AnalystPerspectives Weekly Scan

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MAY 15, 2014 04:29 AM

This issue of AnalystPerspectives Weekly Scan covers analyst commentary from the week ending May 09, 2014.

EMC World took place this past week, and here are just a handful of analyst conversations to recap. You will find more in the Enterprise Application and Hardware, Storage & Servers sections:

EMC and Surviving and Prospering in the Third Wave in Computing | Enderle Group - Thu, 08 May 2014 |Rob Enderle
EMC goes all in with DSSD | TechnoQWAN - Mon, 05 May 2014 |Robin Harris
Some Thoughts on EMC World | Osterman Research - Wed, 07 May 2014
EMC Redefines EMC World | Enderle Group - Mon, 05 May 2014 |Rob Enderle
The EMC, VMware and Pivotal Federation | Storage Switzerland, LLC - Wed, 07 May 2014 |Colm Keegan
EMC World Report – Can EMC Beat Google And Amazon With ECS? | Storage Switzerland, LLC - Tue, 06 May 2014 |George Crump

Data security continues to be a hot topic. Here are headlines with human implications, with more in the Security & Privacy section:

Three Epic "Security" Mindset Failures ("ignorance is bliss")? | Gartner - Tue, 06 May 2014 |Ben Tomhave
Insider Threat: Does It Matter Now? And How Much? | Gartner - Tue, 06 May 2014 |Anton Chuvakin
If You Are CEO Of A Consumer Organization, You Have A New Job Responsibility -- Security | Forrester - Mon, 05 May 2014 |Stephanie Balaouras
Target CEO's resignation is a shot across the bow for enterprises (and maybe Cloud) | Gartner - Mon, 05 May 2014 |Richard Hunter

In the Cloud Computing section you will find a variety of conversations. Here are some highlights:

Integration Futures: iPaaS Has Arrived | TDWI - Tue, 06 May 2014
Hotlink DR Express business continuity for VMware and AWS | Kusnetzky Group - Tue, 06 May 2014 |Dan Kusnetzky
Is AWS rational? | TechnoQWAN - Tue, 06 May 2014 |Robin Harris
HP Helion: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | Neovise - Wed, 07 May 2014 |Paul Burns
Google confronts security and privacy concerns head-on | Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) - Tue, 06 May 2014 |Duncan Brown
Could Microsoft and VMware Squeeze Out Citrix? | InfoTech - Mon, 05 May 2014 |John Sloan
Take that VMware: Citrix Workspace Suite | InfoTech - Fri, 09 May 2014 |John Sloan

Apple makes an acquisition this week, and here are some analyst responses which can be found in the Acquisitions section:

"Too Much Money Chasing Too Few Ideas" | ABI Research - Fri, 09 May 2014
Dr. Dre Takes His Talents To Cupertino | NPD Group - Fri, 09 May 2014 |Ben Arnold
Having Faith In Apple+Beats | Forrester - Fri, 09 May 2014 |James McQuivey

Here are more headlines that caught our attention this week:

News Analysis: SAP's CTO Vishal Sikka Resigns, What Does It Mean For SAP Customers? | Constellation Research - Mon, 05 May 2014 |R "Ray" Wang
Should We All Just Be Accountants? | Cutter Consortium - Tue, 06 May 2014 |Stephen Andriole
Hadoop and Geopolitical Conquest | The Enterprise Strategy Group - Tue, 06 May 2014
The future of tablets | Gilbane Group - Tue, 06 May 2014 |Frank Gilbane
How To Get Out Of the Storage Hardware Buying Game | Storage Switzerland, LLC - Mon, 05 May 2014 |Colm Keegan
Revolutions: From Cotton to Big Data Juniper Research - Fri, 09 May 2014
Firestarter: There Is No SecDevOps | Securosis - Mon, 05 May 2014
Enterprise Mobility Strategy – An IT Imperative | Current Analysis - Fri, 09 May 2014 |Harish Taori

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