Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Shadow IT: you’ve probably heard of it. Also known as Stealth IT, this refers to information technology (IT) systems built and used within organizations without explicit organizational approval or deployed by departments other than the IT department. A recent survey of IT decision makers ranked Shadow IT as the lowest […]
IT Spending: The Value-Driven Approach
Click to learn more about author Sachin Reja. Advances in information technology (IT) are forcing businesses in all industries to evaluate their IT spend. The impetus here is to reduce staffing costs and other expenditures while investing more in digital tools and programing. With the landscape of IT evolving and with more platforms being utilized […]
Blockchain Use Cases
Blockchain, which is akin to a distributed and decentralized accounts ledger, can record and verify high volumes of digital transactions, irrespective of location. So, blockchain has the capacity to contribute to many industry sectors, besides finance. As a secure technology platform, blockchain’s main benefits are accuracy, protection against fraud, and easy sharing of information. The […]
Maintaining Consumer Privacy in a Remote Work Era
Click to learn more about author Anurag Kahol. This past year proved to be a time of dramatic change for companies and consumers all around the world. The remote work shift led to a surge in cloud usage as users, devices, apps, and data were forced to move off-premises. In fact, 54 percent of organizations […]
What Is Data Integration?
Data integration refers to actions taken in creating consistent, quality, and usable data from one or more diverse data sets. As technologies become more complex and change over time, data variety and volume grow exponentially and the speed of data transfer becomes ever shorter. Data integration has and will continue to become more critical to […]
Lessons from a Real Disaster Recovery: Plan for Basic Infrastructure (Part II)
Click to learn more about author W. Curtis Preston. You might think that restoring the operating system and data for hundreds of computers would be your primary challenge in a disaster recovery; however, a recent podcast interview with someone who went through an actual disaster recovery says otherwise. This is the second in a series […]
15 DevOps Trends to Watch for in 2021
Click to learn more about author Nicholas Winston. DevOps is the popular technology of software development sought by the IT community globally. And now, rather than just being about dev and ops, it is expected to add more value in delivering new features and products and taking away limitations between a business and its customers. […]
It’s Time for All Employees to Take the “Personal Privacy Pledge”
Click to learn more about author Rajesh Ganesan. Contrary to popular belief, data privacy is not the responsibility of corporations. Sure, corporations are on the hook should there be a breach and an organization is found to be in violation of data privacy laws; however, everyone plays a part. It is not possible to outsource […]
Ten Use Cases to Enable an Organization with Metadata and Catalogs
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. Enterprises are modernizing their data platforms and associated tool-sets to serve the fast needs of data practitioners, including data scientists, data analysts, business intelligence and reporting analysts, and self-service-embracing business and technology personnel. However, as the tool-stack in most organizations is getting modernized, so is the variety of […]
The Three Trends Defining Business Transformations and Success in 2021
Click to learn more about author Thomas Rosinski. COVID-19 forced a massive, disruptive change in the pace of business. A sudden and across-the-board shift to digital services hardened an IT culture around speed, efficiency, and rapid growth — capitalizing on trends that had already been at work for years and were given a sudden jolt […]