To understand the direction of the storage industry is to grasp the transformation taking place as the computing world becomes cloud-native and developer-centric. While many enterprises have adopted a hybrid model to leverage capabilities offered on-premises and in the cloud, the overall infrastructure has also become programmable as developer-generated applications manage key tasks. Eleven years ...

National Exascale Day will be on October 18, or “10 to the power of 18” calculations per second, which is what an exascale computer can do. The day is meant to recognize scientists who make breakthrough discoveries in a wide variety of fields, but it could also be viewed as a celebration of continued advances ...

Getting the right answers using data analytics can be a daunting task. What if the result could be generated in seconds by asking precisely the right question, much like a Google search? Data analytics provider ThoughtSpot Inc. has built a $1.95 billion business by offering exactly this kind of solution. The company’s chief executive officer, ...

Last year, the “Harvard Business Review” published a list of the top 20 S&P 500 and Global 2000 companies that ranked highest in new growth transformation. In 15th position on that list was Cisco Systems Inc., a company that is not only making a transformation to software, but actively embracing the developer community in doing ...

In an economy hit hard by a global pandemic, it’s not easy to find growth fields. But the combination of a newly created branch for the U.S. military and ambitious plans by private enterprise has made space a fertile ground for career opportunity. The U.S. Space Force was formed last year as a new military ...

The process of combating threats in cyberspace is a multi-front war. Criminal organizations, nation states and even “lone wolf” hackers with too much time on their hands can launch attacks that have the potential to cause major economic damage or significant personal disruption. In recognition of this harsh new cyberworld, the U.S. government issued a ...

When the U.S. Space Force was created by an act of Congress in 2019, it was an acknowledgment by government leaders that the country needed military-level protection on more than just the ground. A combination of technology advancement and cybsersecurity threats had forced the U.S. to protect public and private assets orbiting the Earth — ...

If space is indeed the “final frontier,” as narrated in the famous opening voiceover in “Star Trek,” it is also becoming the final line of defense against threats to technologies that have become essential for daily life. From the use of GPS to navigate traffic congestion to fighting forest fires with heat sensors, orbiting satellites ...

September’s Mirantis Launchpad 2020 event offered plenty of options for those seeking to learn more about the latest trends in enterprise computing. Among the many topics and presenters, one theme stood out: In these uncertain times, the need for speed, flexibility and security in enterprise IT is greater now than ever before. These needs were ...

From travel directions to finding out whether it might rain, much of the world depends on orbiting satellites for daily information. Space-based technology has become essential, and this has led to a greater focus on the key actions needed to safeguard it. In early September, the U.S. government issued directives for the first comprehensive cybersecurity ...