Nearshore Journal

This guest post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is a senior analyst at Ovum.
By Tony Baer
We’d be the first to admit our surprise that Pegasystems has thrived as well as it has. Our initial impression of the company about four to five [...]

One of the biggest questions facing companies today is what to make of cloud computing. Does it signal a major shift in how we approach IT — and the business — or is it just another ride on the hype wave that will disappear if we just wait [...]

In a move to mainstream predictive analytics, TIBCO Software this week rolled out the latest version of its Spotfire platform.
Dubbed Spotfire 3.1, the latest iteration promises a natural language statistical experience. Spotfire 3.1 aims to help anyone in an organization get fact-based answers to questions that help drive revenue.
The [...]

In a move to tackle a persistent cloud computing challenge, Cast Iron Systems just rolled out a new platform that aims to help companies large and small securely integrate public clouds, private clouds and on-premise applications.
Dubbed OmniConnect, the cloud integration solution offers a single platform rather than multiple products or on-premise [...]

Security. It’s one of the major issues that keeps cloud computing from working its way deeper and more quickly into the enterprise IT mainstream.
But what are the potential threats around using cloud services? How can companies make sure business processes and data remain secured in the cloud? And how can CIOs [...]

This guest post comes courtesy of Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst at Zapthink.
By Ronald Schmelzer
Most experienced practitioners in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Architecture (EA), including ourselves, would assert that architecture and implementation are not interdependent. That is to say that architecture expresses means for describing ways of doing things whereas [...]

For more information on virtualization and how it provides a foundation for Private Cloud, plan to attend the HP Cloud Virtual Conference taking place in March. To register for this event, go to:
Asia, Pacific, Japan – March 2
Europe Middle East and Africa – March 3
Americas – March 4
In a move to tap into the [...]