As computer systems become increasingly more complex, how does anyone really know what’s going on inside of them? More importantly, how can system managers know if there are vulnerabilities? To address these questions, Amazon Web Services Inc. has developed what its chief technical officer, Werner Vogels, recently referred to in a blog post as a ...

In the cybersecurity industry, fear sells. It’s a terrific motivator for top information-technology executives to purchase the latest security tools in an effort to keep infrastructure safe and avoid the unemployment line. However, there is a growing sense among some security practitioners that baking security into technology from the start could go a long way ...

The number of companies with chief data officers on staff has skyrocketed in recent years, with Gartner Inc. reporting that 90% of large organizations will have a CDO by the end of this year. Yet, it remains such a challenging position that Gartner also estimates only half will be successful in their role in 2019. What’s ...

In a digital world increasingly fraught with security challenges, Amazon Web Services Inc. has a message for the enterprise community: Come to us, and we’ll make it easy to set up and secure valuable data in a cloud computing environment. Late Monday, AWS announced general availability for its Control Tower and Security Hub services after a ...

Job titles can often disappear in the tech jargon and bureaucracy of the corporate world. Yet, it’s worth noting what’s on the business card for Mark Clare (pictured, left). He’s the head of data enablement at AstraZeneca PLC, a multinational biopharmaceutical company. Data enablement? “AstraZeneca wanted to focus on how we actually enable our businesses,” Clare ...

During an interview in October, IBM Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty stated flatly that data will determine corporate winners and losers and her company was going through its own transformation centered around data. Rometty stated that the key for any company seeking to become an incumbent disruptor is to make something of the data ...

It may seem like a long time ago, but there actually was a time when Dell Technologies Inc., years before it become Dell EMC, was struggling to gain a foothold in the storage business. For years, Dell would get outflanked by other players at the time, including Hewlett-Packard Co. and EMC itself. In 2011, it ...

It’s time to implement the latest and greatest network computing upgrade. On the surface, it’s the kind of business decision most information-technology managers make without thinking twice. But instead of spending that money to improve IT operations, what if the same amount could be used to let a 13-year-old girl with a heart condition be ...

Not long after Actifio Inc. was founded in 2009, the company came to a critical realization. The firm had pioneered the field of copy data management based on the premise that managing more data didn’t mean more storage, and the best place to capture data was in backup using its software platform. Yet it also ...

We have crossed over from the age of “experimentation” to a time of “multiplied innovation,” where key technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and the “internet of things” will scale rapidly inside the enterprise world. That’s the central thesis offered by Frank Gens (pictured), senior vice president and chief analyst of IDC Research Inc. Gens presented ...