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3 keys to the Big Data fast-track
One measure of tech ROI is user adoption: software that is not incorporated into workplace processes is of questionable value. Recognizing this principle, creators...
Dell EMC World 2016 – a study in integration
One strain of management theory holds that the success of an acquisition depends on the speed and efficiency with which the new business is...
DCD 2016 dives deeper into cloud
Conversations at this year’s Datacenter Dynamics Converged/Cloud Symposium shifted from discussion of general trends in cloud deployment to more laser focus on factors that...
What exactly is AI?
We used to think of artificial intelligence (AI) as the stuff of science fiction. And it was often evil, especially in the movies. Remember...
IBM launches Innovation Space
IBM Canada celebrated the official opening of its Innovation Space for entrepreneurs and startups this month. The goal of this initiative is to provide...
Plugging in to customer experience
It wasn’t that long ago that Google Maps became the go to plug-in for business websites. The fact you could “find us” with a...
‘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...
How Linux took over the world
The computing world is never a dull place, and sometimes the most innocuous-seeming things turn into monsters. Consider, for example, the Linux operating system.
Twenty-five...
FIDO progress on passwords
Since the early iterations of user names and passwords, the road to creating a simple but secure online experience has been a long and...
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...
Year of the bots
When most of us hear the term ‘bot’, we think of the infamous botnets that bombard us with malware-laden spam or deliver automated denial...
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...
Analytics may boost network security
Security is top of mind for most of us. Everyone, it appears, is out to do evil, and to make a profit from it....
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...
Microsecond speed in new financial fabric
Imagine a global fabric that connects all financial and capital markets, linking buyers and sellers to each other through one large, secure networking pipe....
