In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Sagi Brody, Chief Technology Officer at Webair Internet Development Inc., and Logan Best, Infrastructure & Network ...Jan. 29, 2017 08:30 PM EST
Given the increasing reliance on digital systems to accomplish many everyday tasks, there’s no denying the performance — specifically, speed, and reli...
With artificial intelligence and big data making prominent waves in industries everywhere, IBM is offering several new cloud services that will pair w...
We are reaching the end of the beginning with WebRTC, and real systems using this technology have begun to appear. One challenge that faces every WebR...Latest Blogs from @CloudExpo
 For many corporations, welcoming the New Year also heralds the season of strategy development and budget distribution. This year, however, companies of all sizes are struggling with how to deal with the accelerating consumerization of technology and the mind numbing societal changes it...Jan. 29, 2017 05:00 PM EST Reads: 946 |
 The entire intent of load balancing is to create a system that virtualizes the “service” from the physical servers that actually run that service. A more basic definition is to balance the load across a bunch of physical servers and make those servers look like one great big server to ...Jan. 29, 2017 12:30 PM EST Reads: 908 |
 DevOps is being widely accepted (if not fully adopted) as essential in enterprise IT. But as Enterprise DevOps gains maturity, expands scope, and increases velocity, the need for data-driven decisions across teams becomes more acute. DevOps teams in any modern business must wrangle the...Jan. 29, 2017 12:15 AM EST Reads: 3,269 |
 Enterprises are rapidly implementing private clouds for sound business reasons. Private clouds offer greater agility, enabling companies to quickly adapt to constantly changing business needs and innovate faster than competition. Digital and cloud services can be provided to developers...Jan. 28, 2017 10:45 PM EST Reads: 1,248 |
 Security, data privacy, reliability and regulatory compliance are critical factors when evaluating whether to move business applications from in-house client hosted environments to a cloud platform. In her session at 18th Cloud Expo, Vandana Viswanathan, Associate Director at Cognizan...Jan. 20, 2017 02:00 AM EST Reads: 3,861 |
 Specifically, in 2017 we predict that machine learning will show up in new and exciting ways. Some people believe that machine learning is the same as artificial intelligence, but what you are really looking at is this concept of being able to be more human with your IT infrastructure....Jan. 19, 2017 03:13 PM EST Reads: 573 |
 Artificial Intelligence is the discipline of thinking machines. The field is growing dramatically with the proliferation of high powered computers into homes and businesses and especially with the growing power of smartphones and other mobile devices. Artificial intelligence software i...Jan. 19, 2017 08:45 AM EST Reads: 408 |
 Like other industries did before it, retail banking is riding a bucking bronco of digital transformation. While customer satisfaction levels drop and government rules and regulations continue to expand, retail banking seeks new ways to adapt to the massive changes in how consumers inte...Jan. 14, 2017 10:00 AM EST Reads: 2,063 |
 Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures has been talking a lot about the blockchain recently, so I decided to learn more about it. I read the Marketing the Blockchain e-book, watched The Grand Vision of a Crypto-Tech Economy video and the video keynote of Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne at th...Jan. 14, 2017 10:00 AM EST Reads: 1,941 |
 IMHO there is no doubt that cloud and object storage are in your future, what are some questions?
Granted, what type of cloud and object storage or service along with for work or entertainment are some questions.
Likewise, what are your cloud and object storage concerns (assuming you...Jan. 13, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,600 |
 What are the successful IoT innovations from emerging markets? What are the unique challenges and opportunities from these markets? How did the constraints in connectivity among others lead to groundbreaking insights?
In her session at @ThingsExpo, Carmen Feliciano, a Principal at AM...Jan. 13, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,365 |
 “Maturity models” can be very useful. Every analyst firm and most vendors have created some sort of maturity model. Not only can a maturity model benchmark where you are with respect to your cohorts, but good maturity models also provide a roadmap to help organizations advance along th...Jan. 13, 2017 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,740 |
 The healthcare industry is not immune from today’s relentless wave of cyberattacks. Cyber theft of protected health information (PHI) is on the rise, and health organizations understand that 100 percent prevention of attacks is not realistic.
