Web traffic: Most visitors are malicious bots 8. January 2015 by Ralph Novak Based on current analyses, the security CDN Incapsula, a subsidiary of Imperva, has come to the conclusion that rather than humans it is bots that are responsible for 56 percent of all Internet data traffic. This proportion is said to have grown suddenly by around 10 percent within one year.
Oracle Database Appliance: Appliance Manager update supports ACFS 21. December 2014 by Ralph Novak Oracle has published a new release of their Application Manager for the Oracle Database Appliance. The software allows snapshots of both databases and virtual machines to be taken in quick succession, regardless of the volume of data.
Sales Trend: The market for server hardware is shrinking 21. December 2014 by Ralph Novak According to data from the IDC market research institution, global sales of servers have slightly increased once again. After a stagnant 2012, at least 9 million units were dispatched in 2013. This corresponds to an increase of about 3% compared to the previous year. In 2014, 9.3 million units are expected to go to the …
M-Commerce: Christmas business increasingly done on mobile devices 21. December 2014 by Ralph Novak For retailers, the weeks before Christmas are the most profitable time of the year. And this year, the volume of business is expected to increase even further, by 1.9% compared to the previous year in Germany, to reach 72.5 billion euros. This is the conclusion of an international study carried out by the coupon portal …
BITKOM forecast: The German cloud market continues to grow 21. December 2014 by Ralph Novak The industry association BITKOM believes we will see a continued rise in the cloud computing market. Despite the revelations about the NSA and GCHQ, the Experton Group, commissioned by BITKOM, predicts a 46% increase in business volume in the current year, to around 6.4 billion euros. Around 3 billion euros is attributed to services such …
Accelerate: Package solution eases migration to the Oracle Sales Cloud 21. December 2014 by Ralph Novak Oracle has released the new Oracle Accelerate application software for the Oracle Sales Cloud. This is intended to simplify and streamline migration to the Oracle Sales Cloud. The program includes tools for fast implementation, templates and processes to reduce time to market. With this support, the first customers were able to migrate to the Sales …
Location-based Services: Mobility moves according to its own rules 18. December 2014 by Ralph Novak The “Our Mobile Planet“ study by Google and Ipsos MediaCT shows that, no matter what country you are in: The search for location-based information plays an important role for smartphone users. In addition, they are often actively communicating with the company.
Open Data: CERN releases LHC research data 18. December 2014 by Ralph Novak Since 2008, CERN, the Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Organization for Nuclear Research), has been operating the largest particle accelerator in the world, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), in Switzerland. Among other things, in 2012, they succeeded in proving the existence of the Higgs Boson, which had been predicted in theory. The measuring …
Application Development: Developers switch to PaaS 18. December 2014 by Ralph Novak PaaS technologies (Platform as a Service) are becoming increasingly important all over the world. According to a Vanson-Bourne survey sponsored by Progress which surveyed 700 decision makers, 70% already use or plan to use these types of solutions. Software companies cite the cause as being the ever-changing demands of the business world, which ultimately amount …
Primavera Portfolio Management 9.1: New workflows facilitate project management 18. December 2014 by Ralph Novak With Primavera Portfolio Management 9.1, Oracle has presented a new release of its project management solution. Several new control functions and processes should noticeably increase user-friendliness. This includes advanced workflows and early alert systems which allow a higher degree of automation, as well as various search functions, e.g. using the status or the start time …
