New IDC Report Shows Link Between Levels of Collaboration and Success of Big Data and Analytics Projects

.2014 – A newly published International Data Corporation (IDC) report shows that there is a link between the levels of collaboration among IT, line-of-business (LOB) and analytics groups and the success of big data and analytics (BDA) projects.
This research also found that there are differences in the perception of the level of collaboration among IT, LOB and analytics groups. Of those surveyed, 57% of respondents from LOBs say that there is a high level of collaboration with IT to achi

Ways out of the “snake pit” test data management

Moehrendorf, 4 April 2014 – Working with test data can very rapidly lead to a conglomeration of different isolated solutions, which can turn into an allegorical snake pit within the testing process. In the end, it looks like there is no escape from this trap for the test manager. This year’s “Trends in Testing” showed, however, that test data management (TDM) can be efficiently mastered with the help of a change of perspective.

Server Virtualization Continues to Grow in EMEA but Mega-Datacenters are Changing the Game

According to IDC-s EMEA Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, 33.0% of all new servers shipped in EMEA in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13) were virtualized, a moderate increase from 30.0% in 4Q12. Physical server shipments were flat this quarter, showing only a 0.3% decline year-over-year, totaling 606,400 units. At the same time 200,300 server units were virtualized at the point of initial shipment in 4Q13, which is an annual increase of 9.6%. Virtualization licenses distributed this quart

ERGO sells stake in Jenoptik

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– Around 4.88 million shares with a value of over 60 million euros placed
– Strong demand from institutional investors in Germany and abroad
– Shareholder base widened: free float of the technology group at 75 percent
The longstanding major shareholder of JENOPTIK AG, ERGO Versicherungsgruppe, has sold its approximately 8.5 percent stake in Jenoptik to institutional investors in Germany and abroad. Due to strong demand, the total of around 4.88 million shares i