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Like many events, Ansible’s community meetups have had to go virtual during the past year. While it was certainly an adjustment, this remote collaboration proved helpful for the Ansible community. “Most of last year, we actually saw a slight rise in the …
Amazon EFS answers enterprise demand for diverse workload file storage optimization
As businesses become increasingly reliant on data, storage needs become a more prevalent concern. Ensuring flexible, efficient and affordable file storage is no easy undertaking, so many companies have turned to managed services like Amazon Elastic File System, or EFS. “What we’ve …
Amazon S3 aims to simplify, evolve data lakes in the cloud
Data has become an indispensable part of business operations. As organizations look to expand their data’s quantity and value, they need to simplify how they manage the relevant cloud infrastructure, according to Kevin Miller (pictured), vice president and general manager of S3 at …
American Express, IBM and building loyalty with managed services
Digital transformation is becoming the norm across industries, so technology alone is no longer enough to stand out. As businesses look to get ahead of the competition, building trust and loyalty with clients is more crucial than ever, according to Piet Bil (pictured), …
ACI Worldwide shares its Postgres journey to meet evolving market needs
As more processes move to the cloud, managing cloud ecosystems becomes increasingly complex. If companies hope to provide the agility their clients need, they must look for a consolidated, comprehensive solution, according to Jeremy Wilmot (pictured), chief product officer of real-time payment software …
Embracing the cloud through collaboration and containerization
As more companies embrace the cloud, the role of the developer has changed. Coding is no longer a siloed operation, but a broad, highly collaborative and complex group effort. “No application is built in a closet,” said Donnie Berkholz (pictured), vice president of …
The digital transformation, automation equation to scale successfully
As businesses have accelerated their digital transformation, some have found sustaining this growth to be challenging. Automation has emerged as the solution, especially if companies can look at it as more than a substitute for workers. “In its simplest form, automation … …
The secret to successful enterprise AI, automation transformation
The automation market has been thriving in the wake of COVID-19. Experts have suggested that businesses embrace artificial intelligence and automation for years, and the pandemic gave the world a concrete reason why. “Companies that invested ahead of time in automation technology …
Real-time data monitoring crucial as cloud computing grows
The volume and velocity of data necessary for cloud monitoring can make the task a major challenge for any organization. Maintainers of tools such as Prometheus and OpenMetrics are working to make real-time monitoring as practical as possible, even as cloud operations scale. …
Creating opportunity in a changing enterprise cloud landscape
The COVID-19 pandemic drove major organizations to adopt cloud native computing and solutions. Now, enterprises are finding ways to give back to the cloud community — by supporting and actively participating in the development of open-source projects. “We see banks and financial …