R. Danes
Latest from R. Danes
How are companies in 2019 going to make multicloud a practical reality? The jury seems to have selected containers (a virtualized method for running distribute applications). This is why legacies and startups alike are flooding the market with container products. Which should companies …
IBM disrupts 40 years of database technology
The database is at the core of data analytics and artificial intelligence in modern computing. But companies working on AI projects are finding traditional databases aren’t up to snuff. It turns out, the perfect potion to juice up databases for the AI age …
IBM Watson Anywhere gets multicloud juice from containers
It can be tough fitting a single product in all the different-shaped slots in distributed information technology systems. Companies trying to make certain tech work as well on-premises as in several different clouds are in for a challenge. That’s why IBM Corp. is …
Storage gets busy with cyber-resiliency duties
What’s in a storage product? Nowadays, all-flash, data protection, and data availability are turning storage into a multitasking, multicloud machine. Storage computing doesn’t just deliver data across distributed systems — it also can also double as a cyber-resiliency aid. Storage and data-protection are increasingly becoming …
App plus container does not multicloud make — what about the data?
True or false? Multicloud computing means moving applications to different infrastructure environments, and containers’ virtualized method for running distributed applications neatly solve the whole multicloud mess by making apps portable across clouds. They are both basically true — if one looks only at the …
Software trains away the human slips implied in 95% of security breaches
Cybersecurity is in a pretty scary state. The news is a steady cycle of menacing headlines: Look at this fresh hell hackers are visiting on enterprises. The Hail Mary of security teams is artificial intelligence and automation. Enterprises hope AI will patch the skills gap expected to …
The data bottleneck is between your ears, says Alation
Data cataloging increasingly looks like a good means to turn the losing big-data game in enterprises’ favor. That’s because it’s not inadequate compute power or big-data frameworks holding them back. It might actually be human cognition that needs help — and it comes in …
Customer-first protips from CRM, sales software CEO
Just about all vendors in Silicon Valley want to copy the customer-first model that made Amazon Web Services Inc. rich. But how many deliver? What does customer-first really mean? And how can companies make sure it’s more than an empty slogan? Katherine …
Cloud-based AI platform assesses realistic legal fees
Anyone who’s survived a legal battle of any kind will recall the legal fees involved. They may also recall not knowing what they’d ultimately pay until at last someone handed them an astronomical bill. That is because fees were not precisely assessed out of …
Startup puts hard numbers on mentoring with novel software product
Mentorship programs for women in tech may strike some as all fluff. They may ask, where’s the beef? Do they actually improve employee performance or retention for companies that implement them? In reply, one young founder set out to serve the beef …