By Liz McMillan  Widespread fragmentation is stalling the growth of the IIoT and making it difficult for partners to work together. The number of software platforms, apps, hardware and connectivity standards is creating paralysis among businesses that are afraid of being locked into a solution.
EdgeX... Dec. 20, 2017 08:30 AM EST Reads: 972 |
By Jason Bloomberg  Following a tradition dating back to 2002 at ZapThink and continuing at Intellyx since 2014, it’s time for Intellyx’s annual predictions for the coming year.
If you’re a long-time fan, you know we have a twist to the typical annual prediction post: we actually critique our predictions... Dec. 20, 2017 08:30 AM EST Reads: 584 |
By William Schmarzo  Data Monetization! Data Monetization! Data Monetization!
It’s the new mantra of many organizations. But what does “data monetization” really mean, how do you do it, and more importantly, who in the organization owns the job of “data monetization”?
The role of Chief Data Officer (CDO)... Dec. 20, 2017 08:15 AM EST Reads: 1,186 |
By Pat Romanski  The question before companies today is not whether to become intelligent, it’s a question of how and how fast. The key is to adopt and deploy an intelligent application strategy while simultaneously preparing to scale that intelligence. In her session at 21st Cloud Expo, Sangeeta Chakr... Dec. 19, 2017 04:15 PM EST Reads: 1,926 |
By Automic Blog  For better or worse, big data has irrevocably altered the digital landscape. The explosion in variety, velocity, volume and value of information presents an abundance of previously unimaginable opportunity. But it also creates a number of challenges that need to be successfully navigat... Dec. 19, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 863 |
By William Schmarzo  As we end 2017, I’m tired of writing “lecturing” blogs about what organizations should be doing to master data monetization in order to power their business models and achieve digital transformation. While the objective of every organization should be to master big data and data scienc... Dec. 19, 2017 12:00 PM EST Reads: 519 |
By Pat Romanski  "Infoblox does DNS, DHCP and IP address management for not only enterprise networks but cloud networks as well. Customers are looking for a single platform that can extend not only in their private enterprise environment but private cloud, public cloud, tracking all the IP space and ev... Dec. 19, 2017 11:15 AM EST Reads: 1,100 |
By XebiaLabs Blog  It’s “time to move on from DevOps and continuous delivery.”
This was the provocative title of a recent article in ZDNet, in which Kelsey Hightower, staff developer advocate at Google Cloud Platform, suggested that “software shops should have put these concepts into action years ago.”
... Dec. 19, 2017 10:30 AM EST Reads: 834 |
By Elizabeth White  "Akvelon is a software development company and we also provide consultancy services to folks who are looking to scale or accelerate their engineering roadmaps," explained Jeremiah Mothersell, Marketing Manager at Akvelon, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – N... Dec. 19, 2017 09:45 AM EST Reads: 851 |
By Liz McMillan  "ZeroStack is a startup in Silicon Valley. We're solving a very interesting problem around bringing public cloud convenience with private cloud control for enterprises and mid-size companies," explained Kamesh Pemmaraju, VP of Product Management at ZeroStack, in this SYS-CON.tv intervi... Dec. 19, 2017 09:45 AM EST Reads: 835 |
By Elizabeth White  Large industrial manufacturing organizations are adopting the agile principles of cloud software companies.
The industrial manufacturing development process has not scaled over time. Now that design CAD teams are geographically distributed, centralizing their work is key. With large m... Dec. 19, 2017 08:15 AM EST Reads: 925 |
By Shelly Palmer  Net Neutrality rules were originally enacted to ensure that all Americans would have equal access to a free and open Internet. We can argue about what Net Neutrality rules did and did not accomplish in a moment, but now I want to explore the most sensational of all the post–Net Neutral... Dec. 19, 2017 08:00 AM EST Reads: 721 |
By William Schmarzo  “Why incur the expense of generating and collecting all of this IoT data if you’re not going to monetize it?”
