Bleeding-edge technologies, such as serverless computing and functions-as-a-service, might feel too experimental for many businesses. But if they look squarely at what these progressive tech solutions can accomplish, businesses might very well begin to address some of the tech-derived issues, such as server glut currently overwhelming company resources. Many businesses right now face a snafu that all but begs for serverless functions, according to Oren ...

Not every company has the safety net to move fast and break stuff  like Facebook. But they badly want to move fast with agile software deployment; can they do so and merely shake, scratch or scuff their stuff, then return it to like-new condition? A startup whose chief architect is none other than a Facebook ...

More and more businesses are pressed to find technologies that can hold and crunch massive data sets. A business specializing in geospatial data, including satellite imagery of the entire globe, will likely the feel the squeeze more than most. What lessons can they share with the rest of the business world on meeting unprecedented data demands? Descartes ...

What’s with all these speed bumps en route to big data monetization and artificial intelligence in the business world? Enterprises are hungry for it, and the cookware’s on the shelf, so where’s the steak? We asked a data and analytics adviser in the thick of the struggle to fill in the blanks. Where to start? ...

Does any company know exactly what they’re doing with data they’ve collected, from transactions to employee logs? While businesses want to monetize data, lawmakers demand that it comply with Europe’s latest General Data Protection Regulation. And the pros and cons of public cloud computing versus the more tightly contained on-premises storage can be tough to sort out. Maybe that ...

Healthcare may be the next big industry to undergo overhaul via big data and artificial intelligence technologies. Bureaucratic lag and privacy jitters notwithstanding, such progressive tech could revolutionize how doctors and patients diagnose and treat ailments. So are insurgent startups or deep-pocketed legacies best equipped to monetize the new era of medicine? “Healthcare data is the most ...

The cutting-edge, cloud-native application everyone lusts after these days often includes these ingredients: microservices, containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications) and Kubernetes, a platform to orchestrate those containers. That none are exactly child’s play to manage may explain why many companies still run lots of legacy software. Can application program interface management technology ...

The sentiment in Silicon Valley is that Google Cloud Platform is the underdog in a race against Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure Cloud. Journalists and analysts put their ears to the ground at Google Cloud Next 2018 and listened for the straight dope. Can we trust market share reports? Will the rankings ...

Why bring cloud computing to market if it’s just to copy what Amazon Web Services Inc. is already doing so well? Enterprise-grade cloud competitors such as Microsoft Corp. Azure and Google Cloud Platform must answer that question to customers. Google’s answer is easy: ready-to-use services in contrast to Amazon’s configurable ones that may require homework. “Amazon and Google ...

What business wouldn’t emulate the richest company in the world? Google’s technology is years ahead of the industry; by adopting it, a car maker could become the Google of automotive, right? Not precisely, but they could skim some of Google’s sexy sauce, new varieties of which attendees tasted today at the Google Cloud Next event ...