Google Cloud Platform serves up some of the most advanced, bleeding-edge technology of any hyperscale technology provider. So why does it have just 9% of the public-cloud market? What sane enterprise wouldn’t greedily hoard the tech that made Google the third-richest company on earth? Enterprises that move at the real-world speed of a Buick rather than ...

Increasingly distributed information-technology environments are throwing a lot of new challenges at security professionals. Traditional security barriers aren’t sufficient to protect the expanding surface area for attackers. Some suggest baking security into the network itself offers the best defense. “Security needs to start converging together with networking,” said Ken Xie (pictured), founder and chief executive officer ...

Google Cloud Platform continues carving out its brand among competing hyperscalers. One way it’s setting itself apart is with its globally dispersed data-center operations: It wants to run the most environmentally sound data centers on the planet.  Building “the world’s most sustainable cloud” is the day-to-day work of Joe Kava (pictured), vice president of data center ...

Companies of all sorts, from retail to natural resources, are trying to gain a competitive advantage with data analytics and artificial intelligence. Beyond better marketing, product design, and customer experience, AI can also help the hiring process. A company’s human capital contributes hugely to its bottom line. Predictive analysis can gauge applicants for company and cultural fit ...

Kubernetes has emerged as an answer to the hybrid-cloud portability problem in the world of computing. But the open-source platform for orchestrating containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications) doesn’t always blend perfectly with older software. This friction can leave users with a lopsided Kubernetes experience: great for newer stateless apps, but just OK ...

Companies are increasingly spread out across distributed information technology environments. Different applications dispersed across multicloud computing structures may require storage with multiple personalities to optimize performance and operations … and manage cost. “It’s not the fancy windows; it’s not the fancy paint. But if that foundation isn’t right, what happens? The whole building falls down,” said Eric ...

Many companies in hybrid computing limbo are in a rush to move to all-in cloud nirvana. But there are a lot of shiny pennies to stumble on along the path. Enterprise information technology leaders know their names — microservices, containers and Kubernetes, to name a few temptations. But ask them exactly what’s useful about them, ...

With cloud computing as ubiquitous as it is nowadays, it’s easy to forget that there’s still hardware out there. Behind the easy pay-as-you-go model, public cloud is really just someone else’s computer, hardware and all. And companies who run hardware — cloud providers or anyone with on-premises data centers — still struggle with cost, resource ...

Historically, people accepted the hassles that came with searching, booking and boarding airplane flights. As airlines — along with pretty much all other contemporary companies — digitally transform, expectations are changing. Travelers want a smoother experience; apps that know their preferences; streamlined booking; and reduced security hoopla. Many airlines are very large, older organizations with a ...

The name of the new customer-experience game is “personalization.” But the amount of data it takes to personalize CX and deliver at scale present challenges. Small bites in the form of broken-down, simplified methods and use cases can help companies get there. The right approach for overwhelmed businesses is sometimes to “think big and start ...