Organizations are racing to embrace the Internet of Things (IoT) as the pundits create “visions of sugar-plums dancing in their heads.” McKinsey Global Institute released thei... Dec. 19, 2017 07:45 AM EST Reads: 812 |
By Jnan Dash  Recently I read somewhere this statement – As we end 2017 and look ahead to 2018, topics that are top of mind for data professionals are the growing range of data management mandates, including the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation that is directed at personal data and privac... Dec. 19, 2017 06:45 AM EST Reads: 1,019 |
By Elizabeth White  22nd International Cloud Expo, taking place June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and co-located with the 1st DXWorld Expo will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now bein... Dec. 18, 2017 01:00 PM EST Reads: 3,985 |
By Pat Romanski  Gemini is Yahoo’s native and search advertising platform. To ensure the quality of a complex distributed system that spans multiple products and components and across various desktop websites and mobile app and web experiences – both Yahoo owned and operated and third-party syndication... Dec. 17, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,237 |
By Liz McMillan  Agile has finally jumped the technology shark, expanding outside the software world. Enterprises are now increasingly adopting Agile practices across their organizations in order to successfully navigate the disruptive waters that threaten to drown them. In our quest for establishing c... Dec. 17, 2017 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,150 |
By Mehdi Daoudi  Digital experience monitoring plays a vital role in the ecommerce economy. The industry is booming with millions of websites selling everything imaginable. Online stores are expected to be super fast and easy to navigate; users are quick to assess website performance and if said percei... Dec. 16, 2017 04:00 PM EST Reads: 1,430 |
By John Katrick  Many enterprise and government IT organizations are realizing the benefits of cloud computing by extending IT delivery and management processes across private and public cloud services. But they are often challenged with balancing the need for centralized cloud governance without stifl... Dec. 16, 2017 03:45 PM EST Reads: 1,399 |
By Elizabeth White  "Codigm is based on the cloud and we are here to explore marketing opportunities in America. Our mission is to make an ecosystem of the SW environment that anyone can understand, learn, teach, and develop the SW on the cloud," explained Sung Tae Ryu, CEO of Codigm, in this SYS-CON.tv i... Dec. 16, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,169 |
By Pat Romanski  High-velocity engineering teams are applying not only continuous delivery processes, but also lessons in experimentation from established leaders like Amazon, Netflix, and Facebook. These companies have made experimentation a foundation for their release processes, allowing them to try... Dec. 16, 2017 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,180 |
By William Schmarzo  So data warehousing may not be cool anymore, you say? It’s yesterday’s technology (or 1990’s technology if you’re as old as me) that served yesterday’s business needs. And while it’s true that recent big data and data science technologies, architectures and methodologies seems to have ... Dec. 16, 2017 09:00 AM EST Reads: 1,435 |
By Pat Romanski  Vulnerability management is vital for large companies that need to secure containers across thousands of hosts, but many struggle to understand how exposed they are when they discover a new high security vulnerability. In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, John Morello, CTO of Twistlock, ... Dec. 15, 2017 04:08 PM EST Reads: 873 |
By SmartBear Blog  In a world where the internet rules all, where 94% of business buyers conduct online research, and where e-commerce sales are poised to fall between $427 billion and $443 billion by the end of this year, we think it's safe to say that your website is a vital part of your business strat... Dec. 15, 2017 03:15 PM EST Reads: 202 |
By William Schmarzo  Will I ever understand the nuances of the advanced analytics landscape? Well, maybe the better question is will the advanced analytics landscape ever stop changing? The advanced analytics landscape, into which I include Deep Learning (DL), Machine Learning (ML), Reinforcement Learning ... Dec. 15, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 868 |
By John Katrick  From cloud cost management angle, comprehensive cloud cost analytics across multiple clouds as well as granular drill downs into each of the cost elements is very important for tighter cost control and management. As enterprises are adopting cloud across many line of businesses, depart... Dec. 15, 2017 11:13 AM EST Reads: 709 |
By Liz McMillan  Coca-Cola’s Google powered digital signage system lays the groundwork for a more valuable connection between Coke and its customers. Digital signs pair software with high-resolution displays so that a message can be changed instantly based on what the operator wants to communicate or s... Dec. 15, 2017 11:00 AM EST Reads: 2,205 |
By Stackify Blog  Well, my developer friends, 2018 is your year. Businesses in practically every industry have a fever. And the only prescription?
