As the world becomes increasingly data-driven, businesses are turning to self-service analytics to enable business users to perform their own data analysis tasks. In self-service analytics, business users can access and analyze data without assistance or support from IT personnel or data scientists. Direct access to ML-powered analytics platforms allows them to make better business […]
Adopting an Edge-to-Cloud Approach
Back in 2009, there was an enterprise technology with a lot of promise. But adoption, marred by questions about security and reliability, lagged. That technology – cloud computing – is now a $600 billion market. Edge computing technology has followed a similar trajectory to the cloud. It, too, was met with early cynicism and slow […]
OLTP Database Solutions for Today’s Transactions
Online transaction processing (OLTP) enables rapid, accurate data processing for most of today’s business transactions, such as through ATMs, online banking, e-commerce, and other types of daily services. With OLTP, the common, defining characteristic of any transaction is its atomicity, or indivisibility. A transaction either succeeds as a whole, fails, or is canceled. It cannot […]
Myth-Busting Cloud Repatriation: The Misunderstood Trend in Cloud Computing
The term “cloud repatriation” is appearing more often as organizations redefine their strategic approach to where they locate their apps and workloads. The storage location depends on each organization’s specific cloud goals, needs, and requirements. This “trend,” however, is nothing new, and can have profound business impacts for organizations. Cloud repatriation refers to migrating workloads […]
Solving the Cloud Skills Shortage Through DEI
The U.S. labor shortage has stubbornly persisted, with tech being one of the most affected industries. This is not necessarily due simply to the lack of candidates but to the lack of highly skilled candidates. As demand for cloud services grows, finding certified cloud-native engineers to support this demand continues to be challenging for some of […]
What Technologies Should I Include in My Digital Transformation Strategy?
If your enterprise is about to undertake a digital transformation (Dx) project, you should understand that these initiatives require a focus on more than the technology itself. To succeed with a digital transformation strategy, the business must focus on business processes, day-to-day activities and tasks, and the culture within the organization, so that the environment […]
Common Types of Cloud Computing
Before the cloud era, businesses had to rely on in-house data centers and internal hardware and software infrastructures to conduct online business. Organizations had to make substantial investments to set up their websites and networks. Additionally, each business had to hire the right people to manage and monitor their infrastructures. This approach not only added to the […]
Automated Vulnerability Detection: Mitigate Fraud and Strengthen Your Cybersecurity Defense
Cyberattacks are now a severe threat to organizations leveraging cutting-edge technology in the digital-first world. Whether phishing or malware attacks, cybercriminals increasingly exploit sensitive business information and customer identities. And what’s more worrisome is that the conventional cybersecurity architecture seems impotent against advanced attacks, since attackers are finding new ways to breach a network. Hence, there’s […]
Cloud Architecture Mistakes: The Perils of Poor Security Architecture
In this five-part series, I’m taking a hard look at the common – and costly – mistakes organizations typically make while building a cloud architecture. Part one explained how organizations can quickly lose visibility and control over their data processing, and detailed how to avoid that mistake. Part two looked at why a DIY approach often goes wrong, […]
Why Data Privacy, Data Security, and Data Protection Go Hand in Hand
Here’s an important truth: There is no data privacy without data protection. Consumers and companies place their trust in the organizations they do business with and trust that their sensitive data will be kept private. These same organizations want to protect consumer and partner data, to preserve their brand as a trustworthy partner, grow revenues, […]