, the largest provider of Hadoop-related software worldwide has chosen to focus its energies on highlighting the business side of analytics,...

Data Security Controls: Beyond Encryption

Data encryption is clearly a best practice. However, according to an Informatica/Ponemon Survey of enterprises in 2014 showed that less than 50% of enterprises are doing any form of data encryption (Figure 1). But beyond encryption, what are the other techniques are...

Leverage Talent through Master Data Management

Who are you? Not philosophically but digitally. What is your identity within your organization? Not just for authentication purposes but for informing others what you have to offer and what you want. This is not a trivial question, at least from a software point of...