Cloud Computing trumps all other strategic technologies
Cloud computing is dominating the strategic technology trends for 2015, according to the reports of Gartner. Strategic technology is defined as the one with the potential for a significant impact on organisations in the coming three years. The three main themes with tech trends of 2015 include the merging of real and virtual worlds, technology impact of the digital business sight and intelligence everywhere. Cloud presents scalable, self-service computing, and both internal and external applications will be built in this style. The study also predicts the demise of traditional sourcing IT models.
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GE joins the Big Data bandwagon
In a move which will make Thomas Edison happy, GE has made its big shift towards Big Data and the Internet of Things. Through sensors and other GE machines that feed the data to central repositories, the company would be able to analyze and manage enormous amounts of data. Through this efficient maintenance, remote monitoring, asset tracking and spotting new patterns can be exploited. The company has already hit the $1.1 billion with IoT this year. GE has plans to connect this Big data product, also called Predix, to machines built by other companies.
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How to get started with enterprise mobility?
There is no way enterprises can ignore the impact of enterprise mobility. If used appropriately, it can increase business opportunities. It can make an enterprise more agile, if backed with the right strategy. Enterprise mobility can increase productivity and customer service, improve business processes and help businesses take better decisions through data. While you are designing a mobility strategy for your business, there are some key points of consideration. These include the target audience, whether you have to re-size the existing infrastructure, whether development has to be outsourced or built in-house, device support, rollout, training and monitoring.
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IBM-Xamarin tie-up will improve enterprise collaboration
IBM has tied up with Xamarin to help developers build great native apps across iOS, Android and Windows platforms which can be easily linked to enterprise data and systems. This move comes as a result of the growing need for enterprise systems to be made available on smartphones. Thanks to this move, the developers will be able to take advantage of C# to build applications and reuse code. They can use Xamarin’s IDE or Visual Studio to build the apps. IBM has a new SDK which can be used by developers to connect these apps to any back-end system.
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