According to Ponemon Institute’s Sixth Ann...Jan. 13, 2017 10:00 AM EST Reads: 1,515 |
 Adam Smith wrote about rational self-interest, which posits we work together for the greater good when it benefits ourselves. Does this concept translate to robots, automation and employment? I think it does.
I believe most of us would agree that replacing large numbers of humans with...Jan. 12, 2017 12:45 PM EST Reads: 1,437 |
 As the internet’s renowned programming language, Java has had a profound impact on how people navigate the digital world. Much of what users expect in terms of performance from their devices that access the internet has been set by Java functionality. You don’t have to be a developer, ...Jan. 8, 2017 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,722 |
 It's the holiday season, and one IT wish list item may be cloud control and confidence. There's a whole new crop of companies offering cloud management and governance services to ease the adoption and maintenance of cloud. There are a lot of challenges to getting the best value out of ...Jan. 7, 2017 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,423 |
 Developing software for the Internet of Things (IoT) comes with its own set of challenges. Security, privacy, and unified standards are a few key issues. In addition, each IoT product is comprised of (at least) three separate application components: the software embedded in the device,...Jan. 7, 2017 11:30 AM EST Reads: 1,465 |
 Clearly Satya Nadella has made a huge difference at Microsoft since taking office in 2014. The stock in 2016 hit an all time high since 1999. So investors are happy. Here are the key changes he has made since taking the role as CEO:
Skipped Windows 9 and went straight from Windows 8 t...Jan. 7, 2017 09:00 AM EST Reads: 1,495 |
 As the Microsoft Azure CTO explains microservices represents a major inflection point for the IT industry - An Application Revolution Powered by the Cloud. They themselves are pioneering the approach through new products like ‘Cognitive Microservices‘.
My personal opinion is that th...Jan. 6, 2017 04:00 PM EST Reads: 1,415 |
 End of year predictions in December are as predictable as tomorrow’s sunrise, but a recent video on 2017 Technology Trends helped me really understand how important a digital transformation strategy is to just about any business executive. The CSC Town Hall conversation actually identi...Jan. 6, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,579 |
 Telcos embarking on a journey to adopt and exploit the NFV trend face a big challenge of existing legacy complexity, and a key message I have been marketing is that there already are best practices that can be reused from the Enterprise sector, especially from leading ‘digital natives'...Jan. 6, 2017 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,559 |
 One thing I have learned so far this holiday season is that a 15 pound turkey is too big for only 4 people! I love this time of year as it’s a chance for me to take time and read a number of the predictions articles that have come out in recent weeks. Here are some that have caught my ...Dec. 31, 2016 02:00 PM EST Reads: 2,422 |
 It’s that time of year again! Finance teams are putting the finishing touches on next year’s corporate budgets and teams are likely looking back on 2016 to see what to change or improve in the year ahead.
Here at Vena, we’re making our annual predictions in finance and corporate perfo...Dec. 31, 2016 11:30 AM EST Reads: 1,491 |
 While cloud may have formally entered the enterprise in 2006, it’s now a reality for nearly every company. The Cloud Era got its start with Software as a service (SaaS) offerings that paved the way for innovations in CRM and email deployments, to create new opportunities for the likes ...Dec. 31, 2016 10:00 AM EST Reads: 2,073 |
 Workspot VDI 2.0 is the industry’s first cloud-native, multi-tenant, infinitely scalable VDI solution, when combined with a customer’s datacenter infrastructure, can have desktops and apps up and available to their users in a day.
First, Workspot VDI 2.0 is the industry's first cloud...Dec. 29, 2016 04:00 PM EST Reads: 1,479 |
 I hear it often; I need to acquire more customers like my “most valuable” customers. But what makes a customer “most valuable”? What are the characteristics and/or behaviors that make a customer “most valuable”? This simple question is anything but simple. Let me explain through an exe...Dec. 28, 2016 05:00 PM EST Reads: 1,341 |
 Finnish national gaming company, Veikkaus, is managing a complex merger process while also bringing more of a digital advantage to both its operations and business model.
