Organizations are increasingly embracing data collaboration for effective digital transformation,  and technologies and techniques continue to evolve. As companies leverage the expertise of professional services organizations to drive their data maturity goals, the gospel of data collaboration and sharing is taking on wings. “We often tell folks that data has and will continue to be ...

As companies scale, the time taken to extract actionable insights from data becomes increasingly crucial. With its new FlashBlade product release, Pure Storage Inc. is meeting that point of need, among  others. “It’s easy to say that it’s just the latest and greatest version of the FlashBlade, but obviously it’s a lot more than that,” said Matt Burr (pictured), ...

There’s a divide in the enterprise computing space on whether companies should go full-on cloud, employ hybrid infrastructures, or remain on-premises with their data. While there isn’t a consensus yet, the adoption numbers on cloud are clearly trending upward, casting an optimistic light on what’s to come. “I think they’re flocking to the cloud,” said Hilary Feier ...

Organizations can have all the cutting-edge cloud infrastructure, but it all falls flat without the proper tools needed to harness and take advantage of their data resources. Catering to that need, Snowflake Inc. made a slew of announcements during its the Day 1 Keynote at this week’s Snowflake Summit. “I think the Native Application Framework ...

As more organizations shift their resources from on-premises to cloud infrastructures, they must deal with the added complexities of technologies like artificial intelligence. To do so, many organizations are relying on solutions to ease the transition. Industry disruptor Snowflake Inc. is answering the call. The company is tapping its ecosystem of partners to help the enterprise break ...

A cloud service and database platform is the starting point of development, operations and data management for today’s enterprises. Envisioning the scaling requirements that situations like a global pandemic would bring, Forbes Media LLC had doubled down on its cloud-database combination with Google Cloud and MongoDB before the pandemic hit. “At that point, we were ...

In the fast-paced tech world, it often seems like there’s a new database solutions company cropping up at every turn. To stay competitive, NoSQL database company MongoDB Inc. has equipped its platform with features and capabilities that have expanded beyond its original use case as a document-oriented database. “Since then, they’ve added things like search, with Lucene ...

Data and storage are key to scaling any digital transformation effort. So, with solutions providers clamoring to reshape the enterprise storage space, we’ve reached the point where a push toward true storage as a service, or STaaS, as the go-to consumption model is gaining serious momentum. After a recent quarterly run that saw the company obliterate ...

Companies often focus on concepts such as digital transformation, edge computing and hybrid cloud. But one more leverage point that’s empowering organizations to be more efficient and productive is consuming solutions in the as-a-service format. With the commercialization of computers and the introduction of the internet and World Wide Web, the SaaS movement quickly gained ...

Lowe’s Companies Inc., the home improvement retail juggernaut, has always prided itself on appealing and adding value to its vast customer base through quality products and market-leading prices. Now, the company is taking proactive steps to bolster its omnichannel approach, with Dell Technologies Inc. as a core partner. “What [Michael Dell] talked about was that ...