If failure is not an option for most organizations, then why is it that digital transformation fails to meet objectives 70% of the time? Research by McKinsey & Co. in 2019 documented this failure rate, a number that was more recently confirmed by Boston Consulting Group. This question has become more central in the minds ...

Oracle Corp. did not become a multibillion-dollar technology giant by avoiding comparisons with its competitors. The firm’s recent string of updates for the Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse has given the company an opportunity to point out its differences with other major cloud database providers. Based on an exclusive interview with theCUBE by two Oracle senior ...

The need for edge computing has increased through the proliferation of data-gathering devices now located in factories, oil rigs, airplanes, shipping containers, homes and even race cars. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. has recently enhanced its SimpliVity offering for the enterprise edge as part of its overall strategy for hyperconvergence, an IT framework that combines compute, storage ...

Enterprise data intelligence solutions provider Alation Inc. is expanding its services across hybrid architecture. Today, the company launched Alation Cloud Service, a cloud-based platform for data intelligence that connects to virtually any data source within cloud platforms or on-premises through cloud native connectors. The goal is to get faster time-to-value from data through effective search ...

The popularity of software-as-a-service applications in the enterprise is also requiring changes in cloud data protection. Today, Dell Technologies Inc. launched Dell EMC PowerProtect Backup Service powered by Druva Inc. to address the need for native data protection without adding new layers of complexity for IT administrators. “Only a couple of years ago, our focus ...

Oracle Corp. has been on something of a roll in 2021. The database giant received a boost from Gartner Inc. just before the start of the new year in a report that ranked the firm high among database management leaders for its ability to leverage on-premises strength in hybrid cloud deployment. In March, the company made ...

Red Bull Racing Honda participates in the Formula One circuit and has been a force in the competitive automotive sport claiming eight world championships as of 2020. The team has HPE on board as an Innovation Partner and relies on HPE SimpliVity to support the team’s activities at the edge – in this case it’s ...

After more than 15 separate interviews involving 10 startup companies, a lot of ground was covered during the AWS Startup Showcase Event: Innovators in Cloud Data, produced by theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio on March 24. The interviews focused on a wide range of key industry topics, too many to fully capture in the numerous ...

The growth of connected devices at the edge is forcing security firms to rethink protection architectures to ensure critical endpoints are fully covered. Today’s users have different devices and applications consuming services from the cloud, and this requires a broad platform with the right tools to manage it all. “For that kind of approach, you ...

What once looked like a three-horse race for dominance in the cloud computing world, led by Amazon Web Services Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google LLC, is quickly evolving into a much fuller field. The competition is being driven by the emergence of more traditional tech players seeking to abstract away infrastructure headaches through automation and ...