The simplicity of the public cloud comes from its service model. Everything is hands off and automated: Version updates? Security patches? Troubleshooting? No worries, mate. The cloud’s got you covered. It might appear to be all sunshine and smiles in the public cloud. But what about on-premises, down in the data center? As companies choose to ...

It’s no secret that the U.S. public sector is struggling to adapt to the information age. A report issued last week by the U.S. Government Accountability Office studied 65 aging legacy systems still in operation. The highlights show the appalling state of the systems controlling public services: The Education Department still runs on Common Business Oriented Language, the Department ...

Community is important. Whether at work, at school, or at play, the people and culture surrounding us are the keystone to a productive and happy lifestyle. Emphasis on growth through community is very much apparent at Cisco Systems Inc. “One of the things that’s very unique about the DevNet community is we have technical stakeholders ...

The third world war is already under way. The enemy is inside our country — inside our homes, our cars, even in our pockets. Military might is no match for cyberwarfare, and make no mistake: The United States is under attack. Fighting back is General Keith Alexander, former director of the National Security Agency, former ...

The 5G network has arrived with a fanfare, but behind the scenes the telecommunications industry is in the crossfire of technological advance. Aggressive rivalry has always marked the competitive telco industry. But while the fight to rule 5G is fierce, going it alone isn’t the most effective way to roll out. “I think one of the ...

“What would DevOps do?” might be the information era’s motto for the world of cloud computing. While the rest of us are name calling on social media, tech’s mega-corporations have laid down their arms, peacefully collaborating on a technological revolution. It’s developer operations for the better. Synergistic, open-source software looks to be a win-win model for ...

Automation and artificial intelligence are buzz words bandied around a lot these days. But how do customers know which products are really cutting edge and which are being rebranded in an effort to make old products or services seem new again? When Dell EMC introduced the PowerMax storage family last year, it was with fanfare for ...

Once upon a time, Dell was all about personal computers. Now, it’s a huge corporation backed up by a partner ecosystem that it claims makes it a “one-stop shop” for enterprise-grade digital transformations. As the company celebrates 35 years since Michael Dell first shipped computers from his Texas dorm room, has Dell Technologies really gathered ...

A seat on the board of directors is usually the reward that comes after scaling the management ladder and emerging on top. But in a world where regular business operations are undergoing a digital transformation to remain competitive in a data-driven economy, taking the unusual path from the board to day-to-day field operations could just be the most ...

It is a gathering storm of technological advances: artificial intelligence, network virtualization, 5G, containerized applications and neural processing units. As new technology enables greater connectivity, the race toward a smart society based on the “internet of things” gathers speed. Thanks to open-source collaboration, the journey has become a cooperative one rather than an arms race. Software developers understand that ...