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Data catalog comes with the free gift of a data-driven culture
The sparkle and shine on all the new data-analytics software and services can sometimes blind enterprise shoppers. But the number of big-data successes is dishearteningly close to nil, according to some analysts. Experts say technology alone can’t make a business data-driven; a cultural shift is in order, but it’s hard work. Do certain technologies come with ...
Can Kubernetes make data multicloud-mobile just like apps?
Companies are scrounging for duct tape and Silly Putty to hold distributed information technology environments together. There’s much yammering about putting the application first — and it’s mostly on point. But they’d better not forget data. If they leave it in some proprietary storage silo, their cruise around multicloud will hit a speed bump. “Everyone ...
Knative explained: Serverless isn’t just for functions anymore
Many assume that serverless computing and functions are a package deal. Functions are serverless; anything serverless must involve functions, right? Actually, no. Google LLC, Red Hat Inc. and others are collaborating on a new open-source project called Knative that democratizes serverless beyond functions. Serverless can be thought of as a kind of user experience, according ...
Functions and twelve-factor usher in app-only development
All application developers would like to wave a wand and make infrastructure disappear. The latest technologies — cloud, serverless computing, etc. — have fans largely because they push some compute, storage and networking hassles off their plates. Will they finally get us to app-only development? “We’re awfully close to having a model where we’ve got ...
Enterprises go everywhere with on-prem Kubernetes
More and more vendors are acknowledging that hybrid is here to stay. Even cloud kingpin Amazon Web Services Inc. is making friends with on-premises holdouts with Outposts, an on-premises data center system that’s based on the same hardware AWS uses to run its own cloud. The question is how exactly do customers run applications across different environments? The ...
Elastic OLAP cuts through hybrid-data clutter for instant BI
Business intelligence software has been around for years. Many big-data analytics tools have the goal of providing actionable business insight. But data silos, vast data lakes, and the tricky logistics of hybrid-cloud environments can spell a long, arduous trip to the promised land. Today’s digitally driven enterprise needs piping hot BI on demand to serve ...
Red Hat defines DX with Kubernetes Operator Framework
Many companies are fumbling through low-yield digital transformation experiments. Transformation is a vague target anyway. Is it big data? Is it artificial intelligence? Is it developer operations? Some are fatigued by the hype around the term. Is there an exact outcome or particular technology we can point to as representing true DX? “The bigger point from ...
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The Kubernetes startups we’re watching in 2019
Multiple forces came together to make 2018 the year of Kubernetes. The open-source platform for orchestrating containers saw critical maturation in enterprise-readiness as a favored method for running distributed software applications. As adoption of hybrid and multicloud environments in enterprises grew, businesses increasingly came to see containers as the means to operate across them. Kubernetes wouldn’t be ...
‘Freemium’ HashiCorp throws open-source tech at multicloud mess
Two University of Washington students were messing around with the rough beginnings of cloud infrastructure in the mid-2000s. They quickly surmised that managing resources and security across multiple clouds would the biggest infrastructure challenge for years to come. They were correct. “It’s over 10 years later, and it is the problem that enterprises are hitting ...
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The 10-year test for startup staying power
Founding a startup and investing in one are both shaky undertakings. The rapidly changing market chews up new businesses and spits them out. But what about the Apples and Googles of the world? They were startups once. Why are they still roaring? What did they do differently as fledglings? What they did differently — and ...