Every new computer technology worth mentioning involves communication. That means networking, and network standards hammered together in the ancient past aren’t up to the demands of future networks. The latest network standard 5G promises better speed and more data, but the industry hasn’t yet come to an understanding of what 5G means to everyone, according to Sandra ...

One of the major benefits of cloud computing is that it allows anyone, anywhere, to access a service. Business models can be built around such things. One such model involves airline bookings, as run by Amadeus IT Group SA, an online travel services company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. “If you are serious about open source, ...

Modern business runs on data. It must be collected, processed, stored and, ultimately, controlled. Collecting data without purpose is an expensive hobby. Throwing data around without security is an invitation for the forces of evil to steal a company’s data assets. Those in the healthcare industry know this all too well. Kaiser Permanente, an end-to-end ...

Every day, technology offers businesses new possibilities and fresh opportunities. However, a business forged around the technology of five years ago, or even in the distant past of 10 years ago, won’t have the tools or people to take advantage of what today brings. The Chief Data Officer role is an attempt to address this ...

When it comes to changing the way a business runs its workloads, the journey is not the destination. This is doubly so when it comes to cloud migration. There must be a purpose behind the migration, a business need that can only be served by taking a workload to the cloud, according to Shankar Kalyana (pictured), ...

Enterprise business is founded on big systems, doing big work, for big money. That’s been true because people had to buy those big systems to get the benefits of their big work. Cloud technologies are changing all that. Now, companies can rent what they need, as they need it, and get the big work done ...

Business is going digital, but with every innovation the meaning of “going digital” changes. It used to mean reaching out to new customers or trimming expenses. Now, new digital technologies are changing entire business models and reshaping how companies serve their customers. “Automation in combination with AI [artificial intelligence], machine learning is really going to ...

Data is the lifeblood of business because it fuels the engine of innovation. Data can reveal insights, suggest action and illustrate developing trends. The question then becomes, how does a company adapt to take advantage of the insights data provides? Business process and decision management is the art of transforming a company in ways both ...

Historically, business has not been very big on the whole “trust” concept. They didn’t need to worry about it, as the only information customers knew was what the company told them. The internet and social media have changed all that, and a generation is growing up that favors trust over almost all other factors. Now, ...

Much like money, data now is a lot better than data tomorrow. Getting information into the right hands at speed is vital for modern business, but there’s a catch. Security demands controls and safeguards that slow down data. Both security and availability are vital. How does a business solve that problem? “Data keeps coming and ...