Many times, sports have been at the leading edge of data analytics. The book “Moneyball” was one of the first popular books to bring the basic concep...Mar. 25, 2017 02:30 PM EDT
Ask any IT person from the financial sector about SOX requirements and they’ll probably use some colorful language about how much time and money it su...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Technologic Systems Inc., an embedded systems solutions company, will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will...
To make sure we’re on the same page, let’s start by defining what we mean by a silo.
“They are nothing more than barriers… between departments… c...Latest Blogs from @CloudExpo
 The taxi industry never saw Uber coming. Startups are a threat to incumbents like never before, and a major enabler for startups is that they are instantly “cloud ready.” If innovation moves at the pace of IT, then your company is in trouble. Why? Because your data center will not keep...Mar. 25, 2017 01:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,975 |
 George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, once said, "You can't do it unless you can imagine it." Inour latest research on the future state of work in the retail sector, we find many industry executives struggling to imagine where the future is leading them and their organizations, not to me...Mar. 25, 2017 12:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,203 |
 Trends as Internet of things (IoT), distributed IT, data sovereignty requirements, and pervasive security concerns are combining to challenge how IT operates. Thanks to adoption of hybrid IT, tech organizations are shifting to become strategists and internal service providers.
To help...Mar. 25, 2017 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 652 |
 Interoute has announced the integration of its Global Cloud Infrastructure platform with Rancher Labs’ container management platform, Rancher. This approach enables enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation and infrastructure investments. Matthew Finnie, Interoute CTO comm...Mar. 25, 2017 11:15 AM EDT Reads: 739 |
 I happened to be in India last November when prime minister Modi announced the demonetization program, where 86% of the currency in the form of two paper bills (Rs. 500 and 1000 denomination) were made defunct. People were given time to deposit their existing currencies in the bank. Th...Mar. 25, 2017 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 973 |
 Today, it seems like we’re reading about more advanced and intelligent kiosk implementations across every industry. Whether it is in healthcare with the medication disposal kiosks, Walgreens introduced last fall in 14 locations across Indiana, or it’s the new self-service devices at Mc...Mar. 25, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 574 |
 When discussing disruptive technologies, the topic of blockchain inevitably enters the conversation. Gartner recently listed blockchain as one of the ‘Key platform-enabling technologies to track.’ Approximately $1.4B has been invested in blockchain just this year, according to PwC exec...Mar. 25, 2017 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,246 |
 Containerization is popularly viewed as the ‘virtualization of virtualization’ or ‘next generation virtualization.’ However, containers have existed long before virtualization or the advent of modern container technology like Docker and Linux Containers. Similar tech was built into mai...Mar. 25, 2017 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 537 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that Telecom Reseller has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6–8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Telecom Reseller reports on Unified Communications, UCaaS, BPaaS for ent...Mar. 25, 2017 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,982 |
 The IT industry is undergoing a significant evolution to keep up with cloud application demand. We see this happening as a mindset shift, from traditional IT teams to more well-rounded, cloud-focused job roles. The IT industry has become so cloud-minded that Gartner predicts that by 20...Mar. 25, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,121 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), an industry leader in automated, scalable and secure networks, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Juniper Netwo...Mar. 25, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,201 |
 Technologies help us deliver on a business strategy. Without a strategy, there is no rationale for deploying technologies. In addition, there is no rationale for digital transformation, unless there is a need for business transformation. If you believe this as we do, then strategy d...Mar. 25, 2017 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 870 |
 You can turn a microwave into a camera and I’ll teach you how in a minute, but before I do, let me share this news item. In a recent interview with a reporter from the Bergen Record, Kellyanne Conway was asked about surveillance. She responded: “There are many ways to surveil each othe...Mar. 25, 2017 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,526 |
 Next month will mark the 47th anniversary of Apollo 13. The film that recounts the story is a favorite of mine, probably because it so masterfully captures the incredible suspense, fear, and hope felt by people everywhere, that I personally recall very well. I also know how an organiza...Mar. 25, 2017 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,178 |
 VeriStor Systems has announced that CRN has named VeriStor to its 2017 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category. This annual list recognizes North American solution providers with cutting-edge approaches to delivering managed services. Their offerings help comp...Mar. 24, 2017 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,172 |
 We've all had that feeling before: The feeling that you're missing something that everyone else is in on. For today's IT leaders, that feeling might come up when you hear talk about cloud brokers.
Meanwhile, you head back into your office and deal with your ever-growing shadow IT prob...Mar. 24, 2017 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 522 |
 The Big Bang Theory is the pre-eminent explanation for the origins of the universe. It proposes, from an explosion of atoms, the universe rapidly expanded and in doing so created everything we know. But it did so in an erratic, haphazard and unstructured way. For every life form, an in...Mar. 24, 2017 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 599 |
 A strategy is a planning document that sets a direction for future work to ensure that you end up where you want to be. A strategy allows you to see the wood, despite the trees. A strategy is often used as a management tool for securing the resources needed to get there.
