Posts Tagged ‘IBM’

Recent studies have shown that a high correlation exists between an organization’s ability to create timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis and the increased performance of that company. But why? If you think about it, it makes sense. Companies that embrace automating finance processes can redirect their finance resources to perform more value-add analysis, […]

Poolside on the 4th of July (in between tossing the football and taking diving lessons from my daughter Paige), I read an interesting article written by Dr. Jeff Focht, vice president for academic affairs at the community college I first attended before going on to Penn State. In his article, “at the end of the […]

If you missed IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience conference in May, you’ll be glad to know that IBM is posting many of the presentations on the Portal Wiki.  This is an excellent chance to see the actual video of the presentations and not just the presentation file. Stefan Hepper presented a nice session on how to […]

IBM has created a site to help get people familiar with their Web Experience suite.  The site is called Getting Started with Your Web Experience.  In the site, you will find tutorials on various parts of the web experience, including installing WebSphere Portal 8, configuring a database, and customizing the portal.  The site must be […]

IBM released WebSphere Portal 8 in May just before the IBM Exceptional Web Experience (xWebx) conference in Austin, TX.  I’ve posted several blogs about this version and have installed it several times (see the related posts). But there are two add-ons which are not yet updated for WebSphere Portal 8 and for which we are […]

We’ve written many articles on this blog about the importance of Activity Streams, mostly in conjunction with social software.  Forrester recently released the first research report dedicated to just Activity Streams.  To be included in the research, Forrester said the product had to specialize in activity streams as opposed to being a platform. Initially this […]

IBM has long had a Solutions Catalog or application store, which includes portlets and other code for their products.   Some solutions are free from IBM and others, while some solutions you have to purchase.  You can look at the Solutions Catalog here. In addition to the Solutions Catalog, IBM is now offering what they […]

Big data is a term being used currently to describe the global and industry challenges with data capture, integrity, quality, analytics, usage, value, etc. IBM has taken the lead in the market with a platform and solutions that help companies manage Big Data and bring value to the organization while managing costs and streamlining operations. […]

Netezza is a leader in high-performance data warehousing appliances and advanced analytics applications. Now part of the IBM offering after a hefty $1.7 billion acquisition in 2010, Netezza has had the attention it deserves. So, how much faster is Netezza than a [nameless] data warehouse competitor? See for yourself in this side-by-side comparison: …embarrassing.

Every two years for the last decade, IBM has sat down with CEOs and discussed different industry perspectives on emerging trends. This year’s feedback from over 1,700 CEOs was heavily focused on what is becoming an “overflow” of data and information. This has been a byproduct of the great advances in social media, collaboration tools, big data […]

At IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Rob Will, Chief Architect for WebSphere Portal and WCM, delivered his usual outstanding presentation on What’s New in WebSphere Portal and WCM.  His presentation was 117 slides long, so it was packed with lots of information.  He conveyed some of IBM goals with respect to Portal and WCM and […]

At IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Rob Will, Chief Architect for WebSphere Portal and WCM, delivered his usual outstanding presentation on What’s New in WebSphere Portal and WCM.  His presentation was 117 slides long, so it was packed with lots of information.  He conveyed some of IBM goals with respect to Portal and WCM and […]