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Startup wannabes can stave off disruption with data-driven makeover
Companies with data in their DNA are crushing old-school competitors — look at Uber Technologies Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. in the taxi and retail markets. The irony is that older businesses have data too; they may have oodles more of it than the newcomers disrupting them. Can predictive analytics for that legacy data give them a startup makeover and ...
API economy puts Humpty Dumpty IT together again
Mulitcloud environments, on-demand software and “internet of things” edge devices are casting information technology all over the place. How will companies avoid a communication breakdown in the connect-the-tech puzzle? Application program interfaces that request data or services from each other are getting smarter. Can they keep the lines open? The so-called API economy is changing the way ...
How NetApp’s data feedback loop is fueling a brand transition
Businesses making thorough use of data can create a feedback loop between themselves and their customers. Storage and data management vendor NetApp Inc. has placed itself inside this loop, hoping to win customers by helping them serve their own client base in a virtuous data cycle. “We’re using data constantly to better understand, ‘what are our ...
Data must speak human language in data-driven business, say analysts
It’s known that despite a full shelf of specialized software for sale, most big data initiatives fail. While this doesn’t necessarily mean the tools are inherently terrible, they may serve up data insights that taste like medicine instead of the rich, business-booming dessert people crave. Simply recognizing data patterns or informing decisions with them is not enough, according ...
NetApp bids to lead in data-driven future, gets a jump on GDPR
Many in the business world are still struggling to monetize data. What’s more, the looming General Data Protection Regulation from the European Union requires that companies master data sovereignty and privacy rules as well. No wonder some tech companies are rebranding themselves as data specialists. Storage vendor NetApp Inc., for instance, now bills itself as data management. Are its ...
Blockchain for data could be GDPR solution with benefits
Europe’s impending General Data Protection Regulation is not a cheery topic for most companies. Griping about government overreach may seem like the appropriate pro-enterprise, pro-tech response, but compliance may have happy side effects for data visibility, sharing and monetization. “There’s a groundswell movement called digital sovereignty as a response to GDPR in Europe,” said Valentin Bercovici (pictured), founder and ...
Will rules and regs sober up startups buzzed on cryptocurrency ICOs?
Initial Coin Offerings are one of those disruptive technologies filed under crazy enough to work. And the manner in which entrepreneurs launch their ICOs as new cryptocurrencies to sell them for existing cryptocurrencies (like bitcoin) to buyers betting the new currency, is expected to appreciate as any other asset. Does this sound like a safe space for scam ...
CDOs wanted: Data reshapes job roles in digital business
Digital business largely boils down to data. For an organization to become truly data-driven, it may have to rearrange employees’ rank and role. Aptly, the reshuffle may put the chief data officer at the front lines. “Data’s valuable to me from the point that I create it to the endpoint that I delete it — ...
CSOs pool protips to protect against new cyberthreats
Chief security officers hoping to up their game might attend a tech security conference. And they might go home empty-handed — except for a demo on how to hack an ATM machine. Conversations around security usually focus on the methodology of hackers, said Tom Kemp (pictured), chief executive officer and co-founder of Centrify Corp. “That’s great for a ...
What data protections and national borders mean for global tech economy
The internet is a fine trade route. Technology companies ship their goods over internet networks instantaneously to any location in the world. But not all believe that this openness is altogether faultless. Some government officials are acting to ensure that a free internet does not compromise national interests or citizens’ data privacy. Will their good intentions choke innovation and growth in Silicon ...