IDG Contributor Network: Human data is the future of information With GDPR finally on the books, I’ve been thinking a lot about the core issues of this truly global data regulation. Last month, I dove into how anxiety about bad data hygiene can be solved with interface—building back-end data hubs and intuitive frontend to empower […]
Open source serverless: Fission, Fn, Kubeless, and OpenWhisk The word “serverless” is a beguiling buzzword if there ever was one because servers are kind of pain. All of those patches for those security holes that are described in a bazillion words in a million emails sitting in your inbox? If you could get rid of […]
How the cloud will kill your business One of the benefits of cloud computing is that it lets you punch above your weight. A business can quickly enable computing resources at a fraction of the cost it once paid, so cloud computing helps level the field for smaller businesses. This is good news for the […]
What is TensorFlow? The machine learning library explained Machine learning is a complex discipline. But implementing machine learning models is far less daunting and difficult than it used to be, thanks to machine learning frameworks—such as Google’s TensorFlow—that ease the process of acquiring data, training models, serving predictions, and refining future results. Created by the […]
How to create a Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster in the Google Cloud While the cloud continues to grow in popularity for many, if not most, enterprise applications, IT departments remain reluctant to trust public clouds, including the Google Cloud Platform, for business-critical Microsoft SQL Server applications. Their primary concern is the increased risk and […]
Cloud costs too high? It’s your own fault CFOs seem to be fainting at the sight of the cloud bills these days. For many, unpredictable costs are a major issue. Another is the lack of visibility into cloud resource usage. This is so frustrating to me. I’ve been preaching the value of cloud cost monitoring […]
Introducing CloudEvents for event-driven development A recurring argument about cloud application development suggests that “it’s someone else’s computer.” While there’s a kernel of truth in there, especially if you’re only lifting and shifting code from an on-premises datacenter to an IaaS pubic cloud, it’s an aphorism that ignores the economic benefits that come from adopting […]
Why use SaltStack for automation and orchestration Thomas S. Hatch released Salt, aka the SaltStack Platform, in 2011 after becoming frustrated with the (slow) speed of the Ruby-based open source configuration management systems available at the time, including Puppet and Chef. Hatch used the open source ZeroMQ messaging library for networking and Python as the […]
Oracle’s and IBM’s IaaS cloud strategy: Talk big, invest little The cloud may rapidly be moving into serverless computing, but winning the cloud competition requires lots (and lots) of servers. Indeed, if you want to see who is winning biggest in IaaS, you simply need to follow the money to Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud […]
IDG Contributor Network: How will data intelligence transform the enterprise? As long as people have been doing business they’ve been looking for ways to improve their products, fine-tune their process, and reach more customers. There have been some truly innovative techniques developed over the years. However, few have been as potentially game-changing as data intelligence. […]
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