Earnest efforts are underway to modernize government information technology for lower costs and tougher cybersecurity armoring. The Central Intelligence Agency and others have made their preference for public cloud known, striking envy in old-guard, on-premises infrastructure companies. “Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of interest by federal organizations to shift from what is traditionally a ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. has spent years helping transform U.S. government agencies’ information technology for the cloud computing era. Now it’s venturing further into global regions on a mission to propel less-developed nations into the digital age. “You walk into a country, and they have zero idea how to become a digital nation, [so] you have to — ...

The profusion of nasty, new cyber threats — nation state and sponsored state attacks, etc. — is lighting a fire under the seats of public sector information technology professionals. They are beginning to move uncharacteristically fast to new, tighter security technology, and finding it — somewhat ironically — in the cloud. “It’s long over due,” ...

Big data analytics projects are flopping at a rate of 85 percent, according to some analysts. The culprit might be the heterogeneous heap of software technologies perplexing companies desperate for a simple, streamlined solution. Can we expect a valiant vendor to step forward and boil the best of the bunch down to a winning formula? ...

Anyone not sold on startup-style agility over legacy plodding need only look at the digits on REAN Cloud LLC’s contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. The five-year-old cloud systems integrator just signed a $950 million deal to streamline its solutions and services direct to DoD, beating almost 30 competitors. REAN’s win owes much to ...

Artificial intelligence is so loudly hyped by software vendors and the tech media nowadays, one would think its powers could make human brain cells obsolete. Venture capitalists poured $10.8 billion into artificial intelligence and machine learning technology companies in 2017, according to PitchBook Data Inc. But many thought leaders are saying that without human oversight and ethical constraints, AI could do serious damage ...

Cloud providers and software developers scraping their hides on the cutting edge can lose sight of what life is like for regular end users. Are enterprise information technology practitioners ready for the cloud-native-open-source-serverless-tron? “We get inundated with marketing — ‘go to the cloud; go to the cloud,’” said Chris Harney (pictured), founder and president of VTUG ...

How does an educator teach a subject as busy and constantly shifting as technology in 2018? Gauging what students know, don’t know and need to know, and pooling brain cells with outside experts can help, according to Tom Rasmussen (pictured), director of information technology and instructor at the Greater Boston Joint Apprentice Training Center. The center comprises ...

Companies aiming to move computing workloads to a multicloud environment find the road strewn with question marks. Which workloads should live where, and why? What’s the smoothest on-ramp? “What we’re hearing from customers is, there’s a lot of confusion in the market,” said Rob Strechay (pictured), senior vice president of product at Zerto Inc. They realize that their multicloud ...

Brands are lasering in on consumer data to tailor experiences that keep customers loyal as German Shepherds. But as with marketing initiatives, throwing new software at the problem and expecting magic to happen yields poor returns. Companies need a culture with CX leadership and cross-department involvement to differentiate from competitors. That is the gist of a ...