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Is your brain doing a job your software can do? Automate it | #VMworld
DevOps, containers and other developments have made it an exciting time to be a developer. The easy, agile, software-defined tools available today allow them to spin up a world of applications limited only by imagination. Unfortunately, many companies still waste their developers’ time and talent bogging them down with infrastructure plumbing. Suppose the plumbing could all ...
What is a firewall good for in the virtualized, containerized, intercloud nebula? | #VMworld
This new software-defined, cloud-native infrastructure that most in the technology industry can’t stop raving about isn’t all champagne and confetti for one particular group of IT pros: security teams. They are expected to evolve breach and threat detection at the pace of innovation, which is pretty break-neck these days. Many are asking, what good is ...
Small questions, Big Data: How data value is created in the real world | #SeizeTheData
For all the Big Data hullabaloo, the end goal for most invested businesses is actually quite simple. Just answer this question,”How do we sell more to our customers?” But between here and there is a vast data lake, and traversing it can seem daunting. You’ll be relieved to know that starting small isn’t just OK — some ...
The open source backlash is here. Is HPE’s Big Data foray the answer? | #SeizeTheData
Open source Big Data tools are undoubtedly seen as fresher, hotter and more capable than proprietary resources, but companies are growing tired of sifting through open source for the magic combination that will make their data profitable. Some are starting to miss the stewardship of the “proprietary dinosaur,” yet they can’t afford to miss out ...
Agility is the new stability: What to do with storage in cloud/on-prem limbo | #VMworld
So a guy from Company X just said that all-cloud is the future of IT, and there’s no escaping it. Meanwhile, someone from Company Y said that on-prem is still necessary for maximum security. And a developer from Company Z stated once and for all that hybrid cloud will be the only practical solution for ...
The people’s conference? HPE Big Data Conference preview | #GuestOfTheWeek
HPE’s Big Data Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, begins on August 29. Mercifully sparing attendees marketing fluff, it will be a use-case-focused conference from a company with a presence in Big Data that may surprise you. Since HPE acquired Vertica in 2011, it has built on its analytics capacities to offer data solutions that couple HPE’s core competencies ...
Yahoo in review: A labor of love’s rise and decline | #CUBEconversations
In a move some see as inevitable, Yahoo, Inc. has thrown in the towel on its efforts to survive independently. For $4.8 billion, Verizon Communications, Inc. acquired the seminal technology company last month. In an industry that ruthlessly throws overboard the familiar in favor of the fresh, stories like Yahoo’s are all too common. We ...
VMworld preview: Hybrid storage goes head-to-head with all-flash | #CUBEconversations
It’s safe to say you can expect a lot of companies to make big announcements at this year’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas, starting on August 28. While the Dell-EMC merger is the overarching theme on everyone’s minds, there are many other questions that will be explored at the show. One of them is the ...
Think tech has an inclusion problem? Be glad you’re not in advertising | #theCUBE
The dearth of women in technology is increasingly discussed in the media and at Silicon Valley conferences. Organizations have sprung up with the aim of getting young girls interested in tech careers, but the field remains overwhelmingly male. You may be surprised to know that advertising is another field that skews heavily male, and some ...
The sharing economy: Increasing data’s value by giving it away | #theCUBE
Getting the most from your company’s data requires thinking about it as an asset — but not the way you’re used to. Assets typically imply something of value that is scarce and nonrenewable. The difference with data is that it sustains. Keeping your data siloed and separate from others in your company is not only ...