Teryn O'Brien
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What does one chief information officer have to say about the changing landscape of information technology? A lot! Cathy Southwick (pictured) spent over 21 years of her career at telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. in a variety of roles — from IT operations, to infrastructure, to project management, …
Q&A: There is no ‘magic easy button’ to navigate AIOps
As the world moves toward AIOps — the application of artificial intelligence for IT operations — it’s not an easy change for many large enterprises. So what’s the reality of working as a customer and supplier to implement radical technological changes within larger …
One engineer helps women overcome imposter syndrome, fear of failure
“Nevertheless, She Persisted: True Stories of Women in Tech” was written by Pratima Rao Gluckman (pictured) and released in April 2018. One year since it’s publication, the book has seen huge success, and Gluckman, the engineering leader for blockchain at VMware Inc., has had …
VMware aims to break the glass ceiling with worldwide women-in-tech initiatives
Women may still have a glass ceiling to break, but companies like VMware Inc., are trying to help them crash through with creative initiatives that are helping to equalize the workforce and make it easier to for women to thrive in the workplace. …
Q&A: Before embracing automation, companies must do these two things first
What are larger enterprises looking for when it comes to automation? There are two major things that must come first before automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning: simplification of the tool sets required, and continuing to make sure data is in a …
The three Ds of success for Nutanix: data, design, delivery
Nutanix Inc. celebrates its 10th anniversary this September — an impressive feat in today’s highly volatile technology landscape. As a company that enables enterprises to build multicloud architectures, it recently announced a global partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) to host Nutanix Enterprise Cloud software on …
Automation for all: How one company is chasing worldwide automation
Automation for all. While this may seem like a dream, Automation Anywhere Inc. is working to make it a reality through its initiative to bring automation to everyone — not just larger corporations or enterprises. “The vision that we are driving towards is …
Inside the world of industrial IoT: beyond flashy gadgets and fast turnover
As the world embraces the internet of things, coming up with trendy and flashy gadgets every day, there are entire industrial spheres where IoT has to evolve in a different way. So what is the main difference between consumer IoT and industrial IoT? …
The AI and RPA revolution: Tech’s future includes both human and machine
As artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning become more prominent, there is a lot of misinformation and fear about what these technologies actually do and if they will replace people at work. But instead of taking away people’s jobs, according …
G Suite UX exec becomes ‘chief empathizer’ to fully engage users
What does it take to create a satisfactory user experience that blends innovative technology with real customer needs? Turns out a huge component is empathy, according to Amy Lokey (pictured), vice president of user experience, G Suite, at Google. At the Google Cloud Next …