[InfoGraphic] It's a SaaS World

ProfitBricks has just published an infographic that describes the history of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), how it compares to other cloud service delivery paradigms such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and the leading SaaS types in use across the world today.

It's a great primer for one and all!

Courtesy of: ProfitBricks - Cloud Computing 2.0 via https://thetechpanda.com/ (updated, since ProfitBricks became part of Ionos.com)

See also: Cloud Computing History | A Remarkable Tech Journey (computerguideonline.com)

[Infographic] Google Glass From the Inside

Early last spring, Google announced the advent of Google Glass -sporty and snazzy piece of the new generation of wearable computing technology. Google Glass is being readied, with the first pieces of the sci-fi style glasses being ready to be shipped by late 2013 (we gather).

If you are keen, then the specs include a tranparent LCD or AMOLED display, a front facing camera, GPS, motion sensors, Wi-fi or Bluetooth enabled, running Android. (For the full specs, see this)

If you want to know how Google Glass works for the user, then check it this video.



If you're curious to know how it really works - internally, that is - then check out this great infographic (by Droid-life.com) below.


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Making Big Data Work: The Hadoop Family

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Big Data is not just a buzz word today - it's probably a precursor to the stark reality in the increasingly digitized world of Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Apple iOS/iPhone and Google Android (see post: [Infographic]: Amazon Web Services - Behind the Scene).

It's not just the technology and Cloud-service vendors who are interested in big data. It's a growing number of retail businesses, utility companies, and more (see post: [Infographic]: The Future of Big Data). The volume of data generated every moment continues to rise, and is expected to grow as more 'smart' devices enter our personal and work environments.

Indeed this is exciting in itself, and quite unprecedented in human history, questions abound in everyone's minds. While there are no easy answers, one thing that we're watching is the evolution of the technology that can make all this worth it - the handling, the processing, the scaling, the 'smart' analytics, driving the intelligent business of tomorrow.

So, with all the buzz around Big Data, we thought its best to devote a post to these set of technologies. And, one such technology - rather, suite of technologies - is Hadoop and it's related tech components. The Apache™ Hadoop® project develops open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing, and has evolved through many years now, with companies like Yahoo!, Google and Facebook contributing significantly to it.

To understand big data better, it's important to get an understanding of some of these core technology components, and here you'll find 3 great slide decks on the topic. (Thanks to the folks for sharing these and making them available)

1. The Family of Hadoop

The Family of Hadoop from Nam Nham

By Nam Nham

2. The Evolution of the Hadoop Ecosystem

The Evolution of the Hadoop Ecosystem from Cloudera, Inc.

By Cloudera, Inc.

3.  Spotting Hadoop in the wild

Spotting Hadoop in the wild from Klaas Bosteels

By klbostee

For more posts on big data, see:
Big Data Architectures
[Infographic] The Future of Big Data

Also, for some good resources on big data, please check out LinksAnywhere.com

[Infographic] The Future of Big Data

A visualization of Wikipedia edits (by IBM)

As the industry and consumers begin to come to terms with Cloud and Mobile technologies, there's already a new buzz that's creating waves and excitement. Big Data - some of you'll may have heard it, while for most others, it may conjure up different images.

According to Wikipedia:
"big data is a collection of data sets so large and complex, it becomes difficult to process using hands-on database management tools or traditional data processing applications. The challenges include capture, curation, storage, search, sharing, analysis and visualization..."

With the rise of social technologies, powered by the digital, mobile and portable devices, the volume and variety of data passing through the cloud is unprecedented in scale. Add to that, the increasing non-PC and non-phone-like devices (i.e. machines) which can generate thousands of bytes of data per second, and we have a BIG problem - capturing, storing and analyzing this unstructured data to derive meaningful information - for the users, for the business, for all those who care! That's what Big Data is all about.

So, is this only a passing buzz, hyped by the ones who are good at it? Well, possibly not. Here's an infographic that summarizes all about Big Data - now and for tomorrow - for you. With Big Data, it can't get any simpler than this!

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TrendWatch: Mobile Megatrends 2012

Anywhere you look, the mobile revolution cannot be missed: The rapid rise of the mobile, smartphone shipments growing in leaps and bounds, the (ongoing) patent wars (See also: Apple's Patent Claims), and the quest for the next killer app. These and questions about 'what's next' and how do businesses catch this wave are on top of every individual and business' mind.

Surely, there's a lot going on everyday, and with innovation at it's peak, it's still not an easy road for making your millions out there. Well, the folks at VisionMobile | SlashData, a leading telco eco-systems and handset maker analyst firm, has put together a great stack of information (in the presentation below), that is a must see for all strategists - to understand what. how and why the leaders in the market are where they are today.

Mobile megatrends 2012 from SlashData