Having Your Cake and Eating it Too 451 ResearchDecember 10, 20190217 views Once upon a time, the term cloud meant public cloud, and many commentators thought it would remove the need for enterprises to run their own servers or locate infrastructure in their own choice of datacenter. But over the past few years, the word hybrid has emerged not just as an aspiration, but as the model of choice for most enterprises. Read more
How Containers are Becoming The New Basic Currency For Pay as You Go Hybrid IT Dana GardnerDecember 10, 20190172 views A discussion on how IT operators are now looking to increased automation, orchestration, and compatibility benefits to further exploit containers as a mainstay across their next-generation hybrid IT estate. Read more
3 Benefits of Taking Data Out of PCI Audit Scope Thomas GloerfeldDecember 10, 20190249 views Whether your company accepts payments at a store or restaurant, sells products or services through a website, or handles monthly payment billing, you or someone at your company is most likely aware of the security requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Each calendar year, your organization needs to prove that it complies with the 12 requirements listed under PCI DSS. Often, this process is time consuming, costly, and involves key people primarily focusing on assessing, verifying, and completing the compliance audit. Read more
Why data sovereignty matters when choosing a cloud strategy Michelle HannulaDecember 10, 20190204 views Data sovereignty is one of the hottest topics of conversation right now for businesses looking to transition to the cloud, and it is not going away any time soon. Unfortunately, some organizations feel that data sovereignty doesn’t affect their businesses. But this is where they might have miscalculated. Read more
Natural Language Processing (NLP): meaningful advancements with BERT Frederic Van HarenDecember 9, 20190364 views Of all the data that is available to us, only 20% [1] of it is in a structured or in a pre-defined format. The remaining 80% of the data is in an unstructured form, with most of it being textual data. The lack of structure increases complexity and makes it challenging to process data, find patterns, and apply analytics in a meaningful way. Some examples of unstructured data are documents, audio files, images, and videos. Many sources on the Internet, such as social media and news sites, create massive amounts of unstructured data. Read more
Rethinking technology sustainability. Marc WatersDecember 9, 20190224 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I think we all care about our planet. We think about the future and the impact we are having. We all want to support environmentally positive behaviour. I mean do you still use plastic cups? No me neither, well, not often. What about your mobile phone. Do you leave it charging all night? Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you off-set your carbon?… Read more
Three Insights from the World’s Leading IT Organizations Deepak JannuDecember 5, 20190178 views IT is in a state of change on a consistent basis, but never more so than now. With the increasing importance of the digital customer experience across all industries, technology is at a new inflection point in how it can fundamentally impact executive priorities. And while nobody can speak for the direction of IT as a whole, there are a few resources so comprehensive that they’re worth reviewing when they’re released. Read more