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As customers embrace the concept of a hyperconverged infrastructure for big data, the concept of a “metadata infrastructure” is becoming critical — and various types of cloud must be implemented in order to serve the massive amounts of data that just keeps …
A new era of software architecture and application development
Open-source, cloud-native, machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities are bringing in a new era for software and applications development, calling for a change in modern software architecture. As businesses wrestle with new software and application needs, they understand that a cultural shift …
Cultural change more important than tech when implementing big data
As more and more enterprises turn to big data for business insights, the challenge is to garner enough support and collaboration to make information effective across a variety of departments and people — creating a cultural change. Verizon Communications Inc. and IBM …
‘Be like a chameleon,’ adapt and adopt, says Dell CIO
Chief information officers are the bridge between information technology professionals and non-IT professionals in order to help create effective business partnerships throughout a company. While their roles have changed and shifted over the years, the CIO voice is more important than ever. …
Dell CFO analyzes debt, Pivotal’s IPO and business economies
Scrutinized by the public eye, the decision of Dell Technologies Inc., to acquire EMC — along with its decision to take Pivotal Software Inc. public — had some questioning whether Dell had bitten off more than it could chew and accusing the company …
Chief data officers wrestle with data silos, outline best practices at IBM CDO Summit
About a decade ago, the role of a chief data officer emerged — mainly in heavily regulated industries like healthcare, government and financial services. But as big data began to take off, the role of chief data officer grew to encompass other industries …
Amazon’s Adrian Cockcroft: These are the keys to success in open-source, cloud-native technology
As open-source, cloud-native technologies continue to grow, companies are asking for particular things. And trends continue to grow around open source as a service — speeding up the process, scale and flexibility. And as companies continue to embrace these technologies, the way …
E-commerce ‘destroying the retail orthodoxies’; B2B selling must follow B2C trends
As the digital transformation through e-commerce continues to revolutionize the business-to-customer, or B2C, transactional relationship — with one of the biggest players being Amazon.com Inc., who continues to bring waves of innovation — many traditional retail businesses are still figuring ways to …
Cloud Foundry creates complementary ecosystem for diverse usage
For many, the concept of digital transformation is considered a buzzword, but it’s quickly becoming apparent that there’s more to the trend. Across industries, from longstanding insurance companies to government institutions to hipster startups, the evolution is happening for modernizing applications and embracing developer-driven operations is …
Open-source tech brings cultural change for US government, big enterprises
Open-source technology is paving the way for U.S. government entities and big enterprises alike to change the way they operate their companies through cloud-native innovations. The United States Air Force, The Boeing Co. and T-Mobile US Inc., to name a few, are all …