IBM and Hortonworks are moving closer together

Posted on June 23,
2017 by Ruediger Spies

IBM has announced to expand its partnership with Hortonworks, a move reflecting IBM’s overall strategy. Hortonworks main focus has always been on data collection and data storage. However, what used to be an open question is how actual value can be generated from this data.

Equinix – bigger and better through interconnections

Posted on June 22,
2017 by Simon Abrahams

Equinix has long been known in both Enterprise and Service Provider circles as a (probably the) leading name for colocation services. Today Equinix is increasingly focused on providing the best locations from which to access reliable, secure, low-latency connections to a broad range of the world’s leading clouds.

Sapphire Now 2017: key take-aways on SAP's innovation roadmap

Posted on June 01,
2017 by Frank Niemann

Last week, Julia Reichhart and I took part in the Sapphire Now 2017 conference in Orlando/Florida, where we could talk to SAP representatives and many of its partners. In this blog post, we would like to share some of the key take-aways from the conference as well as from the SAP Partner Summit.