Every generation of data infrastructure technology has promised more speed and agility, or better standardization, centralization, and control. This “or” proposition has fueled the ongoing battle between business leaders who require timely insights from dynamic data sources to drive better outcomes, versus IT leaders who need solutions that provide high leverage, scale, and governance. Essentially, […]
Three SaaS and IT Predictions for 2022
When the pandemic struck, it caused us to leave our offices, work from home, and rush to the cloud. Centralized offices became decentralized networks of people working from home. Because of this, many cloud apps went from important tools to centers of gravity for our departments. Ideas that bloomed in a conference room now take root in […]
The Future of Data Management: Five Predictions for 2022
As many have said, data is everything and everything is data. And the fact remains that the highest-value data sits in transactional databases behind applications like ERP, CRM, etc. To get the most out of data, it must be consolidated from many systems to unlock valuable business insights and feed applications such as machine learning […]
A Brief History of Cloud Computing
In 1963, DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) presented MIT with $2 million for Project MAC. The funding included a requirement for MIT to develop technology allowing for a “computer to be used by two or more people, simultaneously.” In this case, one of those gigantic, archaic computers using reels of magnetic tape for […]
2022 Predictions: Embracing Low-Code Security Automation
There was one headline-grabbing breach after another this year. As we head into 2022, we sat down to reflect on 2021 in order to predict what key themes enterprises should expect to see in the new year. Amid rising threats and an ongoing skills shortage, we believe companies will increasingly embrace low-code security automation in […]
How to Discover Personal Data Across Your Systems
Monitoring personal data across your systems has become a necessary evil, with privacy compliance creeping up on the agenda every year. While you can find numerous solutions that provide visibility into the data you store, there are three main methods of tracking personal data: surveys, scanning, and HTTP proxy implementation. But which of these techniques is best […]
Vendor Onboarding and Offboarding: Are You Doing It the Right Way?
Insecure and mismanaged third parties like vendors, cloud companies providing software applications or infrastructure, and supply chain partners are directly correlated with many data breaches and hacks. In fact, recent research revealed that 59% of data breaches were related to a third party. Amongst all, one of the most crucial aspects of managing third-party risk is having good onboarding processes […]
How Much Should Enterprises Worry About Vendor Lock-In in Public Cloud?
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. One of the key drivers to a multi-cloud strategy is the fear of vendor lock-in. “Vendor lock-in” means that a customer is dependent on a particular vendor for products and services, and is unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs or operational impact. The vendor lock-in problem in cloud computing is the […]
The Ways Hybrid Cloud Can Work for Your Always-On Business
Click to learn more about author Arno Witvliet. As organizations go global and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud-hosted online services grow, companies have adapted to an “always-on” model. Both technical and non-technical organizations are increasingly relying on online software, which only serves to increase the prevalence of always-on platforms in all aspects of our lives. The […]
How to (Easily) Tap Historical Data for Business Growth
Click to learn more about author Joe Gaska. Imagine if you could remember every single thing that has happened in your life, and go back to any point in time to see how decisions, both big and small, altered your path. What might you learn that would help shape the decisions you make today and […]