Brilliant minds have shaped the course of human history. From the astrolabe to the internet, innovation has been a defining trait of our species. Now, with the Western world on the edge of what, at times, seems like an apocalyptic future, can we harness humanity’s super intelligence and create tech that benefits the species as ...

No one has patience for downtime anymore, meaning problems need to be anticipated and fixed before they happen. This takes constant vigilance — a job that incident-response company PagerDuty takes seriously. “What many people know PagerDuty for is what we always refer to as people orchestration,” said Jonathan Rende (pictured), senior vice president of product and marketing at ...

VMworld 2020 is going to be different. Yes, it will be virtual — but that’s become expected in the upside-down world that has manifested since COVID-19 spread across the globe. For VMware Inc., major changes began long before the coronavirus made its presence known. The company has moved beyond its virtual machine roots by diversifying ...

Having data is one thing; having it where you want it is another. Moving data at scale is a problem that causes headaches for even the most experienced, data-first companies. It’s not like there’s a “man with a van” to call for fast, secure transport from the data center to the cloud … or multiple ...

As the unsung hero of the COVID-19 pandemic, robotic process automation has been taking care of business behind the scenes. Robots are helping bankers process loans and hospitals handle coronavirus tests, proving that RPA can help solve the world’s problems without the need for headlines or acclaim. Not surprisingly, adoption is on the rise. “The awareness that ...

With over half the world online and actively sharing information, the amount of data generated is exploding. In the chaos of 2020, becoming data-driven has become the key to business success. And companies are eager to leverage the insights data can bring. But adopting technologies such as artificial intelligence is one thing; keeping data accessible and secure across ...

Adopting a software platform that enables fast and furious application development is key to increasing productivity in the digital economy. But the low code approach can lead to some unexpected cultural upsets in the workforce. “To anybody who starts this [application portfolio modernization] journey, I would say: ‘Do not underestimate the psychological change that needs to happen ...

There’s a “South Park” episode where gnomes are collecting underpants with the goal of profit, but they have no idea of what comes in between. It was a bit like that in the early days of big data, when companies were feverishly collecting information to store in data lakes only to have it sit stagnant, ...

Data. Data. Data! The drumbeat of the digital revolution has become steadily louder as data-driven businesses beat out their competitors. Pile on the COVID-19 pandemic, and the necessity to effectively access, manage and back up critical data resources across multiple locations has gone from market advantage to mission-critical task. “Automation and use of clouds, multiple clouds, has really ...

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a part of the everyday enterprise workflow, but the computing infrastructure to support such a data-intense task must modernize. As businesses transform to better leverage data intelligence and become more agile through cloud-native processes, high-performance networking becomes priority. But investing in the InfiniBand standard for high-performance computing network switches has been a hard sell for ...