Technology of the Year 2018: The best hardware, software, and cloud services Was 2017 the year that every product under the sun was marketed as being cognitive, having machine learning, or being artificially intelligent? Well, yes. But don’t hate all of them. In many cases, machine learning actually did improve the functionality of products, sometimes […]
IDG Contributor Network: Cloud contracts: 5 must-have elements The cloud is growing at an annual rate of 22 percent and is projected to come in at $178 billion in 2018, according to Forrester Research. There is no question: The cloud is where companies are investing heavily. One topic we rarely hear about is the legal […]
One cloud accounting dilemma will soon be fixed You know cloud computing is here to stay when the accountants take notice. The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force plans to propose new rules for how to deal with cloud computing service costs. The updated guidance means that a customer under contract with a […]
IDG Contributor Network: What IT needs to know about cloud economics: costs Cloud computing sometimes defies economic analysis. The public cloud, in particular, is associated with abundance rather than scarcity, one of the key concepts of economics. But while the cloud creates efficiencies, it does not eliminate constraints or the need to choose between competing […]
What is big data? Everything you need to know There’s data, and then there’s big data. So, what’s the difference? Big data defined Big data in general refers to sets of data that are so large in volume and so complex that traditional data processing software products are not capable of capturing, managing, and processing […]
Tech Talk: Where blockchain’s going this year Computerworld | Jan 26, 2018 Blockchain has moved away from its cryptocurrency roots and is now being eyed as a platform for everything from global shipping to P2P cloud storage to real estate. Our Tech Talk panel looks at where it’s going in 2018. Similar IT Insights […]
IDG Contributor Network: Harmonizing big data with an enterprise knowledge graph One of the most significant results of the big data era is the broadening diversity of data types required to solidify data as an enterprise asset. The maturation of technologies addressing scale and speed has done little to decrease the difficulties associated with complexity, […]
IDG Contributor Network: AI disruptions and the power of intelligent data Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence brings in transformations through practically every domain and industry in an unprecedented way. Fueled by ever increasing computing resources, evolution of faster algorithms, developments in machine learning backed by vast amounts of data—AI is bringing rapid changes the existing […]
How likely can terrorists, nuclear attacks, or hackers take down the cloud? For all you Chicken Littles out there: A cyber problem that shuts down a top US cloud computing provider for three to six days could trigger a loss to clients of between $5.3 billion and $19 billion in business losses, of which only […]
IDG Contributor Network: SaaS economy in the age of containers The killer feature of any SaaS business is the massive reduction of operational cost and complexity including setup, configuration, ongoing maintenance and upgrades. Given the runaway success of SaaS in recent decades, we can clearly see that using a SaaS model instead of traditional shrink-wrapped […]
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