C2 Spring 2021

A Note from Connect Leadership

The last 12 months have tested our community like never before. We have had a global pandemic, major security breaches, and new ways of working and socializing. Throughout all of these things we have remained strong and vibrant.

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Editor’s Letter

Welcome to the Spring issue of Connect Converge “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” – unknown When I say welcome, Spring, it is heartfelt. On my honor, I pledge not to mention any pandemic buzzwords created in 2020, especially after…

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Around The Storage Block

I had a really hard time deciding on just one thing to talk about in my quarterly article – there’s been a lot happening in storage and I didn’t want to miss the chance to tell you about it all. So this article will be a bit of a potpourri of news I want to share with you. So here we go!

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The Flip Side

Those who know me know that I am obsessed with experimenting with new digital collaboration platforms and technologies. These days I’m especially intrigued with those that can help build trust, reduce loneliness and strengthen social connectivity; and, in so doing improve employee engagement, cross-functional collaboration, and organizational culture health. These topics are on everyone’s minds as companies envision much more remote or hybrid remote work becoming much more permanent due to the pandemic.

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Building a container strategy―13 potholes to avoid

Containers and the rise of Kubernetes is the most talked-about, most impactful IT technology today. Containers give enterprises the ability to do amazing things, like build applications faster, move workloads between platforms, and optimize their environments. Used correctly, containers open the agility doors of the organization and enable teams to build…

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Easily Modernize and Expose Valuable Enscribe Data – Eliminate Data Silos with HPE Shadowbase

Several customers recently approached us looking for solutions to their remote data access/connection requirements. HPE Shadowbase software uses a data replication/integration architecture to meet these needs, and has experience successfully deploying these solutions at a number of customer sites.   Resolving this Challenge In the past, companies accessed trapped…

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Conversational AI with Transfer Learning

Introduction I recently joined Stephen Foskett from Gestalt IT on a video podcast to discuss “Improving AI with Transfer Learning”. This podcast is part of a series of podcasts on “Utilizing AI”. The series focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) practical applications in the modern enterprise…

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