You.
I know, I know. The demand for developers is nothing new. But 2018 is different. 2018 is the year where we see some of this decade's most exciting tec... Dec. 14, 2017 04:45 PM EST Reads: 667 |
By Elizabeth White  "There's plenty of bandwidth out there but it's never in the right place. So what Cedexis does is uses data to work out the best pathways to get data from the origin to the person who wants to get it," explained Simon Jones, Evangelist and Head of Marketing at Cedexis, in this SYS-CON.... Dec. 14, 2017 04:00 PM EST Reads: 1,405 |
By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that CrowdReviews.com has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 22nd International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 5–7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
CrowdReviews.com is a transparent online platform for determining which ... Dec. 14, 2017 11:45 AM EST Reads: 1,444 |
By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Telecom Reseller has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 22nd International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York, NY.
Telecom Reseller reports on Unified Communications, UCaaS, BPaaS for enterpr... Dec. 14, 2017 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,443 |
By William Schmarzo  Special thanks to Brandon Kaier (@bkaier) for his research and thoughts on the Digital Twins concept.
Unilever, one of the Consumer Package Goods (CPG) industry’s titans with over 400 brands and annual sales greater than $60B, recently bought Dollar Shave Club for $1B. Now normally ... Dec. 13, 2017 03:30 PM EST Reads: 578 |
By Automic Blog  For over ten years, DevOps has been taking the world by storm. It has made organizations step back, evaluate their processes and implement enterprise-wide cultural and infrastructural change. Vendors have followed suite, introducing an abundance of continuous delivery tools to facilita... Dec. 13, 2017 10:00 AM EST Reads: 1,141 |
By Liz McMillan  A strange thing is happening along the way to the Internet of Things, namely far too many devices to work with and manage. It has become clear that we'll need much higher efficiency user experiences that can allow us to more easily and scalably work with the thousands of devices that w... Dec. 11, 2017 11:15 PM EST Reads: 10,208 |
By Elizabeth White  DevOps promotes continuous improvement through a culture of collaboration. But in real terms, how do you: Integrate activities across diverse teams and services? Make objective decisions with system-wide visibility? Use feedback loops to enable learning and improvement?
With technolog... Dec. 11, 2017 07:30 AM EST Reads: 2,467 |
By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Evatronix will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Evatronix SA offers comprehensive solutions in the design and implementation ... Dec. 10, 2017 07:45 AM EST Reads: 4,058 |
By Elizabeth White  "We are an integrator of carrier ethernet and bandwidth to get people to connect to the cloud, to the SaaS providers, and the IaaS providers all on ethernet," explained Paul Mako, CEO & CTO of Massive Networks, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017,... Dec. 9, 2017 05:00 PM EST Reads: 1,461 |
By Jason Bloomberg  From our perspective as consumers, perhaps the best thing about digital transformation is how consumerization is making technology so much easier to use. Sure, our television remote controls still have too many buttons, and I have yet to figure out the digital display in my Honda, but ... Dec. 9, 2017 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,532 |
By Yeshim Deniz  Sanjeev Sharma Joins June 5-7, 2018 @DevOpsSummit at @Cloud Expo New York Faculty. Sanjeev Sharma is an internationally known DevOps and Cloud Transformation thought leader, technology executive, and author. Sanjeev's industry experience includes tenures as CTO, Technical Sales leader,... Dec. 8, 2017 05:45 PM EST Reads: 6,037 |
By Rostyslav Demush  A few years ago – in the early days of Blockchain – a lot of people were taken with the idea of a multifunctional chain on which all transactions could be handled. After Ethereum was launched in 2014, its advocates were talking themselves hoarse about the transformative opportunities t... Dec. 8, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,582 |