Competition often characterizes the migration to cloud computing and innovations in machine learning advancements, but strategic partnerships and a community founded on the exchange of tech and best practices were at the forefront of AWS re:Invent 2017, which recently took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The interdependence of support companies and the enterprises they guide ...

The complexities of a continuously expanding digital revolution creates challenges for businesses both in multicloud environment management and assurance of deployment delivery. Through this evolving transformation, many enterprises need guidance in determining priorities and shaping virtualization strategies. “How do we deal with an environment that’s now not just three public clouds and some hybrid clouds, ...

Only three years old, Kubernetes has quickly gained popularity among enterprises as a leading method for automated deployments and container management. Despite the 4,100 attendees at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon event in Austin, Texas, the system wasn’t always so widely accepted. “Google had been on containers for so long; that was their mindset. … ...

As enterprises move from the early stages of cloud discovery to settling in with new processes and infrastructure, optimizing cloud migration and reporting with the appropriate platform is crucial to long-term success. For businesses working with Amazon Web Services Inc., this process can be streamlined with the help of provider partner, AppDynamics, according to Thomas Wyatt (pictured, ...

Not typically known for its rapid adaptability, the public sector must still adapt for a technologically advanced economy powered by cloud computing. While slower digital transformation processes have characterized government tech in the past, the industry is beginning to accelerate with the help of the enterprise. “We’re seeing a greater concentration … on folks who see ...

Artificial intelligence may have been written off as nothing more than an aspiration of science fiction in the early days of tech, but today the growing trend is far from fantasy. From innovation to controversy, regulatory policies and education around AI commodities are developing much more slowly than the tech itself, fueling fear and uncertainty around the paradigm-shifting trend. “We don’t know what [AI] ...

Navigating the cloud is still a challenging endeavor for organizations, as questions around on-premises, public cloud and hybrid solutions complicate computing architectures for companies. To help guide these transitions, many businesses working to support enterprise cloud efforts are pivoting from product solutions to service-based offerings. “Our customers want to undergo these new digital journeys. … ...

In an industry so focused on the race to adapt and competitive innovation, use cases that highlight the real-life applications for big data are an opportunity to reaffirm tech’s impact on the world at large. This year’s winners of a 2017 Pentaho Excellence Award in the return-on-investment category serves as an example of what ideation and supportive platforms like ...

The big data wave is transforming businesses across the world and forcing organizations of all kinds to upgrade their offerings in an effort to remain competitive. In today’s digital age, that means every business needs an impressive web presence, great user experience, competitive rates, and streamlined analytics if they hope to outperform cloud-native entities. With ...

In an industry characterized primarily by change and growth, inclusion is one area in which tech often stagnates. Diversity has become increasingly important to companies across a range of industries, but some organizations still struggle with cultural development and a talent gap that complicates inclusion efforts. That’s why the Cloud Network of Women, or CloudNOW, ...