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Not Easy To Get To Digital Transformation Jump-off Point
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
The Hackett Group has attempted to define how a company gets to the digital transformation stage in its latest statistical report.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 7/14/2017
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Greene: Advanced Services to Fuel Google Cloud Leadership
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
Google Cloud Chief Diane Greene predicts Google's expanding, advance cloud services will soon place it among the Gartner designated leaders.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 7/6/2017
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Tips for Estimating Cloud BI Implementation Costs
Jen Underwood, Impact Analytix
Commentary
There can be some nasty budget surprises in what seems like a simple, low-priced, SaaS business intelligence offering designed for non-technical users.
By Jen Underwood Impact Analytix, 7/6/2017
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Artificial Intelligence Will Redefine the World
Susan Fogarty, Editor in Chief
Satire
How big of a deal is artificial intelligence? Microsoft researcher James McCaffrey explains AI's origins and why we can expect profound effects from it.
By Susan Fogarty Editor in Chief, 7/5/2017
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Big Data in the Cloud: Reaching a Tipping Point
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
Commentary
It may be time to rethink where you want to support a big data initiative.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 7/5/2017
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Not Doing Big Data in the Cloud? Better Get There
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
Forrester Research says competitive advantage will follow big data analytics' move to the cloud; join in, or get left behind.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 6/23/2017
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Shutterstock CIO on Leadership: Reduce the Cycle of Fear
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
Satire
Shutterstock grew so fast it needed to convert applications and move them into the Amazon cloud quickly; API-based development followed.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 5/31/2017
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IoT Enabling a Path to Better Health
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
IoT data from healthcare wearables and patient devices has only just begun to change the way hospitals treat patients, but advances will continue through the analytic insights they provide.
By Randy Lea, Vice President, Teradata , 5/31/2017
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AI in the Workplace: Augment, Instead of Replacing Humans
James M. Connolly, Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief
News
AI and machine learning won't create massive job losses in the foreseeable future, but some societal issues do come to mind.
By James M. Connolly Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief, 5/29/2017
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Oracle Disses Cloud Real Estate to its Own Detriment
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
Commentary
In the midst of a rush to the cloud, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd told Fortune 'real estate' is not much of a factor. He may learn otherwise.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 5/9/2017
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Accelerate Action with Real-time Analytics
Jen Underwood, Impact Analytix
Satire
Improvements in the technology and adoption of new data concepts are enabling more enterprises to take the leap into real-time analytics.
By Jen Underwood Impact Analytix, 4/27/2017
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad IoT?
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
Commentary
In an atmosphere of fear about IoT security and privacy business should be aware that if an IoT project seems promising, it may be worth the risk to push on, as long as security is at the forefront.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 4/17/2017
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Brilliant Future or Slow Decline? Digitization Changes the CIO Role
Andrew Horne, IT Practice Leader, CEB
Commentary
Digitization will allow CIOs to expand their careers and make a greater contribution to business value, but they must be flexible and ready to understand the maturity of digital efforts across the company.
By Andrew Horne IT Practice Leader, CEB, 4/12/2017
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Future of Data Summit: Secure IoT with Blockchain
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
Satire
IoT security is essential for the Internet of Things to reach commercial success. Here's one way to protect this technology and data from hackers.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/11/2017
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Cloud and Virtualization Enable 'Active/Active'
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
Commentary
At the heart of disaster recovery is database system recovery, and ScaleArc urges users to think active/active, not DR.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 4/7/2017
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Digital Disruption is Challenging the Status Quo
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Don't think that innovation and digital disruption are just about technology; the people matter even more than the tech.
By Tom Bianculli, CTO of Zebra Technologies , 4/5/2017
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How to Rescue Your Data Analytics Program from Failure
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
You've invested in your analytics program, but where's the return? Here's how to make this investment of time and money pay for itself.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/3/2017
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Future of Data Summit Tackles AI, Machine Learning
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
Satire
Learn about how real-world enterprise organizations are advancing projects in AI, machine learning, virtual reality, and more, to add value for consumers and drive revenues.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 3/14/2017
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Evernote Completes Migration To Google, Data Center Shutdown
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
The online user content capture system, Evernote, has moved 2.9 PBs of data into the Google Cloud and shut down its primary data center.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 2/23/2017
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Your Big Data Strategy Needs DevOps
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
Commentary
Many big data analytics teams choose to not use DevOps methodologies, but there are real benefits to applying DevOps concepts to those big data initiatives.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 2/16/2017
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