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The impact on technology spending from the coronavirus pandemic continue to turn for the worse, according to new spending data from Enterprise Technology Research. Last week, we reported ETR’s results from more than 1,100 chief information officers and information technology practitioners and took the …
Analysis: Pandemic’s effects will now take IT spending negative for the year
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, the outlook for spending on information technology is getting worse and likely will fall into negative territory this year despite a boost from work-at-home technologies. That’s the upshot from the latest survey results from Enterprise Technology Research. Last …
New normal: Coronavirus shifts IT spending to work-from-home infrastructure
Information technology budgets will be flat this year and potentially worse as the coronavirus pandemic takes full hold — and changes in how technology is deployed and how we work are bound to become permanent fixtures of the IT landscape. That’s the …
How digital events should work in the age of coronavirus
We’re going to take a break from our traditional spending assessments and share with you our advice on how to deal with the coronavirus crisis — specifically best practices in shifting your physical event to digital. The team at theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s …
The VMworld 2019 IT spending survey: containers, cloud, NSX and Pivotal
The VMworld 2019 information technology spending survey data shows that while customers continue to invest heavily in VMware Inc.’s products, organizations are doubling down on their public cloud commitments at the expense of incumbent on-premises infrastructure. In addition, the battle for market share amongst …
As Oracle’s pioneering database machine Exadata turns 10, an exclusive look ahead
In the winter of 1984, four executives from California, wearing suits and ties, presented to a group of market analysts in a smoke-filled boardroom in Framingham, Massachusetts. From a startup called Teradata Corp., the executives were unveiling under a nondisclosure agreement a …
As UiPath nets big funding, exploring the impact of robotic process automation
The forerunners of robotic process automation have been around for well over a decade in various forms such as Lean, Six Sigma and business process automation. But the leading companies in these fields didn’t really catch the attention of most observers. The …
After limping through chapter one of cloud computing, IBM aims to own chapter two
In 2013, IBM Corp. got a wakeup call when it lost an important cloud computing deal at the Central Intelligence Agency to Amazon Web Services Inc. IBM protested the contract, exposing previously confidential details. In a high-profile decision, Judge Thomas Wheeler ruled …
IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is a pivot to growth, but many questions remain
IBM Corp.’s acquisition of Red Hat Inc. is a blockbuster designed to accelerate the company’s lagging sales. Here’s a first take on what it means for IBM, Red Hat, the ecosystem and customers. Despite strong IT spending, there were storm clouds on …
Veritas: the best-kept secret everyone has heard of
Often on theCUBE we have the pleasure of hosting guests who are so knowledgeable that you just want to go back and watch the videos over again. Recently, at the Veritas Vision event in Las Vegas, we had a chance to sit …