Spring 2019

Auto manufacturers capture massive volumes of data that, with predictive analytics, can produce valuable insights to monetize, and improve products, operations, and better serve customers with new features. For example, connected cars can now report their health status to get ahead of maintenance and keep customers safer! Sensor data …

Data is valuable. And the more current the data is, the more valuable it is. For this reason, the resident data in online transaction processing systems is some of the most valuable. However, if this data is trapped in that system, and not available to enable other real-time business …

It’s been just about one year since the world learned about the Spectre and Meltdown microprocessor vulnerabilities, and a little over 18 months since the big WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017. Those events were a serious wake-up call for many organizations. Companies are revisiting their security controls not only …

No doubt about it, it’s an exciting time to be working in the IT industry. I’m not just talking about employees of one of the many tech companies, such as Facebook, Google, or Amazon. IT teams around the world are part of a transformation that is turning entire industries …

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most sweeping set of privacy regulations enacted by any governing body to date, in this case, the European Commission. The GDPR centers on the personal data of Data Subjects in the EU (and in the UK, which is honoring the GDPR …

Cutting-edge, interconnecting technology is being embedded into products at a rate never before seen. From coffee pots to cars, the IoT revolution is bringing great advances and conveniences to every day products. That said, it’s unfortunately also bringing a dramatic increase to the attack surface and potential vulnerabilities of …

[HPC] High-Performance Computing (HPC) became popular in the ‘60s with governments and academics. They required to solve large computational problems and could afford to take advantage of the advancements in computer technology. Until then most of the complex problems were solved manually by people, a slow process and error-prone. …

The next BriefingsDirect composable cloud strategies interview explores how changes in business organization and culture demand a new approach to leadership over such functions as hybrid and multi-cloud procurement and optimization. We’ll now learn from an IT industry analyst about the forces reshaping the consumption of hybrid cloud services …

As a member of the tech sector for quite some time, I have seen my fair share of marketing trends come and go. Typically, a new term is introduced and quickly becomes the “hot new thing,” promising to not only deliver the end-user from the challenges of their current …