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Docker doctors container headaches with easy buttons, single pane of glass
It has been said that every company must become a software company to survive in the future. Companies making the transition often find themselves juggling armfuls of brain-teasing new tech from a slew of vendors. Is there anywhere they can turn for fully baked solutions that don’t have countless pieces to assemble? “Part of the value of ...
Cisco shows off new tricks with programmable network
The network is ever the bottleneck in information technology. Silicon Valley has waited around for years as rumors of an open, programmable network made the rounds. Now networking startups are actually manifesting it. But could legacy networking provider Cisco Systems Inc. actually deliver the best-in-class programmable network? “This is a tell sign that the programmable ...
Microsoft Azure gives SAP the cloud-agility treatment
What’s the point of cloud computing? Anybody who thinks it’s purely about consumption-based pricing for the information technology department to save money is behind the curve. Cloud is really about get-up-and-go agility that enables businesses to innovate on the fly. Microsoft Corp. and SAP SE have struck up a partnership that aims to enable such ...
Can SAP pull its legacy weight into the era of intelligent enterprise?
SAP SE isn’t making any bones about its ambition to grow even bigger than it already is. The enterprise software maker has a very bulky collection of products at a time when simplified information technology is all the rage. Can it reshape its message for the instant-gratification crowd? “SAP wants to be one of the top 10 world’s ...
NetApp plays the digital transformation field with customer-peers
Digital transformation is about doing business around data, that much is established. But not a whole lot is clear about how to actually make the leap from the idea of data-driven business to the reality. Would working with a technology company in the thick of its own transformation be a wise move for confused customers? ...
NetApp spikes SAP with data management in co-innovation partnership
Companies are sifting through a barrel full of choices about infrastructure, development, operations and overall information technology modernization nowadays. Keeping the logistics and analytics requirements of data top of mind might help them pick the right cloud, hybrid cloud, multicloud, private cloud, what-have-you. Customers are coming up with all kinds of different plans for modernizing ...
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Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt: Workers must lay out welcome mat for automation
Headlines warning that automation will sweep away countless jobs aren’t hard to find online lately. But some technology experts contend that automation tools won’t evaporate workers, but rather, they will free them from drudgery. With plumbing and pencil-pushing automated away, workers can set their brains on harder problems that demand novel solutions. The predicted growth of ...
Speed up the slow boat to digital transformation with RPA bots, says Forrester analyst
Digital transformation is a clunky term for tech-enabled, data-driven business. The bulky box full of software and strategies needed to achieve it can be a confusing mess to sort through. When is someone going to wrap it all into one product? Robotic process automation technology comes close to doing so, according to some. Despite the ...
Operational intelligence spots costly leaks eyes can’t see
Squeezing concise, actionable analysis from massive data can be challenging, even when it’s all in the same place. When it’s physically divided among many different locations, a system that spans and integrates them all is crucial. This synthesis can greatly improve decision making and save oodles of cash for businesses. Operational intelligence technology has transformed ...
A project manager’s tips on bagging new-tech buy-in
Shiny, new technology might seem like a great idea, until someone has to implement it across a multi-department organization. The moans and groans from reluctant pupils tasked with learning to work it can be a drag on progress. Choosing integrative tech with something to offer everyone and agile, iterative adoption might help the medicine go ...