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What is with data backup and protection these days? The whole space is having an identity crises. Suddenly, “backup” is a bad word — it must be “data management” or “multicloud data storage fabric” or it’s passe. Should companies throw out their …
Million-dollar millisecond: Lowering life-or-death latency in DX
Look at the attention spans of digital consumers today. They’ve shrunk to the point where 53% of mobile site visitors leave a page that takes longer than three seconds to load; a 100-millisecond delay in website load time can cut conversion rates by …
Is bare Kubernetes still too messy for enterprises?
Kubernetes is touted as a computing cure-all, fixing up multicloud networking to data mobility. The open-source platform for orchestrating containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications) may or may not be the panacea it’s hyped up to be. What is certain is that …
Good tech: The push for cleaner, greener technology
“Tech for good” is trending these days. Amazon Web Services Inc. and other technology companies are increasingly combining tech and social initiatives. There is also “good tech” — technology built with sustainability and environmental concerns in mind. Among the companies investing in …
Weighing cloud-native hysteria versus the hybrid real world
It’s now a status symbol for a startup to be born in cloud. Established enterprises feel they must shift applications to cloud computing to catch up and modernize. But the maturation of cloud-native tech is teaching us that on-premises data centers aren’t …
Can data-driven companies handle regulatory wrench flying at them?
Big data and artificial intelligence are on a collision course with new privacy and security regulations. The software as a service model many companies adopt as they go digital demands fresh, easily accessed data. Are new laws going to stymie data-driven innovation …
Remote-work revolution revs market for employee-experience tech
Research predicts that about 50% of the workforce will work remotely by next year. As these workers move out of the office, a market for employee-experience technology is opening. New remote-work tech could free employees from commutes and cubicles, and even give them back …
Gartner analyst reveals what you don’t know about cloud
Companies are steadily shifting from legacy infrastructure to cloud computing. And why not? Cloud resources are more agile and elastic, and businesses can pay for what they use and no more. These are the cloud-computing knowns. However, there are a number of …
Use cases get real with enterprise-ready blockchain service
Developers and enterprises are weary of blockchain hype. They want ready-to-go blockchain for real applications, results and profit. They’re pulling blockchain out of the cryptocoin rut and setting it on General Data Protection Regulation compliance, supply chain issues, anonymous content sharing, and …
VMware’s Googly, futuristic R&D is coming to an enterprise near you
Who wouldn’t want to be the most cutting-edge technology company in Silicon Valley? Perhaps a company that wants to sell to enterprises in the real world. Despite the apparent contradiction, there may be a space in the world for companies with one …