As customers embrace the concept of a hyperconverged infrastructure for big data, the concept of a “metadata infrastructure” is becoming critical — and various types of cloud must be implemented in order to serve the massive amounts of data that just keeps growing and growing. “Data is just becoming more critical,” said Peter McKay (pictured), co-chief executive ...

Open-source, cloud-native, machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities are bringing in a new era for software and applications development, calling for a change in modern software architecture. As businesses wrestle with new software and application needs, they understand that a cultural shift is needed in this adaptable architectural environment. “It’s taken some time for the ...

As more and more enterprises turn to big data for business insights, the challenge is to garner enough support and collaboration to make information effective across a variety of departments and people — creating a cultural change. Verizon Communications Inc. and IBM Corp. are just two of the large enterprises that have successfully implemented the ...

Chief information officers are the bridge between information technology professionals and non-IT professionals in order to help create effective business partnerships throughout a company. While their roles have changed and shifted over the years, the CIO voice is more important than ever. So what makes a good CIO, and what are lessons every CIO need ...

Scrutinized by the public eye, the decision of Dell Technologies Inc., to acquire EMC — along with its decision to take Pivotal Software Inc. public — had some questioning whether Dell had bitten off more than it could chew and accusing the company of drowning in too much debt. But insiders within the company, including Dell’s ...

About a decade ago, the role of a chief data officer emerged — mainly in heavily regulated industries like healthcare, government and financial services. But as big data began to take off, the role of chief data officer grew to encompass other industries learning to free data from isolated computing silos to generate value from this ...

As open-source, cloud-native technologies continue to grow, companies are asking for particular things. And trends continue to grow around open source as a service — speeding up the process, scale and flexibility. And as companies continue to embrace these technologies, the way they create their teams and structure for handling technology is vitally important to ...

As the digital transformation through e-commerce continues to revolutionize the business-to-customer, or B2C, transactional relationship — with one of the biggest players being Amazon.com Inc., who continues to bring waves of innovation — many traditional retail businesses are still figuring ways to catch up and compete. Toys “R” Us is just one example of a ...

For many, the concept of digital transformation is considered a buzzword, but it’s quickly becoming apparent that there’s more to the trend. Across industries, from longstanding insurance companies to government institutions to hipster startups, the evolution is happening for modernizing applications and embracing developer-driven operations is through open-source. One popular platform,  Cloud Foundry, is solidifying its ecosystem to enable the digital ...

Open-source technology is paving the way for U.S. government entities and big enterprises alike to change the way they operate their companies through cloud-native innovations. The United States Air Force, The Boeing Co. and T-Mobile US Inc., to name a few, are all incorporating open-source tech to support the modernizing efforts underlying digital transformation. But it isn’t ...