Today's enterprise relies on a host of services and applications to keep business running like a well-oiled machine. The guiding principles behind the service-oriented architecture (SOA) are supposed to ensure a smooth transition between services, but the motley assortment of applications is leaving some organizations over-burdened with complexity and latency. With the increasingly distributed and data-driven information environment, is it time to consider a new approach? Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to learn from veteran Analyst Dr. Robin Bloor as he explains the hopes and dreams of SOA, and why they were never fully achieved.

The enterprise IT market is, arguably, very arguably in fact, sat upon shifting sands today. Yes there is always a so-called "strategic inflexion point" around the next corner and we have Intel's Andy Grove to thank for coining that term - but that's not what we are talking about here. READ MORE

Statistics, with its ability to define the shape and nature of data, is the heart of predictive analytics. But machine learning is now a coequal partner in creating predictive models. That's because machine learning leverages compute power to run complex algorithms against data that manual statistical techniques could never accomplish. Machine learning models can build more accurate models against more data to help address a wider variety of applications. READ MORE

The power of Big Data depends heavily upon the context in which it's used, and most organizations are just beginning to figure out where, how and when to leverage it. One key to success is integration with existing information systems, many of which still rely on relational database technologies. Finding ways to blend these two worlds can help companies generate measurable business value in fairly short order. Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear Analysts Lindy Ryan and John O'Brien as they explain how the combination of traditional Business Intelligence with Big Data Analytics can provide game-changing results in today's information economy.