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← View all opinionsWhen it comes to setting New Year’s resolutions, most people are a little over-ambitious. We give up carbs, go running every morning, become a vegan or even give up drinking alcohol or stop smoking. I...
Today HPE announced a definitive agreement to acquire Cloud Cruiser, a leading provider of cloud consumption analytics software that enables customers to manage and optimise public, private and hybrid...
A lot is set to change in the financial landscape in the next few years. As the world continues to become even more connected, it is apparent that the financial world is lagging behind other industrie...
We all know that the evolution of big data technologies have driven smarter and more sophisticated business insights. From omnichannel solutions coming of age in retail, to the impact of customised al...
2013 was the year that Docker arrived on the scene and since then software container technology has advanced significantly. Like any new technology, containers would not be possible without an advance...
Businesses are keen to embrace the cloud for many reasons. Cloud solutions provide enterprises with an IT infrastructure they can control with few overhead costs and complexities. This gives them the...
With just two months to go until the pioneering week-long data science festival, DataFest17, two more high-profile speakers have been confirmed. Hilary Mason, former chief scientist at bitly and found...
Changing a traditional critical business application is a major undertaking. But a move to cloud-based SaaS solutions can be even more complex. When negotiating contracts with your chosen vendor, ther...
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell took out the first patent for the telephone. Sometime between 1936 and 1938, Konrad Zuse invented the Z1, the world’s first programmable computer. The years that followe...
The Common Argument We are all concerned about the growing skill shortage in the mainframe space, in fact it’s a fairly pervasive problem across the heritage system space in general, be it Mainframe,...
The most common objection I come across when discussing Disaster Recovery (DR) is, “Oh, well we don’t get hurricanes or floods or anything like that, so we don’t need DR”. To which I always reply “Tha...
As enterprises look to deliver cutting-edge services to their tech-savvy customers, move into new markets, rethink their business models, and disrupt entire industries, the CIO needs to enable digital...