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From M&A strategy to data-centric innovations: Qlik’s plan to shape a data-centric world
As data management continues to evolve at a rapid pace, this week’s QlikWorld event in Las Vegas brought together industry experts to discuss the data explosion and the role of independent companies, such as QlikTech International AB, in shaping the future of data. “We’re shifting from a world that is application-centric, where the data is ...
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AI and platform engineering take center stage: KubeCon Day 2 analysis
As KubeCon + CloudNativeCon began its second day in Amsterdam, developers, engineers and IT leaders continued to explore emerging cloud-native and open-source technologies. Hot topics at the conference include platform engineering, the evolving definition of DevOps, the rise of AI and the governance and ethics surrounding it. “It’s open source. A lot of this stuff ...
The rise of platform engineering in the Kubernetes era
During this week’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon event in Amsterdam, the enterprise technology community gathered to discuss the latest developments in Kubernetes and the evolving role of DevOps in modern cloud-native platforms. “DevOps is dead — long live the platform,” said Murli Thirumale (pictured), vice president and general manager of the Cloud-Native Business Unit at Pure ...
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The new tech frontier: Kubernetes ecosystem expansion and AI’s rising influence
The evolution of Kubernetes and the rise of artificial intelligence were two major topics during day one of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon event in Amsterdam, with many attendees discussing the intersection of the two. “I think we’re barely scratching the surface on how AI intersects this cloud-native world,” said Bassam Tabbara (pictured, right), founder and ...
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Unlocking the power of data: Analyst keynote insights live from QlikWorld
Harnessing the power of data-driven outcomes continues to be top of mind for today’s organizations. How can companies put data first to deliver outcomes? And how will data integration, visualization and data-driven insights further transform business landscape? “The world is very application-centric right now … but we’re shifting to a data-centric world,” said industry analyst ...
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With new funding, Honeycomb.io CEO sees observability taking off
Full-stack observability provider Honeycomb.io has raised $50 million in Series D funding. The round was led by venture capital firm Headline, with participation from existing investors Scale Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Storm Ventures and Industry Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate Honeycomb’s growth and expand its product offerings, and the company plans to ...
Planting a flag in hyperautomation, UiPath dominates the RPA convo at live event
The future of automation is a hot topic, especially now that “work-from-home” — forced onto most businesses as a result of the coronavirus pandemic — has permanently shifted the enterprise culture. UiPath Inc., a global leader in the robotic process automation market, is fighting to be the top RPA software provider. The company provides a ...
Watch live: AWS Summit Online goes global as cloud proves vital for COVID-19 business survival
The AWS Summit in San Francisco has gone virtual as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. To adjust to current stay-at-home and social-distancing recommendations, Amazon Web Services Inc. has evolved its annual event, now called AWS Summit Online, to allow technologists and the cloud computing community to connect, collaborate and learn through free online sessions. ...
The new tech-innovation cocktail: Data, machine learning, and cloud
Moore’s Law no longer drives innovation in the IT and technology industry. Today, tech advances come from a combination of data, machine intelligence, and the cloud, according to Dave Vellante (@dvellante), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio. “We’ve amassed this huge amount of data that’s growing at a nonlinear rate,” Vellante stated. “So, ...
Independent DevOps platform necessary for evolving multicloud world
Are the days of operating in a single cloud over? As an increasing number of organizations demand multicloud services to avoid vendor lock-in and maximize computing performance, it seems that single-cloud environments are on the way out. “It’s no longer that you pick one cloud and that’s where everything’s going to run,” said Brendan O’Leary ...