Initiatives

Are You Keeping Up With Real-Time Big Data?

Can you analyze real-time data for time-critical applications, or add value to data before storing it? Do you use complex-event processing (CEP)?

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The conventional save-and-process paradigm is not fast enough. CEP distills incoming data about events into "complex" events. Complex events summarize the information value of this data to provide insights into the current conditions in your company and its environment.

We will give you the insight to:

• Know the right time to use and deploy CEP.
• Be able to use CEP to help big data applications load high-volume event data more efficiently and effectively.
• Find the vendors that have CEP-capable commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) packages that meet your project's specific business requirements.
• Decide when it is time to acquire a general-purpose CEP-capable event processing platform and tailor it if an appropriate COTS package is not available.

Are You Ready for "Big Culture" Technologies?

"Big culture" technologies offer the promise of massive long-term competitive advantage, but they also require a massive cultural change to achieve it.

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If you position and implement big culture technologies properly, the new advantage gained can grow because the cultural change itself forms a barrier to entry.

This enables your business to learn and improve its position, while rivals struggle with cultural change. Because it introduces the ability to leverage a type of technology that functions throughout an entire organization, the dynamics of this provide more time for your organization to change.

We will give you tools and knowledge to answer:

• Which big culture technologies ahead (there may be several needed) can shape the competitive landscape for my industry?
• What do I need to include in my planning so I leverage the delay to be expected from my competition due to the time it takes to implement a cultural change.
• How do I develop a list of target areas in my enterprise, such as a business unit, that could substantially enhance competitive advantage if they were to undergo a cultural transformation leveraging a big culture technology?

Should You Skip Windows 7 and Migrate to Windows 8?

Microsoft will end its support for Windows XP by April 2014. As the company begins its huge marketing campaign around Windows 8, many in your business will wonder if you should skip the Windows 7 migration and go straight to Windows 8.

There are some valid reasons to consider skipping Windows 7 in favor of Windows 8. This may all sound logical, but have you stopped to really analyze the risks and benefits to your organization?

We will give you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about:

• The proper plan to eliminate Windows XP by April 2014.
• Determining what the majority of your users need with respect to PCs and tablets, and understand the timing challenges in the migration strategies.
• If a mixed deployment of Windows 7 and Windows 8 will work best for your organization.
• The overall costs of skipping Windows 7 and migrating straight to Windows 8.
• How to deal with users who will attach their own Windows 8 devices to your network.