Providing "enterprise BI" that includes social analytics will be a significant challenge to many enterprises in the near future. This is one of the primary reasons for the success of the new wave of innovative and easy-to-use BI and social media analytical tools within the last several years.
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New IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group) research underwritten by EMC looks at the problem of mission-critical-application downtime and its impact on organizations. According to this new global survey, among respondents with at least two data centers and rapid replication solutions, 46% indicate are less than satisfied with their current strategies.
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Software-defined networking (SDN) is IT's new black, displacing cloud as the technology darling du jour. But while all the focus on the network layers is ultimately good for applications—after all, an optimized network is critical for applications today—SDN does not address challenges in the application layers that are just as key to ensuring performance, security, and availability of applications in the data center and into the cloud.
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Before standardizing on a specific master data management (MDM) solution for your IT infrastructure, take the time to look under the hood to make sure the MDM platform is capable of keeping up with your business and providing long-term value. By understanding the advantages of today's MDM technology, and focusing on key and often-overlooked technical functionality, you may just find that you are in fact the unsung hero.
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