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The future of analytics: Changing the paradigm of analytics through predictive and prescriptive insights
With data becoming the backbone of an organization’s operations, analytics are becoming even more valuable to produce meaningful insights. By enriching the visualization framework with different analytic capabilities, QlikTech International AB seeks to bridge the gap between data practitioners and users and the catalog, according to James Fisher (pictured), chief product officer of Qlik. “I ...
Maximizing data value with capacity-based pricing
As the enterprise computing world becomes even more data-centric world, pricing is playing an even bigger role when unlocking the value of data. Since consumption- and user-based pricing are restrictive and problematic, QlikTech International AB is enhancing value acquisition through capacity pricing, because only the data that’s moved and analyzed is priced, according to Josh ...
How CrowdStrike is enhancing security visibility by consolidating point tools
One of the biggest challenges that SecOps teams face is being able to have tools that pinpoint vulnerabilities all under one roof. By having an informative platform that highlights where the vulnerabilities are, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. is enabling SecOps and ITOps to do a better job, ultimately strengthening ROI, according to Geoff Swaine (pictured), global ...
Taming complexity: A holistic approach to multicloud management
Even though the multicloud concept is spreading its wings, the chaos or complexity that comes with it is causing some challenges. Since multicloud is at an inflection point, VMware Inc. has taken up the mantle of taming the complexity that crops up, according to Purnima Padmanabhan (pictured), senior vice president and general manager of cloud management ...
How vVols are breaking traditional storage barriers
In the realm of software-defined storage, leveraging the intelligence and horsepower of a storage array has become a notable trend. Just like a raw device map, or RDM, virtual volumes, or vVols, present all the storage array features up to vSphere and manage them through policy-based management, according to Jason Massae (pictured, right), staff technical marketing ...
IBM and VMware answer need for strong hybrid computing ecosystem partnership
Intertwining hardware and software is crucial for a hybrid computing environment. As a result, IBM and VMware Inc. are partnering to create bidirectional application mobility, which makes it easy for organizations to move data back and forth from on-prem to the cloud and from cloud to cloud irrespective of whether they are using containers, virtual ...
HPE and VMware enhance operational efficiencies through joint engineering
Enterprises do not just want an enhanced experience; they want one that meets their needs, tastes and preferences. With a joint customer base of more than 200,000, VMware Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. have partnered to address the changing business consumption model through different engineering, according to Mark Nickerson (pictured, left), director of go-to-market and ...
Multicloud as the next frontier: The possibilities and challenges ahead
By acting as a brokering service, multicloud aims to enhance operational and security aspects. As a result, the market is transitioning to anything that sits above and between multiple clouds, according to Dave Linthicum (pictured), chief cloud strategy officer of Deloitte Consulting LLP. This calls for another layer of abstraction and automation. “Things that don’t exist in ...
Simplifying cloud-native with container management and orchestration
Since containers have become heavily embedded in the enterprise world, deployment difficulties and Kubernetes configuration have emerged. This begs the question: What is the right path to cloud-native? Traditional paths to cloud-native have been public cloud Kubernetes and the do-it-yourself approach, which have been cumbersome based on roadblocks such as being time consuming and a ...
Telefónica and Dell empower digitalization with advanced network solutions
A transformation is brewing in the telecom world that mimics what happened in the computing space, where servers got covered with a cloud stack layer. For enhanced digitalization, synchronization, hardware acceleration and time-sensitive solutions on its network, Telefónica S.A. is taking the cloud and software route with the help of Dell Technologies Inc., according to ...