Within the digital marketplace, it is impossible for businesses and organizations to thrive without staying current with the latest technologies. As digitization grows, so does the tech-centric reliance from global enterprises in automating and adapting their workflows to expand their businesses more efficiently. One of the fastest-growing solutions for ensuring enterprise-wide efficiency across multiple systems […]
Distributed Tracing in Microservices: A Comprehensive Guide
Today, one of the most popular techniques to achieve high levels of performance and reliability in your software applications is by leveraging the power of microservices architecture. This architectural style breaks down a monolithic application into smaller, more manageable services that can be independently developed, deployed, and scaled. While this approach offers numerous benefits, it […]
Will 2023 Be the Year of the Polyglot Persistence?
Meet polyglot persistence. It’s not a new term, but one that’s catching fire in what many call the unsexiest part of Data Management – Database Management. It also ties to the physical part of Data Management, which is storage management, often overlooked by data teams. Storage management and database management/administration indeed used to be a separate […]
Analyzing Kubernetes Operational Data
Kubernetes is an infrastructure platform commonly used in modern IT environments. It supports cloud-native applications and offers many benefits but also introduces complexities and operational challenges. Operating Kubernetes reliably requires detecting errors and fixing them quickly. You can only achieve this by establishing visibility into your containerized environments. Monitoring Kubernetes provides access to operational metrics, helping […]
Modernizing COBOL: The Public Sector’s Achilles’ Heel
There’s a technological knack in the United States that’s only mirrored in a handful of other nations, making it a beacon of innovation. Businesses that grew to be formidable tech giants like Microsoft and Apple were spun out of their founders’ garages, growing from fledgling ideas into industry behemoths. But despite the U.S. tech sector […]
Top 3 Process Automation Challenges (and How to Solve Them)
Now is about the time of year when people start rethinking their New Year’s resolutions. Regardless of how great the outcome would have been, perhaps their goals were too ambitious or vague to be reachable. The same holds true for major digital transformation efforts, including process automation. In a recent survey, nine out of 10 IT decision-makers said process automation helped […]
Why It’s Time for Cloud-Native MDM
The second wave of interest for a Master Data Management (MDM) solution is here. Are you thinking of implementing a new MDM or replacing your existing MDM solution? There are some dos and don’ts when designing your next MDM solution. In this article, we will share a few key considerations based on the current trends, technology […]
Big Data Ecosystem Updates: Hadoop, Containers, and VMs Explained
Twenty years ago, a startup called VMware brought in business by providing a platform to create nonphysical machine virtualizations, such as Linux, Windows, and others. As server processing capacity increased, basic applications couldn’t maximize the use of all the abundant new resources. Enter Virtual Machines (VMs), designed to run software on top of a physical […]
R.I.P. Rip and Replace: How Process Automation Enables Digital Transformation
Click to learn more about author Jakob Freund. The pandemic has been a massive forcing function for many companies to move even faster with their digital transformation and process automation efforts. In fact, research from McKinsey found that companies accelerated their timelines for digitizing their customer, supply chain, and internal operations processes by three to four years. […]
Serverless Computing and Serverless Architecture: An Overview of BaaS, FaaS, and PaaS
The term serverless computing immediately indicates an IT infrastructure where the business owner does not have to invest in a specialized or expensive hardware platform. The essence of serverless architecture and serverless computing lies in the provisioning of third-party services, which are also referred to as backend-as-a-service (BaaS) and a special code made available through […]