Dave Vellante
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Techniques to protect sensitive data have evolved over thousands of years, literally, but the pace of modern data protection is rapidly accelerating and presents both opportunities and threats for organizations. In particular, the amount of data stored in the cloud, combined with …
ServiceNow is on a collision course with Salesforce.com. Here’s why
ServiceNow Inc. is a company that investors love to love. But there’s caution in the investor community right now as confusion about transitory inflation and higher interest rates looms. ServiceNow also suffers from perfection syndrome and elevated expectations. The company — which …
Even as COVID eases, cloud computing and AWS keep flying high
Despite all the chatter about cloud repatriation and the exorbitant cost of cloud computing, customer spending momentum continues to accelerate in the post-isolation economy. If the pandemic was good for the cloud, it seems that the benefits of cloud migration remain lasting …
A new era of data: a deep look at how JPMorgan Chase runs a data mesh on the AWS cloud
A new era of data is upon us. The technology industry generally and the data business specifically are in a state of transition. Even our language reflects that. For example, we rarely use the phrase “big data” anymore. Rather we talk about …
Secrets from the hottest startups in cybersecurity and IT infrastructure
As you well know by now, the cloud is about shifting information technology labor to more strategic initiatives. Or as Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services Inc. and soon-to-be Amazon.com Inc. chief executive, posited at the first AWS re:Invent conference in 2012: It’s …
Why your online assets aren’t safe: Is cloud the problem or the solution?
The convenience of online access to bank accounts, payment apps, crypto exchanges and other transaction systems has created enormous risks, which the vast majority of individuals either choose to ignore or simply don’t understand. The internet has become the new private network …
Debunking the myth of cloud repatriation
Cloud repatriation is a term often used by technology companies that don’t operate a public cloud. The marketing narrative most typically implies that customers have moved work to the public cloud and, for a variety of reasons – expense, performance, security – …
Chaos means cash for criminals and cybersecurity companies
The pandemic not only accelerated a shift to digital, it highlighted a rush of cybercriminal sophistication, collaboration and chaotic responses from virtually every major company on the planet. The SolarWinds hack exposed digital supply chain weaknesses and appears to have accelerated so-called …
A long, strange trip: Automation leader UiPath’s unusual $PATH to its IPO
UiPath Inc. is going public this coming week to become the next hot software company to stage an initial public offering. But it has had a long, strange trip to its IPO. How so? Well, the robotic process automation company, whose software …
Tech spending powers the roaring ’20s as cloud leads the charge
In the year 2020, it was good to be in tech. It was even better to be in the cloud as organizations had to rely on remote cloud services to keep things running. We believe tech spending will increase 7% to 8% …