There have been some substantial "big-data" announcements over the past week from Big Blue.
Late last week, on the heels of the public disclosure of security breaches at a number of major media organizations, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, IBM announced its new "IBM Security Intelligence With Big Data" offering, which combines leading security intellignece with big-data analytics capabilities for both external cybersecurity threats and internal risk detection and protection.
IBM is also working to make it easier for organizations to quickly adopt and deploy big-data and cloud computing solutions.
Today, the company announced major advances to its PureSystems family of expert integrated systems.
Now, organizations challenged by limited IT skills and resources can quickly comb through massive volumes of data and uncover critical trends that can dramatically impact their business.
The new PureSystems models also help to remove the complexity of developing cloud-based services by making it easier to provision, deploy, and manage a secure cloud environment.
Together, these moves by IBM further extend its leadership in big-data and next generation computing environments such as cloud computing, while opening up new opportunities within growth markets and with organizations such as managed service providers (MSPs).
Big-data only getting bigger
Across all industries and geographies, organizations of various sizes are being challenged to find simpler and faster ways to analyze massive amounts of data and better meet client needs.
According to IDC, the market for big-data technology and services will reach $16.9 billion by 2015, up from $3.2 billion in 2010.
At the same time, an IBM study found that almost three fourths of leaders surveyed indicated their companies had piloted, adopted, or substantially implemented cloud in their organizations -- and 90 percent expect to have done so in three years. While the demand is high, many organizations do not have the resources or skills to embrace it.
Today's news includes PureData System for Analytics to capitalize on big-data opportunities, a smaller PureApplication System to accelerate cloud deployments for a broader range of organizations, PureApplication System on POWER7+ to ease management of transaction and analytics applications in the cloud, additional options for MSPs across the PureSystems family including flexible financing options and specific MSP Editions to support new services models, and SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure to ease management of virtual desktop solutions.
New systems tuned for big-data
The new IBM PureData System for Analytics, powered by Netezza technology, features 50 percent greater data capacity per rack and is able to crunch data three times faster, making this system a top performer, while also addressing the challenges of big-data.
The IBM PureData System for Analytics is designed to assist organizations with managing more data while maintaining efficiency in the data center -- a major concern for clients of all sizes.
With IBM PureData System for Analytics, physicians can analyze patient information faster and retailers can better gain insight into customer behavior. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) relies on PureData System for Analytics to handle an enormous volume of data in its trading systems and identify and investigate trading anomalies faster and easier.
To aid in the detection of stealthy threats that can hide in the increasing mounds of data, IBM recently announced IBM Security Intelligence with Big Data, combining leading security intelligence with big-data analytics capabilities for both external cybersecurity threats and internal risk detection and prevention. IBM Security Intelligence with Big Data provides a comprehensive approach that allows security analysts to extend their analysis well beyond typical security data and to hunt for malicious cyberactivity.
It's pretty clear from these recent developments that media companies are simply not prepared for cyber threats. And why would they be? It's hard to see something like this coming. But we're in an age where countries with state-controlled media will sponsor these types of attacks. I can see this being a boon for IBM's business, and it is coming at a very good time. I'm sure that they can help harden possible attack possibilities from being vulnerable.
PureSystems is an interesting name for this product. Is the name a tip of the hat to the most excellent Pure Atria database system, purchased originally by Rational, which was then purchased by IBM?
Agreed, dcawrey. This is another smart move by IBM, Todd. As you point out, the expertise that IBM has in designing and deploying the right technology with the right scaling, can be a big help to business and position IBM uniquely in the market.
IBM's ability to add security, along with cost savings and reduced complexity will continue to serve them well.
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