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Amazon switches on DynamoDB cloud database service

...Azure."This is Amazon taking the fight to others," Redmonk chief analyst James Governor told ZDNet UK. "It is right in the heart of platform... Read more

19 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Amazon reaches for datacentres with Eucalyptus deal

...their on-premise datacentre that is fully compatible with Amazon Web Services, James Governor, chief analyst at Redmonk, told ZDNet UK on Thursday when the... Read more

22 March, 2012

Google's BigQuery moves from beta to preview

...open-source code, whereas what Google is offering here is a service," James Governor, co-founder of analyst firm Redmonk, told ZDNet UK. "[Hadoop] is... Read more

15 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

Top UK tech twitterers: CIOs, academics, analysts, politicos, bloggers

Desperately seeking tech-loving microbloggers based in Blighty? Look no further... Read more

14 April, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Amazon to acquire Lovefilm

...expect Amazon to be selling online video from here on in," said James Governor, principal analyst of analysis firm Redmonk. Amazon has a dedicated globe... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Is IBM's cunning mainframe weaving magic?

...while using the same amount of energy, according to Red Monk's James Governor. What's interesting is the way that it's designed to... Read more

16 August, 2010

Google suspends Wave development

...Google struggled to attract that critical mass of users to the platform," James Governor, principal analyst and a founder of developer analysis firm RedMonk, told... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Oracle forgoes profit to hit Microsoft's SME plans

...off a major price-cutting push from the big vendors, according to James Governor, principal analyst at RedMonk, who expects Microsoft to pressurise the competition... Read more

27 November, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

BMC plans spending spree

...better to start slower -- by automating just a few services for now." James Governor, principal analyst at RedMonk said that BMC shouldn't expect the... Read more

2 September, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Microsoft's patches: Can you trust them?

...to fix another problem, but it reopened SQL server vulnerability," said Noel. James Governor, principal analyst at RedMonk, agreed: "That is true. Unfortunate but true... Read more

16 July, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Identity management could backfire, analysts warn

...frameworks and solutions, enterprises should embrace the relatively immature technology with caution. James Governor, principal analyst at Redmonk, said a significant number of calls to... Read more

11 July, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Microsoft may be scoring own goal with IE plans

...We don't want our customers to be worried about Internet banking." James Governor, principal analyst at research firm RedMonk, said that if banks' customers... Read more

30 June, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

IBM and Unix speed past HP and Windows

...they had TPC-C bragging rights. Well, they don't," RedMonk analyst James Governor said. Microsoft isn't the only company taking a hit from... Read more

12 May, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Virtual unrealities exposed

Virtualisation is generating a lot of momentum, but it’s not a fundamentally new concept or the panacea that some vendors are making out Read more

17 July, 2006 by Matthew Broersma
The view from the floor at JavaOne

The view from the floor at JavaOne

James Governor, principal analyst, Red Monk"I think the Java community has failed... Read more

4 June, 2009 by Adrian Bridgwater

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