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Scaring up enterprise cybersecurity innovation at a pandemic-constrained Black Hat

The cybersecurity conference Black Hat roared back to Las Vegas last week in spite of a renewed mask mandate and a virtual event alternative. My mission: Uncover what’s next in the world of enterprise cybersecurity. I spoke to a handful of promising vendors, asking each of them one basic question: “WTF?” As in: “Vendors have ...
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The 2021 tech spending boom: Cyber, cloud, hybrid work and data will drive 8% IT budget growth

Every chief executive is figuring out the right balance for new hybrid business models. Regardless of the chosen approach, which will vary, technology executives understand they must accelerate digital and build resilience as well as optionality into their platforms. This is driving a dramatic shift in information technology investments at the macro level as we ...
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Three ways customers will dictate the future of the cloud

Traditionally, organizations have been forced to adapt their applications and operating processes to public cloud models in order to recognize the full benefits. This led to mixed results as legacy applications struggle to align fully to cloud models, particularly when using lift-and-shift migration methodologies. Because of this, the balance of power is shifting from cloud ...
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Mobile World Congress highlights telco transformation

Mobile World Congress is on for 2021, and theCUBE will be there in Barcelona to let you know if it’s alive and well. So as we approach a delayed MWC, it’s appropriate to reflect on the state of the telecommunications industry. Let’s face it: The telcos have done a great job of keeping us all ...
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The post-COVID world of work: a people-centric approach to digital transformation

I used to commute over an hour each way, every day, before COVID. Like so many, lockdown left me with more time — more time to engage with my colleagues digitally, more time with my husband and kids, more time to walk, meditate and exercise. Although there are no silver linings to COVID, it has ...
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AWS’ secret weapon is revolutionizing computing

Amazon Web Services Inc. is pointing the way to a revolution in system architecture. Much in the same way that AWS defined the cloud operating model last decade, we believe it is once again leading in future systems. The secret sauce underpinning these innovations is specialized designs that break the stranglehold of inefficient and bloated ...
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Zero-touch moves networks down the road to closed-loop automation

When it comes to closed-loop automation of large-scale networks, it can seem like we’re living in the movie “Groundhog Day.” For years, we’ve been told that fully automated, self-driving networks were just around the corner. Any day now, the story goes, you’ll be able to provision and activate new services with the push of a ...
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How to protect and secure nonfungible tokens

Nonfungible tokens are making headlines across industries. From professional sports teams to entertainment and healthcare, these digital assets known as NFTs are now prompting executive leaders to consider how they might integrate them into their future business strategies. As with all things digital, however, the question remains: How can organizations protect and secure the use ...
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Chasing Snowflakes in the new database boomtown

Databases are the heart of enterprise computing. The database market is both growing rapidly and evolving. Major forces transforming the market include cloud and data – of course – but also new workloads, advanced memory and input/output capabilities, new processor types, a massive push toward simplicity, new data sharing and governance models, and a spate ...
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How Nvidia plans to own the data center with AI

Nvidia Corp. wants to transform enterprise computing completely by making data centers run 10 times faster at one-10th the cost. Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang (pictured) is crafting a strategy to re-architect today’s on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge computing installations with a vision that leverages the company’s strong position in artificial intelligence architectures. ...