While early science fiction shows like “Buck Rogers” (1939) and “The Fly” (1950) depicted teleportation technology, it was Star Trek’s transporter room that made real-time living matter transfer a classical sci-fi trope. While we haven’t built technology that enables real-time matter transfer yet, modern science is pursuing concepts like superposition and quantum teleportation to facilitate information transfer across any distance […]
Going Green: 3 Actionable Steps to Implement Sustainable Cloud Computing
Research has shown that information and communication technology’s true proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions, including cloud computing, could be around 2.1-3.9%, which equates to higher emissions than the aviation industry. And as businesses increasingly rely on the cloud, minimizing this impact becomes critical. While most major cloud providers are talking about going green– AWS and […]
The Five Biggest Challenges with Large-Scale Cloud Migrations
The popularity of cloud computing continues to grow. In fact, research firm Gartner indicates that by 2028, cloud computing will “shift from being a technology disruptor to becoming a necessary component for maintaining business competitiveness.” It is estimated that as many as 90% of organizations in the United States are utilizing the cloud to some degree, with 47% pursuing a […]
Cloudera Introduces Next Phase of Open Data Lakehouse on Private Cloud
According to a new press release, Cloudera, a data company specializing in trusted enterprise AI, has unveiled the next phase of its open data lakehouse on private cloud, aiming to revolutionize on-premises data experiences for scalable analytics and AI. With recent enhancements, Cloudera has become the sole provider offering an open data lakehouse with Apache Iceberg […]
How DSPM Fits into Your Cloud Security Stack
DSPM solutions provide unique security capabilities and are specifically tailored to addressing sensitive data in the cloud, but also to supporting a holistic cloud security stack. As the variety and sophistication of attacks increase over time, new challenges arise that the existing security stack can hardly keep up with. A new, more aligned, and holistic […]
Fundamentals of Data Virtualization
Organizations are increasingly employing innovative technology called “data virtualization” (DV) to tackle high volumes of data from varied sources. Data virtualization is widely used in enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and sales force automation (SFA) systems to collect and aggregate multi-source data. From multi-sourced data acquisition to advanced analytics, this technology seems […]
Exabeam and IDC Study Finds 57% of Companies Experience Significant Security Incidents
According to a new press release, research from Exabeam and International Data Corporation (IDC) highlights the challenges faced by organizations worldwide in defending against cyberattacks. Despite reported improvements in threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) capabilities, more than half of the surveyed companies (57%) experienced significant security incidents in the past year, requiring additional resources […]
What Trends to Expect in 2024 in Enterprise Storage? (Part Two)
Seven trends in enterprise storage have been identified for 2024. (Click here for the first four trends in part one.) In part two, we will look at the remaining three trends. This information will help equip you to prioritize and be successful in the new year. Trend: Skills gap in storage calls for an increase […]
Cloud Computing Trends in 2024
In 2024, the trends of cloud computing will be influenced by increasing cloud costs and the expanding use of advanced AI (such as ChatGPT). Businesses continue to move their operations to the cloud, with the goals of becoming more efficient and improving their customers’ experiences. Organizations will continue to use cloud services as a way […]
Unstructured Data Management Predictions for 2024
As unstructured data continues to grow exponentially, it is creating an inflection point for IT leaders. The average enterprise IT organization is managing petabytes of file and object data. This has resulted in high costs for data storage and protection, growing security risks from shadow IT and too many data silos, and the desire to leverage […]