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Hybrid transcends cloud mixes, narrating more of the work environment
The “hybrid workforce” is one buzz term emerging at AWS re:Invent this year. It’s a new way of operating, according to one digital solutions provider specializing in eSignature and other document workflows. Hybrid in this context means some folks are located in the workspace and some are remote. Interestingly, the AWS re:Invent conference also has ...
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Retired US general weighs in on response to escalating national cyberattacks
A former National Security Agency chief who led cyber during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts believes the U.S. continues to be vulnerable to foreign cyberattacks. Much of America would become paralyzed if an event occurred that was significantly bigger than the Colonial Pipeline oil infrastructure ransomware attack earlier this year. In that case, a major ...
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How Formula 1 and the NHL are telling new sports stories with data
Spectator immersion, alongside play-along gamification and stats, are the key drivers behind sports’ adoption of digital, say executives running disruptive business models for professional sports leagues. “We want to build systems using data and gamification where you can embed yourself and immerse yourself in the races,” said Rob Smedley (pictured right), director of data systems ...
Distributed SQL database is the ‘next wave,’ says tech vet
Flexible, expanding database services is the best solution for large-user-base companies that are scaling as they rapidly accelerate cloud and digital, says a database veteran. SkySQL and Xpand, the distributed database technology that Jon Bakke (pictured), chief revenue officer at MariaDB Corp., was speaking of, overcomes some of the cloud-derived issues inherent in older technologies. ...
5 insights you might have missed from the Commvault Connections21 event
As digitization takes hold in the enterprise, swaths of data are now under attack. It’s made cybersecurity a top priority in Fortune 500 companies, reshaping the services landscape for the technology sector. These were the underlying themes at a recent hybrid data services event. Commvault Connections21, with an exclusive broadcast by theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming ...
Security microservices, configuration and observability take the stage at KubeCon NA 2021
That open-source, hybrid cloud is maturing was foremost on the agenda at the recently concluded KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA event. Notably the buzz circled the security arena, regarding emerging methods to integrate it deep into the fundamentals of open-source containerization solutions, particularly Kubernetes. “Now, open source and security go together,” said Stu Miniman, director of market ...
Robotic process automation nurtures workers, spills into all facets of the enterprise
The robotic process automation market is still in its early stages, and top industry players are fighting their way through somewhat turbulent times. Take RPA leader UiPath Inc., tasked with facing the unknowns of an immature niche that is sometimes misunderstood. Despite strong earnings, which are above Wall Street estimates, the company has had volatile ...
GreenLake’s hybrid strategy increasingly moves HPE into data management role
As Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. furthers its journey to a hybrid computing solutions provider, the legacy tech giant works toward analyzing, monetizing and protecting data during the mass digital transformations taking place across commerce and all verticals. HPE’s GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform is taking the lead on this effort. As part of the recent “An HPE GreenLake Announcement” ...
Aerospace, automation and security topped the agenda at AWS Summit Washington, DC
Deploying applications to the cloud in the public sector would have been practically unheard of not much more than a decade ago. Fast forward, and now Washington, D.C. is the host city for a major summit from cloud services provider Amazon Web Services Inc. Health tech, aerospace and public cloud security considerations were top of ...
IT automation is speeding up. So are questions about how to implement it.
As automation takes hold in the world of software development and deployment, so grows buyer confusion about exactly what automation entails. Making the case for automation in enterprise computing is software services provider Red Hat Inc., as the company drills down on key concepts regarding the emerging product realm of automation in information technology at ...