To learn how a culture of IT innovation is helping to establish a single wholly nationally-owned company to operat...Dec. 28, 2016 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,210 |
 In January 28, 2013, we released the “Big Data Storymap”. Since releasing the storymap, we have gotten lots of positive feedback. It really seemed to work in highlighting the key aspects and approaches to achieving big data success. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to re-visit the...Dec. 28, 2016 01:15 PM EST Reads: 918 |
 It doesn’t matter how often you move or where you are moving to, moving is stressful. There are so many questions to be answered, like:
What if something breaks?
How will this impact my commute?
What is it going to cost?
How safe is the new neighborhood?Dec. 25, 2016 04:00 PM EST Reads: 1,494 |
 Hybrid IT is a catalyst of progressive organizations. In fact, two-thirds of surveyed leaders say a blend of traditional and cloud infrastructure enables a strategic competitive advantage, according to a market study by the IBM Center for Applied Insights.
That said, savvy leaders are...Dec. 25, 2016 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,586 |
 We continue with the second part of our two-part series. If you missed the first part, we are discussing what security professionals can learn from the hit series, "Mr. Robot." The series explores the world of organized hacking as well as the security measures being used to stop the ha...Dec. 25, 2016 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,466 |
 WWT reached deep into its applications, data, and content to rapidly and efficiently create a powerful Google-like, pan-enterprise search capability and engender a more productive and proactive digital business culture.Dec. 24, 2016 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,575 |
 Forty months is not a lot of time to design, develop and deliver something monumental. Consider that it took 182 years to build the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, 20 years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza and 10 years to build the Panama Canal. Executives from digital-leading compani...Dec. 24, 2016 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,783 |
 Enabling patient-doctor trust goes a long way in a provider’s ability to provide care. Trust is also critical for enabling network connections that are safe, to help secure health networks.
The healthcare industry is scrambling to shore up defenses as cyberattacks and breaches increas...Dec. 22, 2016 01:00 PM EST Reads: 2,497 |
 When was the last time you’ve ever heard anyone say “IT Applications & Operations”? Frankly, in my 30+ year career in IT, I don’t believe I’ve ever heard anyone use this term. The typical term we hear is IT Infrastructure & Operations. These two go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly...Dec. 21, 2016 09:00 PM EST Reads: 2,130 |
 The technology industry is fond of rounding out the year with predictions for the twelve months ahead. It’s almost as if our arbitrary notion of calendar-driven time should be guaranteed to herald the arrival of the next paradigm shift or platform change.
Of course we know that in rea...Dec. 19, 2016 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,935 |
 A triumvirate of big-data players are delivering a rapid and efficient analysis capability across disparate data types for the healthcare industry.
The next BriefingsDirect big-data solution discussion explores how a triumvirate of big-data players are delivering a rapid and efficient...Dec. 18, 2016 03:00 PM EST Reads: 2,057 |
 My daughter called with a frantic message. She was driving my car (why she was driving my car when she has her own is the subject for another time) and a warning message appeared on the car console: “Engine overheated! Stop engine and allow to cool down” (see Figure 1).
Fortunately, m...Dec. 17, 2016 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,794 |
 In his session at Cloud Expo, Robert Cohen, an economist and senior fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute, provideed economic scenarios that describe how the rapid adoption of software-defined everything including cloud services, SDDC and open networking will change GDP, industry g...Dec. 16, 2016 04:00 PM EST Reads: 1,910 |
 I recently recovered from ACDF surgery where they remove a herniated or degenerative disc in the neck and fuse the cervical bones above and below the disk. My body had a huge vulnerability where one good shove or fender bender could have ruptured my spinal cord. I had some items remove...Dec. 16, 2016 04:00 PM EST Reads: 1,420 |
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