Why Is the Healthcare Industry Abuzz About Blockchain?
Blockchain. A day doesn't seem to go by without seeing articles and
discussions about the technology. According to PwC executive Seamus Cushley,
approximately $1.4B has been invested in blockchain just last year. In
Gartner's recent hype cycle for emerging technologies, blockchain is
approaching the peak. It is considered by Gartner as one of the ‘Key
platform-enabling technologies to track.' While there is a lot of ‘hype vs
reality' discussions going on, there is no arguing that blockchain is being
taken very seriously across industries and cannot be ignored.
A large percentage of the discussion does seem to focus in the financial
services industry. This is not surprising given blockchain's historic legacy
(I know, a disruptive technology already has a legacy) with Bitcoin and
crypto currencies. In my article, ... (more)
Technology today seems to be moving at breakneck speeds. This speed of change
is creating tectonic shifts in how businesses operate and leverage technology
to achieve their goals. The convergence of key disruptive technologies (i.e.
social, mobile, analytics, and cloud) is what one industry analyst refers to
as the nexus of forces. Cloud is an underpinning of this nexus. How is this
disruption impacting the CIO? Does the role change in face of all these
forces, or is it just a continuation of what the CIO is (or should be) doing
already? Let's take a deeper look at how the cloud ... (more)
Internet of Things and Big Data - Who Owns All the Data?
We've been doing it for years, decades for some. How many websites have you
created accounts on? Your bank, your credit card companies, social media
sites, hotels and travel sites, online shopping sites, and that's just the
start. We do it often without even thinking about it, quickly entering our
personal information, our data, in a plethora of systems. Sometimes we're not
even aware of the information we are providing. It could be very personal
information (think of the security questions you provide answers to for
prote... (more)
When was the last time you had a technology conversation that did not include
the word ‘cloud' in it? Gartner predicts that by 2016 the bulk of IT spend
will be for the cloud. Gartner also believes that ‘nearly half of large
enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end of 2017.' Cloud
technology continues to evolve at breakneck speeds and business wants to move
to the cloud equally as fast. This presents significant challenges for
technologists who need ensure the business doesn't go crashing into a brick
wall while moving at these speeds.
Don't Let It Be by Accide... (more)
There is a common phrase, often attributed as a Chinese proverb/curse, "May
you live in interesting times." For those following the cloud technology
space, we are definitely living in interesting times. In their latest magic
quadrant report on IaaS, Gartner describes the market as still evolving and
maturing. This would imply the market leadership is in flux, yet according to
Gartner "AWS is the overwhelming market share leader, with more than five
times the compute capacity in use than the aggregate total of the other
fourteen providers in this Magic Quadrant." I would say that ... (more)
Ed Featherston is VP, Principal Architect at Cloud Technology Partners. He brings 35 years of technology experience in designing, building, and implementing large complex solutions. He has significant expertise in systems integration, Internet/intranet, and cloud technologies. He has delivered projects in various industries, including financial services, pharmacy, government and retail.
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