Best MSP Software 2021: Managed Service Provider Tools

MSP (managed service provider) software helps service providers manage their workload and monitor client network performance. The software has many benefits, but it can be difficult to decide which MSP software is the best for your business. Table of Contents What is MSP Software? Businesses that provide IT services to other organizations often use managed […]

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Hyperscalers: Will They Upend the Mainframe Market?

As seen with the latest quarterly earnings reports, the hyperscalers continue to post strong growth with their cloud platforms. Amazon’s AWS remains dominant, with sales increasing 39% to $16.1 billion.  As for the No. 2 player, Microsoft, the software giant’s Azure business grew 50%. Then, there is Google, which saw its cloud operations generate $4.99 […]

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6 Emerging Technologies to Watch from the Current Gartner Hype Cycle

The Gartner Hype Cycle is a visual representation of the maturity and adoption of emerging technologies. Gartner has used it since 1995 to help clients understand how new developments in IT affect their business.  The cycle includes five phases: Innovation Trigger, Peak of Inflated Expectations, Trough of Disillusionment, Slope of Enlightenment, and Plateau of Productivity. […]

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6 Ways Your Business Can Benefit from DataOps

DataOps, a relatively new concept, currently has a wide variety of definitions. However, the term DataOps (data operations) was first coined in 2014 by journalist Lenny Liebmann. He described DataOps as the set of best practices that improve coordination between data science and operations. Gartner defines DataOps as “a collaborative data management practice, really focused […]

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5 Examples of IoT and Analytics at Work in Real Estate

In today’s competitive real estate market, data is king. But, if you’re not utilizing the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytics to run your business more efficiently, you’re missing out on a major opportunity. Unfortunately, only 25% of real estate companies in a recent KPMG study had a well-established data strategy to capture and analyze […]

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The Mainframe Will Drive Digital Transformation

BMC’s 16th Annual Mainframe Survey highlights how Big Iron is far from dead. Mainframes are not only growing in usage, but also are critical for digital transformation for larger enterprises. The online survey includes responses from  more than 1,300 mainframe professionals across 21 countries and covers the period between March 12 – 13 of this […]

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How Quantum Computing Will Transform AI

It is easy to think of science fiction shows like Star Trek when the words ‘quantum’ and ‘computing’ are spoken. It doesn’t make the concept sound any less complex when you learn quantum computing executes calculations very quickly by harnessing the collective properties of superposition, interference, and entanglement. Thankfully, most of us don’t need to […]

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Vista, Blue Prism Deal Bets on Digital Transformation Convergence

Blue Prism, a provider of robotic process automation (RPA) solutions, has been acquired by Vista Equity Partners, the venture capital firm that also owns TIBCO Software. Once that transaction is completed Blue Prism will become part of TIBCO, which is bringing together all the platforms required to drive digital business transformation initiatives under a single […]

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Revolutionizing the Edge with TinyML

We live in a world where even our day-to-day activities like checking the weather, scrolling through social media, or taking photos depend on machine learning (ML) models. Traditionally, ML models operate on the cloud. The technology is often used to conduct data management and data processing on the relevant data gathered from Internet of Things […]

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Choosing a Smart City for Business Expansion

This week Qualcomm held its Smart City event in San Diego, California. The company made a compelling case for smart cities, but should businesses favor them as locations for headquarters or distribution centers?  If so, how should they choose between the cities they are considering?  Table of Contents What is a Smart City? A smart […]

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Top Container Software & Orchestration Tools 2021

In today’s highly competitive technical landscape, testing and development must be performed rapidly yet securely to meet growing consumer demands.  When moving software from one computing environment to another, be it from a physical machine in a data center to a virtual machine (VM) in a cloud environment, a staging environment into production or a […]

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Cloud Security Woes Give Rise to Integrated CNAP Platforms

A core cybersecurity issue that organizations of all sizes are now struggling with is the rate at which applications are being deployed on cloud computing platforms is outpacing their ability to secure them. Developers today regularly make use of a wide range of tools to provision IT infrastructure to build and deploy applications without any […]

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5 Digital Transformation Hurdles and How to Get Over Them

The dawn of the digital age introduced a faster, easily accessible, and cost-efficient data flow between computing devices in the information technology ecosystem. It has compelled enterprises worldwide to embrace digital transformation to improve business management and facilitate a wider reach towards potential customers. The global business world has taken digital transformation as a disruptive […]

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Lenovo Extends Management Reach to the Edge

During an online Lenovo Tech World 2021 event, Lenovo launched an enhanced version of a platform for automating the management of servers to now include an edge computing platform running instances of VMware virtual machine software. VMware software will come pre-loaded on a pair of ruggedized and security enhanced ThinkSystem SE350 servers based on Intel […]

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Best Data Governance Tools & Software of 2021

In response both to the growth of data privacy regulations and to an increasing desire to leverage data for business insights, effective data governance tools are a must-have for organizations across all industries. Below, we’ll take a look at some key benefits of data governance software, and we’ll examine 11 leading solutions worth considering. Table […]

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NVIDIA Makes Case for Training AI Models On-Premises

NVIDIA has announced that a suite of tools and frameworks to train artificial intelligence (AI) models running on platforms deployed in on-premises IT environments is now generally available. The NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform is designed to be deployed on instances of VMware deployed on servers from Atos, Dell Technologies, GIGABYTE, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Inspur, […]

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Edge AI: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Edge Computing

Edge computing is witnessing a significant interest with new use cases, especially after the introduction of 5G. The 2021 State of the Edge report by the Linux Foundation predicts that the global market capitalization of edge computing infrastructure would be worth more than $800 billion by 2028. At the same time, enterprises are also heavily […]

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Penetration Testing 101: An Overview with Bishop Fox

Established in 2005, Bishop Fox offers offensive security testing and consulting, helping companies identify vulnerabilities in their networks. Their security programs include penetration testing, application assessments, and continuous attack surface testing (CAST).  With major cybersecurity breaches hitting the news nearly every week, companies are scrambling to secure their own networks. However, finding a vulnerability isn’t […]

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Penetration Testing 101: An Overview with Bishop Fox

Established in 2005, Bishop Fox offers offensive security testing and consulting, helping companies identify vulnerabilities in their networks. Their security programs include penetration testing, application assessments, and continuous attack surface testing (CAST).  With major cybersecurity breaches hitting the news nearly every week, companies are scrambling to secure their own networks. However, finding a vulnerability isn’t […]

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Survey: Data Management Issues Hinder Digital Transformations

A survey of 525 enterprise IT executives conducted by 451 Research, a unit of S&P Global, on behalf of Immuta, a provider of data access control tools, published today suggests many organizations are going to have a significant challenge achieving their digital business process transformation goals simply because of the way they have historically managed […]

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