Cloud Computing

5 Cybersecurity Spending Areas to Evaluate

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:50:01 -0500

As computing environments change and bad actors switch tactics, most organizations will need to increase or redirect their investment in cybersecurity. With inflation pushing up costs, the question most CFOs will seek to answer is...

What Do We Lose in the Virtual Workplace?

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 13:29:31 -0500

In Ernest Cline’s 2011 science fiction novel Ready Player One, life is divided into two disparate experiences: the real and the virtual. The story is set in 2045, in a future beset by environmental, economic and social problems that leave its inhabitants spending time in a vast, highly-detailed virtual environment called OASIS. Entering OASIS with advanced VR visors and gloves allows users to...

Your CIO's Strategic Wish List For 2022

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:51:59 -0500

As the calendar turns a page to a new year, CIOs are reappraising their strategic priorities to address the impact of social, economic and technological trends on the enterprise and the services performed by their IT organizations. Macro concerns include the Great Resignation's impact on labor shortages, high inflation, and...

Amazon, Google, Microsoft: Here's Who Has the Greenest Cloud

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0500

“Data is the new oil” may have outlasted its usefulness as a metaphor, but one aspect still rings true: Both industries have a serious environmental footprint. According to the Department of Energy, data centers account for about 2 percent of all electricity use in the US. That means...

IBM’s Near Secret HPC Strategic Advantage

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

This week I’m with IBM, and as most ex-IBM employees will tell you, once you have Big Blue in your blood you never really get it out. The company has changed a great deal since...

The Cloud 100

akonrad@forbes.com — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 04:00:00 -0400

Tech's hottest category is transforming how we communicate, collaborate at work and protect our identities in the digital age. For the fourth consecutive year...

5 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2019

clint_boulton@idg.com — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Cloud computing has become the de facto platform for fueling digital transformations and modernizing IT portfolios. Companies are increasingly finding business agility or cost savings by...

Top Research: Gaining Insights Across Cloud and Hybrid Environments

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

At Splunk, we make it easy for agencies to turn mountains of machine data in their Amazon Web Services (AWS) and hybrid environments into valuable business, operational and security insights that improve their businesses.

Google To Buy Data Firm Looker For $2.6 Billion To Boost Cloud Offerings

jdonfro@forbes.com — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Google plans to acquire the data platform Looker in a $2.6 billion all-cash deal to bolster its Google Cloud offerings, the company announced Thursday.

“The combination of Google Cloud and Looker will...

When it comes to uptime, not all cloud providers are created equal

zeus@zrk.net — Fri, 24 May 2019 02:00:00 -0400

The cloud is not just important; it's mission-critical for many companies. More and more IT and business leaders I talk to look at public cloud as a core component of their digital transformation strategies - using it as part of their hybrid cloud or public cloud implementation.

That raises the bar on...

Acquiring the Right Cloud Skills Will Be Major Challenge for IT in 2019

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500

As the rate at which applications are being either built on or shifted into the cloud accelerates, it’s become clear that IT organizations will need to more aggressively either develop new skills internally or recruit IT professionals that already have them. Recruiting that talent, however...

IBM marries on-premises, private- and public-cloud data

michael_cooney@idg.com — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

IBM has taken the wraps off of a new multi-cloud integration platform it hopes will help customers manage, secure and integrate data no matter where it resides – in on-premise, private-cloud or public-cloud applications.

Enterprise customers are faced with...

Overcoming HR Spreadsheet Hurdles

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500

When you press your cold hands around a warm cup of coffee in the morning? The steam wafts up, and you breathe in the roasty scent that reminds you everything’s going to be okay. Or perhaps it’s Diet Coke that gets you through the day. You have a similar moment when you hear the crisp sound of carbonation escaping the top of the can, making you salivate with the promise of a clear head and a checked-off list of to-dos. Whatever your pleasure, that tall drink of help got you through some pretty rough days, and you can’t imagine your life without it. You may even feel a sense of obligation because you’ve been together so long. Even if you have thought a time or two that you may kick the caffeine habit someday. Haven’t we all?

Which Cloud Performs Better, AWS, Azure Or Google?

zeus@zrk.net — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:00:00 -0500

Most IT professionals select cloud providers based on price or proximity to users, but network performance should also be considered. Because as we see in a new report from ThousandEyes, the underlying network architecture of the big cloud providers can have a significant impact on performance. And performance varies widely among...

Global Cloud Email Applications Market Trends, Drivers, Strategies

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:52:45 -0400

QYReports has recently announced the addition of the "Global Cloud Email Applications Sales Market Report 2026," to its repository. The report on the global market throws light on vital market facts such as the size, drivers, competitive landscape, prominent companies, and restraints. The report also analyzes the potential impact of...

Cost And Utilization Challenges Of A Hybrid Cloud Environment

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:01:56 -0400

It's been more than a decade since Amazon launched Elastic Compute Cloud and forever changed how businesses consume compute resources. Over the years, the popularity of cloud computing has continued to grow. That's because...

