Editor’s Letter – Winter 2018 Stacie NeallDecember 13, 20180145 views “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find how far one can go” -T.S. Eliot Welcome to the Winter issue of Connect Converge Most everyone that knows me well, including my teen (big eye roll), hears me say often “It’s not how you start it is how you finish.” My intuition told me that when Antonio Neri, President and CEO of Hewlett Package Enterprise took the keynote stage that his words would be prolific – and they were.… Read more
Continuous innovation for continuous businessHPE Mission Critical Solution 2018 Highlights Diana CortesDecember 13, 20180201 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]As HPE advances its transformation journey, the company is implementing a recent strategic pivot toward Value Compute. HPE Mission Critical Solutions are at the center of the Value portfolio and their continuous innovation focuses on meeting the evolving requirements of customers that need solutions for continuous business. I sat recently with Jeff Kyle, Vice President and General Manager for HPE Mission Critical Solutions, to get an update on market trends, strategic initiatives, new offerings, and a look to the future of this strategic area.… Read more
Protecting Users, Apps, and Data Highlights of the Micro Focus Cybersecurity Summit 2018 Cynthia LeonardDecember 13, 20180170 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Now that Micro Focus has successfully completed the spin-merge with HPE Software, we wanted to highlight our expanded security portfolio via our first annual Micro Focus Cybersecurity Summit 2018, which took place in Washington, DC, on September 25-27, 2018. This unique Summit allowed face-to-face interaction with our product managers and security leaders such as Micro Focus CMO John Delk and Former FBI Cybersecurity Special Agent, Chris Tarbell.… Read more
Risk Management in the Real World:Today, Tomorrow and Beyond Steve TcherchianDecember 13, 20180221 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] 2018 was another troubling year in the cybersecurity world. We saw a repeat of last year’s data breaches on a larger scale. Google, Toyota, Facebook, Under Armour, LifeLock, Air Canada, Blue Cross and many, many more fell victim to some sort of compromise. Hardly a week went by where we weren’t reading about a new mega breach. Even the popular online video game, Fortnite, was hacked and children’s personal data was found for sale on the dark web.… Read more
How hybrid cloud deployments gain traction via Equinix datacenter adjacency coupled with the Cloud28+ ecosystem Dana GardnerDecember 13, 20180195 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The next BriefingsDirect hybrid cloud advancement interview explores how the triumvirate of a global data center hosting company, a hybrid cloud platform provider, and a global cloud community are solving some of the most vexing problems for bringing high-performance clouds to more regions around the globe. We will now explore how Equinix, Microsoft Azure Stack, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)’s Cloud28+ are helping managed service providers (MSPs) and businesses alike obtain world-class hybrid cloud services.… Read more
The Lost Art of Answering the Phone Theresa SchwabDecember 13, 20180151 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] One of my favorite memories from my tenure at Motorola is calling Dan Keitz and anticipating how he would make me laugh when he answered. Dan, an amateur comedian, replaced his previous outgoing voicemail message every day with another humorous one intended to spark a laugh from the caller and that it did. In this age of texting, chat, and website form fills, the skill of answering the phone appears to be a lost art.… Read more
Enabling people to work with technology more effectively — a transformative approach to talent enablement Kelly BaigDecember 13, 20180211 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] For many, technology transformation is almost universally held back by the readiness of people within their teams to operate in the transformed environment. Many customers who have embraced new technology, to increase their agility and flexibility, have encountered challenges with their transformation efforts. The impact can be significant delays in their progress and sometimes a complete halt. The primary challenges for many is finding the required talent, in equipping their teams with the necessary skills to build and manage these complex environments, and often in overcoming the resistence inherent to the challenges that occur when people confront change.… Read more