• 5 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2019

    Cloud computing has become the de facto platform for fueling digital transformations and modernizing IT portfolios. Companies are increasingly finding business agility or cost savings by renting software through vendors such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google. To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  • BrandPost: The Network Knows. Let It Help You.

    The 1927 film Metropolis was most likely the first movie ever created about a robot taking over the world. This German expressionist film was not sophisticated (in fact, science fiction writer H.G. Wells said the movie was downright “silly”) but it did have some merit. If nothing else, it started an entire genre of films exploring the freakish possibilities of artificial intelligence.Fast forward ninety-plus years, and we’re living in a world where intelligent systems are
  • BrandPost: IT Operations and Developers – Can’t We All Just Get Along?

    Alexander Graham Bell famously said, “Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.” I agree wholeheartedly with Bell’s declaration, but what if the people you’re trying to bring together mix about as well as oil and water?That’s the challenge of cloud teams. How can you get IT Operations (IT Ops) to work well with Developers (Dev)? After all, the two groups have had a blame and counter-blame relationship for quite some time.
  • BrandPost: Transform the Traditional: The Multi-cloud Enterprise

    Companies large and small are changing in order to innovate faster, provide better customer experiences, and achieve greater cost efficiencies. British philosopher Alan Watts has a suggestion for dealing with this type of disruption: “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Sounds simple, right? It is not.Many businesses are dancing straight into the arms of public cloud because it enables them to meet time-to-market deadline
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  • BrandPost: Oracle’s Cloud Programs: Beware a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

    The promise of the cloud is to liberate IT from the cost and burden of tiresome daily IT administration, while delivering more freedom to select from the industry's latest and best innovations. Too bad that goes against the very DNA of legacy ERP vendors such as Oracle, whose stock price and revenues historically are closely tied to recurring 90% margins on maintenance for traditional licensed software. Meanwhile, for an ERP vendor to rewrite decades-old ERP application suit
  • IDG Contributor Network: Has storage become sexy?

    When industry veteran Charlie Giancarlo decided a little over a year ago that it was time to step back into a tech company role, he had his pick of opportunities.Coming out of an eight-year stint as a partner at private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, he had an inside track on the future of the entire tech industry. He knew which sectors were getting investments, and which technologies were best poised for breakout growth.You might expect, therefore, that he would have chosen to lead an AI or
  • Virtual healthcare gets real, as telehealth turns to AI

    One day you wake up with a pain in your side that persists. You want to be seen by a medical professional, but you don't want to go through the hassle of making an appointment and schlepping to your doctor. Most large healthcare organizations now allow you to make an appointment with a physician and get observed from the comfort and privacy of your own home — via video conferencing software on your smartphone, tablet or PC.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  • How to establish a thriving IT innovation hub

    Aerospace and industrial giant United Technologies depends on innovation to meet the demanding needs of its corporate and government customers. To ensure a steady pipeline of profitable new ideas, the company created United Technologies Advanced Projects (UTAP), a startup-like organization that builds and pilots products and services with the potential to positively disrupt the company's various business units.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
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