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Smucker transforms business organization in the cloud, starting with HR
As cloud computing company ServiceNow Inc. expands its managed service offerings beyond traditional information technology, it’s picking up customers in some novel new verticals. The J.M. Smucker Co. actually started with the ServiceNow HR Service Delivery offering before expanding into other areas of the business. Jim Hebb (pictured, left), director of human resources transformation at KPMG ...
Cloud computing consolidation: extracting value from shifting solutions
As the cloud technology industry consolidates around a few key players in the computing space including Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure, enterprises are hard pressed to extract as much value as possible from their solution offerings. “All of a sudden, you have to think about how you are going to architect it, how am ...
Disk-based backup a thing of the past? Not so fast, according to ExaGrid Systems
As companies increasingly turn to virtualization for their computing needs, the transition is also spurring innovation in data storage solutions. While there is a lot of buzz around flash memory, there are still many improvements being made around traditional disk-based data storage that add value when cost matters more than performance. “People are frustrated with a lot ...
How this education company overhauled its data backup and recovery solutions
As companies modernize their computing infrastructure, often times this involves a complete overhaul of their data recovery solution. This scenario was the case for Study Group Pty. Ltd., which prepares international students for university degree program and teaches high school education and English language courses. The company’s global footprint tied in with educational data privacy requirements drove them ...
Construction company relies on virtualization to backup new data center
Virtualization built on modern data backup solutions are enabling agility and flexibility in the information technology environment. As assets and data need to be quickly moved based on business needs, a robust backup solution is key to enabling these transitions. “The construction industry is not known for over-investing in IT. If you look at Gartner’s ...
DXC’s security expertise enables new applications for ServiceNow
As the ServiceNow platform expands beyond information technology, domain expertise in the new verticals like human resources and security is required to successfully deploy a new managed service. Through a series of acquisitions, Fruition Partners has become the ServiceNow arm of DXC Technology, and Marc Talluto (pictured, right), chief executive officer and global ServiceNow Inc. practice ...
Infosys, ServiceNow partnership takes aim at turnkey IT solutions for new industry verticals
Over the past few years, the big players in the enterprise information technology services and consulting industry have become even more active in shaping strategies for the future. This is especially true for Infosys Ltd., a technology services and consulting company that helps clients create and execute digital transformation strategies. The company is now taking its almost ...
Lone Star College increases student retention with turnkey IT solutions
A salient aspect of an information technology organization is the ability respond to the needs of their business quickly and effectively in order to drive a bottom line, especially in people-focused verticals, such as higher education. Lone Star College System in The Woodlands, Texas, is one learning institution that is taking its information technology efforts to a ...
Snyk tackles security risk in open-sourced Node.js libraries
In modern web applications based on open-sourced libraries, often times developers are not aware of just how much dependency there is on risky third-party software packages. Guy Podjarny (pictured), co-founder and chief executive officer at Snyk Ltd., explained how his company is ensuring developers are working with Node.js packages free from security flaws. Node.js is an open-source ...
Use case benchmarking drives Node.js forward
The success of open-source communities like Node.js — a JavaScript runtime based on Chrome’s V8 engine — is completely dependent on contributions from a rich pool of organizations working toward the common goal of building a robust development framework. Michael Dawson (pictured), digital transformation leader at IBM Corp., is responsible for Big Blue’s contributions to the Node.js ...