Fall 2020 – Connect Converge

Editor’s Letter – Fall 2020

StacieSeptember 22, 20200231 views

Perspective is a funny thing these days. In the long run, no matter how much life has changed, I hope we all have the opportunity to learn something new, brush up on a skill set and throw in a few random acts of kindness. I love the quote by Emerson because it says that difficult times are small compared to the determination within us.

Around The Storage Block

Calvin ZitoSeptember 22, 20200321 views

We spend a lot of time and energy talking about HPE Primera and HPE Nimble Storage – for good reason as I really believe they are the best one-two punch of mid-range and Tier-0 mission critical storage in the industry.

Lisa Partridge of XYPRO Technology Corporation: How We Plan To Rebuild In The Post COVID Economy

Charlie KatzSeptember 22, 20200233 views

Everything that happens is ultimately my responsibility. Period. However, one cannot and should not do it all alone. No one person has all the answers and think of all the perspectives to consider when making decisions.

Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset Demands A New Approach To Cybersecurity

CohesitySeptember 22, 20200252 views

Today, data is likely your most valuable and vulnerable strategic asset, and yet many of the methods for storing and protecting it are decades old. Data is not only a record of what has happened; it can also be used to anticipate the future and train machines to make human-like decisions in an instant. It has become a fungible and strategic asset that drives key processes.

Software development reset – A remote DevOps epiphany

Mario DevargasSeptember 22, 20200316 views

No aspect of society seems able to escape being altered by the tragic outbreak of COVID-19. The now well-known slogan “Stay-at-Home” has given rise to a future where working from home has become the norm rather than the exception. Even the IT sector has felt its impact. New ways of working and collaborating are being quickly deployed and implemented. Many organizations are learning they need to re-engineer business and IT processes and how they are consumed in order to adapt.…

AI: Living on the Edge

Frederic Van HarenSeptember 22, 20200418 views

Every day, new users join a growing group of consumers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. Innovative applications such as voice assistants, self-driving cars, smart cities are all contributing to the democratization of AI. The amount of data generated from those applications, as well as wireless devices such as phones and tablets, is staggering.

How REI used automation to cloudify infrastructure and rapidly adjust its digital pandemic response

DanaSeptember 22, 20200321 views

Like many retailers, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) was faced with drastic and rapid change when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. REI’s marketing leaders wanted to make sure that their online e-commerce capabilities would rise to the challenge. They expected a nearly overnight 150 percent jump in REI’s purely digital business.

End-to-End Cloud Data Security: Shouldn’t It Be a No-Brainer?

comforteSeptember 22, 20200274 views

Hardly a week goes by without news of a high-profile data breach. Sometimes, the damage is quite limited either due to the low market value of the apprehended data, the strength of the data security in place, or even the sloppiness of the threat actor...

NonStop Collaboration / Networking Is Key to TANDsoft’s Success

Janice Reeder-HighleymanSeptember 22, 20200246 views

Amanda comes first among Jack Di Giacomo’s passions. Jack spotted “this beautiful woman” taking a squash lesson at his gym and asked the squash pro for an introduction. In that instance, Jack’s boldness worked. He and Amanda were married in 1991. Twenty-nine years later, it remains the ultimate collaboration.