Make Sense Of Edge Computing Vs. Cloud Computing

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:50:56 -0400

The internet of things is real, and it's a real part of the cloud. A key challenge is how you can get data processed from so many devices. Cisco Systems predicts that cloud traffic is likely to rise nearly fourfold by 2020, increasing 3.9 zettabytes (ZB) per year in 2015 (the latest full year for which data is available) to 14.1ZB per year by 2020. As a result...

Key Takeaways: The Forrester Wave Hybrid Cloud Management Report

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:18:27 -0400

Analyst house Forrester recently released the Forrester Wave Hybrid Cloud Management report. They used a 31-criteria evaluation to identify the most significant vendors. Like Gartner, Forrester ranks the vendors in categories, Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders, and Challengers. The report is designed to...

6 Hot Digital Transformation Trends - And 4 Going Cold

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 06:15:16 -0400

Digital transformation has moved beyond a nice-to-have to let's get cracking. Once a top priority for early adopters and cutting-edge enterprises, digital transformation has moved into the mainstream. Few would argue that digital transformation initiatives are vital to the success of their organization. In fact...

Amazon's Grocery Store Of The Future Opens Today: No Cashiers, No Registers, And No Lines

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 05:18:35 -0500

Amazon is breaking into physical retail in a new way. Amazon's checkout-free grocery store opens in Seattle on Monday. The online retail giant first started testing its grocery store with employees in December 2016, when it also revealed its vision for a store without cashiers. The store, called Amazon Go...

Better Charts. Smarter Lookups. Your Excel Spreadsheets Made Better.

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 06:14:58 -0500

Are you the nerd at the holiday party sequestered at the kitchen table, surrounded by empties, trading tips with the other spreadsheet junkie in town? You grouse over VLOOKUP, high five each other's complex formula strings, and bemoan chart failures that made you scream. But this is the most fun you've had since you got your Ham Radio License...

What To Expect From The Cloud Phenomenon In 2018

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 08:55:43 -0500

Being able to rapidly see the success that cloud computing has on one's business is partly responsible for the paradigm shift taking place today. A Forbes survey reported that 74% of tech CFOs said cloud computing would have the most pronounced impact on their businesses in 2017. Since 2009...

5 Ways To Build Your Company's Defense Against A Data Breach Before It Happens

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:42:14 -0500

Suffering a data breach can be catastrophic for a company - and the people who work there. The realization that security controls have failed and the focus will now be on investigating and remediating the situation is never pleasant, but unfortunately it's becoming all too common as threats magnify. Even more disconcerting is...

Go From Excel Pivot Tables To Dashboards

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:22:51 -0500

Excel Dashboards are the new buzzword employers are searching for. If you have, or want a career that involves creating reports in Excel, then you need to know how to build impressive, interactive, visually stunning, Excel dashboards. This practical, 90-minute webinar will leave you with Excel techniques you can immediately put to use making killer dashboards that set your skill level apart from others...

Google Built A New Trojan Horse To Get Inside Every Aspect Of Your Life

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:56:24 -0400

Suddenly, Google is starting to look like a hardware company. As the holiday gadget-buying season approaches, Google's offerings are starting to look more like what you'd see from Samsung or Apple, not a search giant. It started this week with...

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: 10 New Features To Try

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:28:36 -0400

Microsoft's fall update to Windows 10 ($199.99 at Dell Home) is out. Dubbed Fall Creators Update (aka Windows 10 Version 1709), this latest edition of Windows 10 brings a subtle design change and introduces a number of new features to improve Cortana, Edge and Photos. It also embraces mixed reality, makes Windows more secure and throws some emojis at you. Let's have a look...

3 Ways IoT Can Drive Business Value

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:02:14 -0400

You can't escape the IoT momentum these days. The Internet of Things is being used for everything from saving the rhino from poaching to leveraging stray dogs to fight crime. (No, really, I'm not kidding... check the links!) But even as vendors spend billions to try and grab IoT market share, it's not always clear exactly how their business customers are supposed to...

Overcoming HR Spreadsheet Hurdles

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:01:07 -0400

You know that feeling you get when you press your cold hands around a warm cup of coffee in the morning? The steam wafts up, and you breathe in the roasty scent that reminds you everything's going to be okay. Or perhaps it's Diet Coke that gets you through the day. You have a similar moment when you hear...

How Hackers Broke Equifax: Exploiting A Patchable Vulnerability

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:42:09 -0400

Equifax's terse explanation for its mega-breach in which 143 million Americans' information was put at risk was depressingly predictable: a vulnerability in a piece of web software. What was most depressing, though, was that the flaw was patched back in March. The specific vulnerability lay in Apache Struts, a framework for creating web applications written in Java. The flaw...

MPLS Or IPsec VPN: Which Is The Best?

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:38:20 -0400

Scouring the online IT forums, it's hard not to get sucked-in to all the talk about how MPLS is too expensive and can easily be replaced with high-bandwidth, fiber Internet circuits and an IPsec VPN. If you currently have an MPLS network,...