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Big changes are coming in the big data and analytics arena, and IT decision-makers should prepare for major advances in 2018. The most significant big data trend is the increased i... More

Virtualization- The march toward wholly virtualized IT environments rolls on. Companies are virtualizing more than just desktop systems these days and are beginning to expand their... More

Chris Murphy, Oracle: When it comes to database workloads, the shift to the cloud has only barely begun. Oracle Executive Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison recently explained how, as ... More

In 2016, recruiters grappled with an evolving job market, an incredibly competitive hiring landscape, a shortage of IT talent and sky-high salaries for in-demand roles. Those trend... More

6. The uniting of private cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure - Not all the action is in the public cloud. Tectonic shifts are occurring even within the realm of on-premises in... More

Cognizant is on an acquisition spree, with four full buyouts and two partial ones in 2016. Eight of its 16 acquisitions in the past six years were during the past two years – 201... More

Microsoft has drastically increased the maximum file size limit on Azure Blob Storage, the company's cloud-based object storage offering, from 195GB to a whopping 4.77TB. Now scien... More

As public cloud computing platforms become a mainstream element of the enterprise, MarkLogic CEO Gary Bloom predicts IT leaders in 2017 will start focusing more on crafting multi-c... More

Look to see more big data activity in the cloud. According to Gartner, the worldwide public cloud services market is expected to grow by 16.5% overall in 2016, with cloud applicati... More

Private app stores- Remember when every business was going to have its own app store (or its own custom version of the big-name app stores) with line of business apps showing up al... More

Though they are often discussed in the same breath, IT professionals view emerging technologies like the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and 3D printin... More

Team assessment- Did you have the talent necessary to take on all the work and projects your team was asked to do? Where were you understaffed? Were there areas where you were over... More

While experience and heritage in business can be very valuable in driving future success, it can also be something of a drawback when seeking to drive digital transformation. Where... More

AI is flourishing now because of the rise of ubiquitous computing, low-cost cloud services, near unlimited inexpensive storage, new algorithms, and other related technology innovat... More

Enterprises have all sorts of justifications for moving to the cloud: avoiding capital expense, adding scalability to applications, even cloud lust on the part of CEOs who want to ... More

Accenture has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Arismore, a privately held company in France that specializes in providing security services, including identity and ac... More

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit advancing professional open source management for mass collaboration, today welcomed Dell EMC to the OpenSDS Project. The OpenSDS community is f... More

While many teams within your organization contribute to your success, one that cannot be overlooked or understated is the relationship with your IT group. As marketing continues to... More

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on goods manufactured in Mexico and offshore may accelerate the movement to cloud computing, analysts said. IT managers ma... More

You're looking at a computing world that hides the computers. Yes, we'll have massive amounts of computational power in our pockets, and on our desks, but they'll only be a fractio... More