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Cataloging is the data platform of the future, says IDC analyst
Algorithms that read customers’ minds and predict a market’s future are the sirens alluring today’s companies to big data. But before this is possible, there’s some unglamorous work to be done excavating the raw resources necessary. Finding out where data is and preparing it for prime time is critical first step. Pre-existing silos and multicloud can ...
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If your self-driving car had to choose whom to hit: Ethics questions stump AI
The public is caught in a messy, love/hate relationship with big data and artificial intelligence. Exciting new technologies and data breeches in the news weigh heavy on both sides of the scale. As hard questions about ethics and the autonomy of software become more pressing, consensus remains elusive. “The trouble with ethic issues is they ...
Tech mixologists serve companies on the hybrid tight rope to DX
What technology should an ambitious startup proffer to the motley mix of modernizing companies? The buzz around cloud-native and serverless computing architectures suggests that’s where the market’s going. But is that where the market actually is, wallet in hand, today? Nope. Most of it is scattered across a broad, nebulous range loosely described as “hybrid.” How ...
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Can a single as-a-service pill cure a massive security skills gap?
What’s a modern company’s best defense against the growing repertoire of cybersecurity attacks? They could stock up on security point solutions currently crowding the market. But would their personnel know what to do with them? A security skills shortage set to leave 3.5 million jobs unfilled by 2021 has many companies wondering how they’ll fill ...
MSPs make unlikely friends with public-cloud fat cats
Today’s information-technology market is turning out to be an unlikely friend to smaller, managed service providers. Not only did public cloud not kill them as some foresaw, it actually paved the way for expansion. And mid-sized enterprises may even prefer them over hyperscalers. The twists in the service-provider market during recent years are reflected in phoenixNAP ...
Not your dad’s CAD: Cloudified product design is here
Can the latest advancements in cloud computing do for product design what they’ve done for so many other professional domains? Computing plays a huge role in the design of all kinds of products. Everything from smartphones to futons first take visible form in a software program. Some say these types of programs are too intensive ...
IT needs to get in your business in digital age
Business and information technology are invading each other’s space these days — at least in companies keeping pace with change. Business is becoming more tech driven, and IT must demonstrate the business value of technologies. With many vendors selling point solutions, IT can quickly get crowded with business goals lost in the mix. “Imagine if ...
Coupa’s ambitious plans to digitally transform procurement
Does procurement bring exciting technological advances or business transformation to mind? If not, then look at the platform from Coupa Software Inc. The company is out to transform procurement procedures so that they support broader business objectives. Chief procurement officers are now being called to expand their duties to not just manage business spend, but ...
If apps could talk: Migration services that tell the future
With most companies in hybrid limbo, it would help if software applications could talk. Do they want computing to live on-premises or in public cloud? Where would they be cheapest? Where would they perform the best or help further a particular business goal? A tool to answer these questions is the type of extra-mile service ...
Grown up cloud security is built in, lives all over the network
Cloud security is growing up. No longer must public-cloud customers bring an armful of their own security tools. The plug-ins and add-ons are giving way to baked-in security that’s live as soon as instances are up. Cloud security proper — not just security in the cloud — is still pretty nascent, according to Jesse Rothstein (pictured), ...