Cloud infrastructure is here to stay. Amazon, Rackspace and other public cloud providers created a blueprint for the next generation of IT. But many organizations remain concerned about handing over such power and control for business-critical applications. Enterprises want the best of the both worlds - the agility and cost efficiency of public clouds with the security, control and governance of dedicated hardware. That's the promise of private cloud. How can your organization take advantage of this growing trend? Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear Analyst Shawn Rogers explain how pre-integrated and assembled private cloud solutions are proliferating, thus opening the doors for organizations to deploy cloud infrastructure faster and more efficiently.   

The desire for analytics today extends far beyond the traditional domain of Business Intelligence. The challenge is that operational systems come in countless shapes and sizes. Furthermore, each application treats data somewhat differently. But there are patterns of data flow and transformation that pervade all such systems. And there's one big place where all these data types and use cases have come together architecturally: the Cloud. Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear veteran Analyst Wayne Eckerson explain how Cloud computing is ushering in a new era of analytics and intelligence.  

When companies predict the future effectively, they almost always win. But barriers abound for corporate departments and mid-sized organizations that have limited capital, IT staff, or both. They often lack the resources to employ powerful predictive analytics, and instead can only rely on basic reporting capabilities. That situation is now changing, thanks to software innovation, maturing methodologies, as well as competition from open-source offerings. Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear veteran Analyst Dr. Robin Bloor, who will explain why predictive analytics is finally going mainstream, and what that means for companies looking to grow.