IT is now par...Mar. 24, 2017 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,853 |
 Enterprise mobility has become table stakes in the world of business. The ability to access current information at any time, from anywhere, on any device has really become a cliché. The familiarity we all have with smartphones and wireless access, actually obscures the true difficulty...Mar. 24, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,843 |
 Electric utility companies promoting power conservation programs discovered that simply informing consumers of their electricity usage relative to neighbors lowered overall consumption. This type of normative social comparison has produced the same effects in other domains. Why does th...Mar. 23, 2017 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,255 |
 Pentaho has announced orchestration capabilities that streamline the entire machine learning workflow and enable teams of data scientists, engineers and analysts to train, tune, test and deploy predictive models. Pentaho’s Data Integration and analytics platform ends the ‘gridlock’ ass...Mar. 23, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,250 |
 Peak 10 has announced that it has completed a 20,000 square foot expansion of its Cincinnati-area data center, a 6,000 square foot expansion of its data center campus in Charlotte’s University Research Park, and added a pair of seasoned executives to its leadership team. This further p...Mar. 23, 2017 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,525 |
 Satisfying customers and winning their loyalty is the foundation that every successful business is built upon. Delivering a consistently excellent experience builds a level of customer intimacy that will set your business apart from the competition. Consider that 80% of your company’s ...Mar. 22, 2017 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,218 |
 Cloud platforms like Azure provide the best options for organizations in their digital transformation. Most organizations have multiple combination of environment needs. Provisioning on time is always a challenge. Manual operations are prone to error and delays.
Difficult to size prod...Mar. 22, 2017 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,253 |
 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...Mar. 22, 2017 01:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,223 |
 Paul Guerin is a serial entrepreneur who has over 25 years of high-tech experience and channel sales and development.
What are the technology drivers creating the disruption the MSP market?
Nerdio Paul F. Guerin, VP of Sales and Business Development: The ubiquitous availability of bu...Mar. 20, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,248 |
 2016 was a year of dips and dives, twists and turns. Judging by the first couple of weeks of the new year, it’s reasonable to expect 2017 will be another roller coaster year for providers, patients, suppliers and payers. As president and CMO of LeanTaaS, a growth-stage innovator of clo...Mar. 19, 2017 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,120 |
 There is no more effective way to reduce your overall test environment spend than to migrate to cloud test environments and embrace testing and infrastructure automation. The nature of test environments is inherently temporary—you set up an environment, run through an automated test su...Mar. 19, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,247 |
 A growing number of BDMs (business development) today have a technology or product marketing background. Their role - increase product reach through piggyback marketing.
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 Amazon knows me. Oh boy, do they know me! Our dog thinks the deliveryman is part of our family. Amazon knows what I like, and does their very best to create a wonderful and personalized experience for us by using their "system of intelligence" to provide it. Amazon Prime membership ...Mar. 18, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,722 |
 Welcome to the Cloud, Big Data, Software Defined, Bulk and Object Storage fundamentals page part of the objectstoragecenter.com micro site collection of resources. Software defined, Bulk, Cloud and Object Storage exist to support expanding and diverse application data demands. There ar...Mar. 17, 2017 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,603 |
 vdiconImagine not having to carry around a laptop or be sitting in a cubicle to access your work desktop applications. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is appealing to many different constituencies because it combines the benefits of anywhere access with desktop support improvement...Mar. 16, 2017 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,877 |
 In today’s globally connected world, data security breaches are bound to occur. This, in turn, increases the importance of digital forensic readiness, or the ability to access and trust computer log data in the identification of a breach and the determination of what datasets may have ...Mar. 16, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,691 |
 So you've decided to take the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) approach to cloud migration. That's great-you're on your way to realizing the cost savings and flexibility of cloud computing.
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 Ransomware attacks escalated dramatically in 2016. In fact, there was a 300 percent increase in ransomware attacks last year, according to the FBI, to an average of 4,000 attacks a day, up from 1,000 ransomware attacks a day in 2015. What’s more, organizations are targeted more frequen...Mar. 12, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,461 |
 As software continues to pervade our lives, the security of that software continues to grow in importance. We need to keep private data private. We need to protect financial transactions and records. We need to protect online services from infiltration and attack.
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 SYS-CON Events announced today that TMC has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo and Big Data at Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6–8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, , and the 21st International Cloud Expo, which will take pla...Mar. 10, 2017 10:15 AM EST Reads: 2,389 |
 Gartner cited the #1 challenge in Big Data as “Determining how to get value from Big Data.”
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 Modern organizations typically use several IT tools to monitor their applications, networks and other IT components in real time. Unfortunately, this leads to independent data islands, which creates a one-dimensional view of IT. In order to make strategic decisions, organizations need ...Mar. 8, 2017 03:00 PM EST Reads: 2,437 |
 LogMeIn has completed its previously disclosed merger with Citrix Systems, Inc.’s GetGo, Inc. subsidiary, a wholly owned subsidiary consisting of Citrix’s GoTo family of service offerings. The merger officially closed after market hours on January 31, 2017. Effected through a Reverse M...Mar. 8, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 2,754 |
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