Big Data: Game On

Most weather forecasts institutions run weather models that deal with a lot of data. But they are not really good at predicting the weather. For all the hardware power, the sophistication of the models and increased use of more and different data, forecasting the weather has not improved a lot. The atmosphere is such a […] Read more »

Digital Europe 2012: Disconnected Government

While we were focused on preparing our CIO Travel Guide For 2012, we also prepared a set of more traditional predictions for Digital Europe and recommendations for ICT vendors as part of a “crowd-forecasting” exercise of independent ICT Analyst and “Boutiques”. We believe that in 2012, European governments will become increasingly out of touch with […] Read more »

CIO Travel Guide For 2012

Rather than doing traditional analyst predictions we thought it would be a good idea to give you an infographic to mull over for the holiday season and to use as your personal travel guide on your IT voyage through 2012. Three Destinations We think there are three destinations that will be on your itinerary. The […] Read more »

Personal Cloud: Beyond Control and Convenience

In one of our previous posts we wondered if Apple’s iCloud was such a great solution for consumers. Despite our reservations we do regard the concept of the personal cloud itself as perfectly fitting in today’s world of social networking and mobility: always being able to access and share your information wherever you are. Clearly […] Read more »

Maakt Cloud Computing De IT-er Overbodig? Pim Bilderbeek op Webwereld Webcast

Wat betekent het voor u als uw bedrijf de cloud ingaat? Worden alleen de basale beheertaken uit handen genomen? Dreigt u zelfs uw baan te verliezen? Of biedt cloud computing juist de mogelijkheid uw meerwaarde te tonen? Op 17 november 2011 zal METISfiles analist Pim Bilderbeek samen met Webwereld en andere experts nader ingaan op […] Read more »

Computing Deployment Models And Cloud Traceability

In a previous post we talked about balancing computing architecture and operational management choices. We built a model that defined four computing styles: legacy IT, outsourcing, private cloud and public cloud. In a subsequent post we refined this model to include four hybrid solutions: hybrid architecture, hybrid operations, hybrid cloud and hybrid hosting. We introduced […] Read more »