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 […]
What you need to know about Azure Notebooks Modern business applications bring together many strands of development. You’re no doubt most familiar with n-tier applications, building on decades of programming skills and techniques, linking UI to code and to data. They’re familiar and easy to understand. But that all changes when you start to add […]
No, edge computing will not replace cloud computing The press is still having a field day with this relatively new tech term edge computing, and how it will soon displace cloud computing. I’ve seen more a half dozen articles in just the last two months that advancing the perception that edge computing will displace, not […]
IDG Contributor Network: New year, new terms: multicloud is here For countless organizations, a new calendar year means new tech challenges and potential new strategies ahead. Cloud technologies are so flexible with so many options that the best answer for a given organization may not be obvious. It takes a bit of research to analyze […]
IDG Contributor Network: Who needs monitoring in a serverless world? Like many, I was at the AWS Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas in December. No surprise—lots going on in the fast-moving world of cloud computing. In particular, the rise of serverless technology left many asking, what monitoring do you really need if it’s all taken […]
TensorFlow review: The best deep learning library gets better If you looked at TensorFlow as a deep learning framework last year and decided that it was too hard or too immature to use, it might be time to give it another look. Since I reviewed TensorFlow r0.10 in October 2016, Google’s open source framework for […]
Cloud portability: Why you’ll never really get there Portability means that you can move an application from one host environment to another, including cloud to cloud such as from Amazon Web Services to Microsoft Azure. The work needed to complete the porting of an application from one platform to another depends upon the specific circumstances. […]
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