Frank Ohlhorst

Innovation in storage technology doesn’t end with bigger drives and cloud solutions; other technologies are poised to solve the complexities of data storage and its rapid growth, with software-defined storage (SDS) showing the most promise. SDS solutions could radically change the enterprise storage market. Significant research by leading vendors has indicated that the software-defined storage market is expected to be worth at least $5 billion by 2018.

An analysis of the coming trend of hardware abstraction in the data center

Identifying the Pros and Cons of Big Data

Focusing on the business and financial value of big data analytics, respected technology journalist Frank J. Ohlhorst shares his insights on the newly emerging field of big data analytics in Big Data Analytics. This breakthrough book demonstrates the importance of analytics, defines the processes, highlights the tangible and intangible values and discusses how you can turn a business liability into actionable material that can be used to redefine markets, improve profits and identify new… Show more

Focusing on the business and financial value of big data analytics, respected technology journalist Frank J. Ohlhorst shares his insights on the newly emerging field of big data analytics in Big Data Analytics. This breakthrough book demonstrates the importance of analytics, defines the processes, highlights the tangible and intangible values and discusses how you can turn a business liability into actionable material that can be used to redefine markets, improve profits and identify new business opportunities. Show less

Hardware has always played second fiddle to software; after all, it is software that truly dictates what someone can accomplish in the world of IT. Nevertheless, selecting the appropriate hardware is probably the most critical element when deploying a new piece of technology.

Hadoop and other tools can unlock critical insights from unfathomable volumes of corporate and external data