Mark Albertson
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If SAP SE is going to become the dominant player in the customer relationship management market, as its chief executive officer declared the company would at its annual Sapphire conference, it will first have to move into the rarefied air of mass …
As Cisco and Google Cloud reaffirm partnership, analysts see benefits
The presence of Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer Diane Greene on the keynote stage at the Cisco Live conference this week in Orlando, Florida, was more than just a symbolic show of mutual support. The two companies announced a partnership last fall to …
‘Iris’ provides eye-opening intelligence tools for data integration
A little over one year ago, SnapLogic Inc. introduced Iris as the first “self-driving” technology that automated enterprise data integration. The recommendation engine is designed to connect data flows and process application streams more efficiently. And now it’s getting smarter, too. The …
As cloud changes network landscape, WANdisco focuses on live data, innovation
The technology approach taken by software vendor WANdisco Inc. recognizes an important shift that has taken place in the enterprise computing world. Much as the internet-transformed global connectivity, where business can be conducted anytime and anywhere in the world, that same trend …
Quantum takes a closer look at its digital maturity
To gain an appreciation for a company’s level of digital maturity, it may be easier to know what it is not. Maintaining data centers with no cloud adoption and having mobile applications that cannot be accessed remotely would certainly qualify, according to …
VMware’s innovation style, high bar reflected at Radio gathering
VMware Inc. engineers who submitted technical papers for consideration at this year’s Radio event, the company’s “Research And Development Innovation Offsite” gathering, had a better chance of getting admitted to the University of Notre Dame (19 percent) or passing the bar exam …
Managing the confluence of multicloud IoT is a primary focus for VMware
With public and private clouds, hybrid models, and a need to manage data flowing from “internet of things” devices at the edge, the enterprise world is dealing with a lot of moving parts. Like rivers coming together in the geographic landscape, the …
VMware’s CEO sees acquisition strategy as key factor in company’s success
Acquisitions are the corporate world’s version of legalized gambling. Identify an opportunity, put money down and hope it pays off in the end. By this standard, VMware Inc. has done well at the gambling table. Noteworthy examples include the acquisition of Nicira …
On VMware’s Radio playlist: R&D gateways, containers and blockchain
Technology companies by nature generally prefer to keep research and development projects pretty close to the vest. Silicon Valley R&D labs usually have more layers of security than weapons of world domination in a “Mission Impossible” film, and the public rarely sees …
As big enterprises jump in, augmented reality gets more real
Once upon a time, the world went mad over “Pokémon Go” as hordes of people wandered the countryside clutching smartphones in search of Pikachu and other digital creatures. That game was supposed to herald the dawn of the augmented reality age. Just two years later, …