Tag: #cloud
‘Physical spaces’ swell analytics case arsenal
The market for Big Data/Analytics products and services is poised for a dramatic shift up into overdrive. As cloud-based storage prices contract, and new...
VMworld 2016 – the 4 cloud ‘Rs’
“Nonsense” is Pat Gelsinger’s response to the hype around digital business, which calls on enterprises to place sole focus on a new style of...
Data centre options in a post-Brexit world
In a recent conversation with a senior executive at a rapidly expanding, Toronto-based cloud provider, an inevitable point of discussion was European expansion. Like...
IT-in-the-service of business: a cost equation
The IT leader today wears a heavy crown. Supporting a vocal end user community that has consumer aspirations for instant-on IT, he/she is also...
451 Research: The Open Compute Project; open is one thing, interoperable...
In IT parlance, “open” is often used synonymously with interoperable, but is that really end of story? In this special report presented below, 451...
Containers FTW
The cloud was built on virtualization. It allows maximum use of hardware in a cost-effective way, and helps providers support customers while protecting them...
Vitamin Y: a Dell cloud – IoT update
Context: Dell’s acquisition of EMC has cast a long shadow. Since announcement last October of this major milestone in the company’s decade long quest...
Bitcoin, blockchain and banking: the “ValueWeb”
As former president of IDC Canada and marketing director with the Canada Systems Group, reviewer Paul Kennedy has long term experience with both technology...
Conquering the complexities of hybrid environment configuration management
In the IT industry, “the future is hybrid” is one of the few declarations that draws nearly-unanimous support. Research, including an InsightaaS survey of...
Interac tokens transit to IBM cloud
There’s a first time for everything, as they say. That’s certainly the case for Interac as it breaks from tradition to bring its latest...
Vitamin Y: VMware’s “transition year”
Context: Pat Gelsinger was in town this month on what is emerging as a regular bi-annual tour to talk with major Canadian customers. While...
Augment your reality
Virtual reality (VR) seems to have captured peoples' imaginations this year. We have Oculus Rift (owned by Facebook) and HTC Vive and other toys...
Cloud cost reporting: more than just small change
InsightaaS: Analyst firms play many different roles in the IT industry. Most offer some level of opinion; some offer data, often instead of informed...
TCBC Cloud Bootcamp take two
Figuring out the cloud is a challenge for many businesses. They can't decide which of the many definitions applies, and how any of them...
Forecasting the future of cloud
The final session at the Toronto Cloud Business Coalition's cloud bootcamp was entitled "Open Forum: The Future of Cloud Technology." In it, attendees - who,...
