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Platform takes automation primetime, and Automation Anywhere says workers like it
The workplace-automation train has entered the station — now what? Do we all lose our jobs? Can we get robots to work for us while we stay home and snooze? Between those extremes, there are now real people actually using automation at work. They’re discovering its flywheel effects in productivity, creativity and efficiency. “People think ...
You’re fired: Network-driven security does it better for distributed IT
For many companies, the days of locking data behind monolithic cybersecurity walls are gone. Distributed computing systems and internet of things edge devices are sending data on risky runs around a vast network. This is why some forward-looking companies are staking out the network as the basis for modern security; rather than a wall, it’s ...
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What’s really inside Google’s new multicloud packaging?
Customers have finally succeeded in dragging cloud providers kicking and screaming into their hybrid computing reality. Most aren’t ditching their on-premises data centers just yet, and vendors have gotten the message. Google Cloud Platform has joined the party, saying all the right words about hybrid-cloud and multicloud choice and portability. But does it actually have ...
There’s an API for that: API exchange builds better apps, makes companies money
“There’s an API for that” might become the slogan of digital business over the next few years. Companies are making their application program interfaces available to others to improve existing apps or form new ones. They can even create new revenue streams for companies. AccuWeather Inc. realized it had an untapped asset in its vast, ...
Multicloud APIs make friends via refreshed Google Apigee
As more and more companies disperse their software applications across different computing environments, they’re seeking the right tools to make it all gel. Application program interfaces are often touted as a key tool to get apps talking to each other, because API management can build productive bridges between hybrid-cloud and multicloud APIs and apps. Google Cloud ...
Fortinet innovates, educates a way through modern security crisis
What does the increasingly challenging field of cybersecurity with 3.5 million unfilled jobs need? On the one hand, it needs innovators who aren’t refurbishing the same old, failing technologies. It also needs educators to continually inject new skills into professionals struggling to keep abreast of new developments. This is the leadership position to which security technology ...
Will Google Cloud lose its futurist flair to gain enterprise cloud share?
Google Cloud Platform serves up some of the most advanced, bleeding-edge technology of any hyperscale technology provider. So why does it have just 9% of the public-cloud market? What sane enterprise wouldn’t greedily hoard the tech that made Google the third-richest company on earth? Enterprises that move at the real-world speed of a Buick rather than ...
Protecting end-point explosion with security-driven network
Increasingly distributed information-technology environments are throwing a lot of new challenges at security professionals. Traditional security barriers aren’t sufficient to protect the expanding surface area for attackers. Some suggest baking security into the network itself offers the best defense. “Security needs to start converging together with networking,” said Ken Xie (pictured), founder and chief executive officer ...
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How Google is building ‘world’s most sustainable cloud’
Google Cloud Platform continues carving out its brand among competing hyperscalers. One way it’s setting itself apart is with its globally dispersed data-center operations: It wants to run the most environmentally sound data centers on the planet. Building “the world’s most sustainable cloud” is the day-to-day work of Joe Kava (pictured), vice president of data center ...
Headhunting AI nails elusive culture factor in workplace staffing
Companies of all sorts, from retail to natural resources, are trying to gain a competitive advantage with data analytics and artificial intelligence. Beyond better marketing, product design, and customer experience, AI can also help the hiring process. A company’s human capital contributes hugely to its bottom line. Predictive analysis can gauge applicants for company and cultural fit ...