Google Cloud has been a game-changer for smaller companies and startups, but not so much for the enterprise, as many giants of the tech world already had their own information technology infrastructure in place. Its cloud services are making progress, though, through strategic alliances and close work with high profile clients. Proving its success with partners instead of ...

The call of technology is powerful, and women feel it as men do. The difference is one of environment. Women shy away from tech fields because encouragement and support are in short supply, even at the most professional of companies, according to Lily Chang, vice president of engineering at VMware Inc. and board member of Women ...

Business has an impact on the world. For most of history, this impact was not something to be proud of. Now, companies are recognizing the benefits of planning for the future, both in terms of business and for community and ecological sustainability. “It’s larger than the sum of the parts, and about how we leave ...

Modern, networked technology demands many things. It wants speed for real-time interaction. It requires bandwidth so the data can flow. It must be secure, for the internet is a hive of villains. Communication standards designed years ago can’t meet these new demands at scale. A new technology, 5G, is rising to the challenge, but there are ...

Businesses must upgrade and adapt to stay competitive. That includes their IT hardware and programs. However, companies prefer to hang on to their legacy systems for a number of very good reasons including skill concerns and custom applications. Likewise, not every business can afford the latest and greatest every three years. Because of this, the ...

Networks are about communication, and communication means standards. As networks across the world reach out toward everything from mainframes to smart devices, those standards become even more important. Fast data transfer means providers must agree to a common set of rules for their networks, according to Willie Lu, chairman and chief executive officer at Technaut ...

If data is the lifeblood of business today, then bandwidth is the beating heart. As more data flows across company networks, new technologies must emerge to lower costs and improve speed. One of these is 5G, a new networking standard that is poised to open up the flow of data across the world. “If you think ...

Evil never sleeps. The hackers and cybercriminals of the world are constantly working on new ways to attack computers. They’re also improving on the classics, like ransomware. To combat those threats, security researchers need to move fast. That means detecting and acting in real-time to contain and shut down any attack, according to Derek Manky (pictured), ...

Hackers share information about targets and tools to attack them, giving them a potential edge against individual companies aiming to protect themselves. Meanwhile, persuading a company to share their data on attacks is like pulling teeth. That needs to change, says Ted Julian (pictured), co-founder and vice president of product management at IBM Resilient. “It’s only when ...

Cybersecurity is a team sport. Cloud and mobile technologies have increased the ways hackers can attack a business, and no single vendor can provide a solution for every angle. Because of this, tech vendors are building ecosystems of partners to produce a multilayered approach to security. “We’re expanding our partnerships, trying to build an ecosystem with ...