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70-year-old business acts like a startup with help from Accenture
What is a 70-year-old business to do when it finally realizes it needs to move to cloud in order to modernize? Does it corral its information technology team and put it through cloud training and certification courses? Not if it’s the Educational Testing Service Inc., a nonprofit educational measurement organization. Instead, it just gets Accenture ...
Get real: Can you operate mass real-time data infra yourself?
Consumers expect instant gratification from software applications nowadays. Such demands call for apps that talk back in natural language and resolve queries in real time. The infrastructure required for such an easy end-user experience is anything but easy to operate. That’s why some companies opt to outsource the necessary operations to specialist service vendors. In recent years, real time ...
Solving distributed systems’ incident-detection whodunit
Distributed information technology systems are becoming the norm, and they’re complicated to manage when running smoothly. When a problem jams the wheels, it can cause headaches for everyone on an IT team. How do they navigate the complex, winding system and fix the problem before it impacts the business? A big problem seen in distributed systems is ...
‘Trip in a tap’ and other ways data’s bumping airline CX to first class
How does a company map out a winning data analytics strategy? It depends on their end goals. But one thing is certain: no data set is pure rubbish. Even trifles of customer information can morph into an improved product or service. Take the airline industry, for example. “You need to know everything,” said Phil Wood (pictured, right), ...
App’s in India, but data’s in California? Maybe try distributed databases
Edge to cloud traffic, data inferencing at end points, multicloud computing architectures — they have one harrying problem in common: network latency and the high cost of lugging around data. The solution is a database that can live in many homes at once, according to Patrick McFadin (pictured), vice president of developer relations at DataStax Inc. “Four years ago, when I said your ...
The fast-fry-slow-bake strategy for shifting apps to cloud
What does the word mainframe bring to mind? An old legacy company that thinks cloud security has more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese? The reality is that many companies running on mainframes are raring to move to cloud. But it’s hard, time-consuming work, and they lack a practical playbook. They need a strategy that ...
Real-time data integration serves up freshest reporting, analytics
Data coming and going behind a curtain of computing obscurity presents problems. If companies can’t gauge recent changes, they may miss something crucial. If they can’t direct data sets to the right targets, they could lose valuable insight. Integration and analytics tools can squint through the shroud and provide constant data intelligence. Sweeping all data into ...
Software automation handles tricky multicloud-networking business
What’s a mobile application using a database in one public cloud, a machine-learning engine in another, and three managed services running in still others? It’s a typical example of modern enterprise information technology. Getting all cloud services talking to each other coherently requires a highly democratic, adaptable network foundation. “Having that underpinned by a strong ...
Alexa app for elderly aid bridges digital divide, acts as companion
Isn’t it great when mind-bending technology and product development come down the chute to solve a real human problem? Diverse industries are applying the latest advancements in artificial intelligence to everyday consumer issues. For example, the AI technology in Amazon Alexa’s virtual assistant could prove a handy in-home healthcare assistant, according to Dr. Justin Marley ...
This attitude adjustment makes security profitable, slays regulation monster
Waiting around for legislatures to throw a two-inch-thick book of data-compliance laws at the company? Sitting by with patching and remediation tools on hand for after a breach occurs? Maybe an attitude adjustment is due. Maybe it’s time to befriend security, blend it into the business, and make it a profit-driving competitive advantage. “We view security as ...