Cloud Computing
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Microsoft OneDrive slowness irks Linux users; Netflix supports Linux on Firefox
In this week’s open source wrap, Linux users faced performance issues with Microsoft’s online services, Netflix went official with Linux support, and Gnome introduced night mode to the Linux desktop.rn
Transform IT to a Service
Transform your IT from cash-eater to profit-maker with managed IT as a service
How to transform IT in a record time with the ITaaS delivery model.
News
Adobe takes aim at customer experience, partners with Microsoft
With its new Experience Cloud offering, Adobe seeks to help enterprises optimize customer experiences. And working with Microsoft and other partners, it will create a standard semantic data model to make it easier to customize apps, capture behavioral data and glean insights.Feature
Windows Server on ARM is for Azure only
What makes the work of porting code to the ARM instruction set worthwhile is both the scale of cloud and the kind of services Microsoft runs in Azure. The economics works for cloud, not your data centers.
Feature
Why your cloud strategy should include multiple vendors
Cloud computing has become a staple of most enterprise computing environments, but CIOs are still sweating over whether to use one or more infrastructure-as-a-service provider.
It’s Open
Docker and Core OS plan to donate their container technologies to CNCF
The Linux Foundation will become home to yet another critical technology.rnNews
Google splits Hangouts in half
Google introduced a rebuilt Hangouts for the enterprise and added features to its G Suite productivity apps at Google Cloud Next.
News Analysis
Google gobbles up more big-name cloud customers
Google, saying the enterprise cloud is a natural extension of its mission, announced new customers and tools for the enterprise at its largest business conference to date.
Tech’s New Wave
What the Snap IPO means for the future of cloud infrastructure
The Snapchat parent will have no choice but to build its own computing and networking systems. Luckily, it's a good time to do just that using open source technology.News Analysis
MongoDB adds free tier and migration utility to cloud service
Seeking to reduce barriers to entry, NoSQL database specialist MongoDB has added a free tier to its MongoDB Atlas database-as-a-service (DaaS) offering. The company has also announced a new utility to make it easier to migrate data from existing deployments into the service.The Modern Enterprise
Time for facility inspections to become digital
A mobile, digital inspection platform offers advantages over paper- or spreadsheet-based facility inspection forms.Feature
Why email is safer in Office 365 than on your Exchange server
Beyond blocking spam and virus-laden messages, cloud services can determine whether links are safe to visit and whether you’re protecting the right information.
Advanced IT Strategies
Banking-as-a-Service and the survival of banks in the digital age
Banks have traditionally been considered pioneers of process automation, but they are currently in the background of today’s digitized, customer-driven financial services landscape. The disruption of traditional banking grows stronger worldwide, and banks must reinvent their services to meet today’s device-obsessed consumers expectations.It’s Open
Docker draws distinctions between enterprise and community editions
The company that popularized container technology has fine tuned its marketing strategy, creating enterprise and community editions of Docker.rn
Analysis
AWS, Microsoft and Google take different paths to the cloud
CIOs concerned about betting too heavily on a single vendor for cloud services hear pitches from the industry’s leading vendors.
Analysis
Edge computing will blow away the cloud
Self-contained devices, such as autonomous vehicles, drones and IoT devices, will push out cloud services as more computing moves to the edge, say venture capitalists.
Engineer for What’s Next
SaaS is eating the infrastructure world
It’s going to be a bumpy road ahead as companies start to adapt to serverless computing. Here’s a look at what will happen when software eats the infrastructure world.It’s Open
Lesson from AWS outage: stop putting your eggs in the same basket
It’s a dangerous scenario that the internet is becoming so reliant on a single product by a single vendor. It's time to adopt a multi-cloud strategy.
Opinion
A tale of two user experiences
The perception of software quality will be forged in the first 90 seconds. Don’t let your users experience what I had to go through.Feature
Hybrid ERP matures as companies develop better strategies
Developing new strategies to ensure that cloud and on-premises ERP systems play nice together is just one part of the hybrid challenge.
Technology Insights
Your as-a-service playbook for large enterprise has arrived
At the busy and chaotic intersection of cloud computing and as-a-service economy, spinning up sophisticated technology or enough computing power to compete with the largest companies now takes little more than the swipe of a credit card. Startups and smaller companies that are lean, nimble and can change trajectory or shift competency on a dime respond well, but traditional enterprises find it difficult to change course.
Feature
The best project management software for small business: 7 affordable tools
There’s no shortage of project management solutions for mid-size and large businesses. Small businesses, though, have limited budgets and simply can't afford high-priced project management software. Here are seven affordable options.
News Analysis
Google Cloud leader lays out ambitious plans for the enterprise
The head of Google’s enterprise business says the consumer giant has unique attributes in data management, analytics and machine learning that differentiate its cloud offerings.Feature
How open compute cuts server costs in the enterprise
Even if your organization’s not big enough to build your own servers and switches, you can still reap the benefits of OCP designs, including reduced costs.
Movers and Shakers
What we can learn from BCG's move to an ‘IT-as-a-Service’ model
Robbert Kuppens, global CIO of The Boston Consulting Group, describes how changing the company’s IT operating model to an IT-as-a-Service took more than a policy change. It took a mind shift.Intelligent Enterprise 2.0
A 4-Step Innovation Framework for CIOs
Innovation is the life line of a company and creates a sustaining competitive advantage. In today's information economy – every company is a technology company and need to have a strategy to become a digital enterprise. IT leaders are in a unique position to influence and shape this journey with the advent of big data, hybrid clouds and AI & machine learning driven algorithmic products. This practical framework discusses some of the proven techniques to bring IT led innovations to the forefront and enable an agile IT organization that stays in the path of success for emerging trends.
News Analysis
Splice Machine seeks to deliver hybrid RDBMS as a service
Splice Machine, which specializes in open source SQL RDBMS for mixed operational and analytical workloads, is aiming to offer that capability as a database-as-a-service on AWS.
Future Smart
Building the predictive enterprise: What CIOs should tell CEOs about A.I.
Artificial intelligence is a powerful, strategically important technology that can turn your organization into a predictive enterprise. But CIOs need to work with their CEOs to clarify the business case for A.I. Get ready for the A.I. revolution, but ask questions like these: How will we delight customers? Become more competitive? And what type of A.I. should we embrace?
Engineer for What’s Next
When one cloud may not be enough
With so much innovation happening with cloud providers today, the options may seem endless. That’s why more and more large companies are considering the shift to a hybrid cloud, which allows them to mix and match best-of-breed solutions to take advantage of the top option for every part of their business. Companies that still store all of their data on-premise could be missing out on a key step toward greater innovation. Whether you’ve heard of it or not, here’s what you need to know about a hybrid cloud approach—including the roadblocks to implementing it.
Semi Truths
Nintex takes workflow services to the cloud
In migrating its workflow design platform to a cloud environment, Nintex positions itself as an honest broker for a wide variety of connected services like Salesforce, Box and DocuSign. What began as a workflow design add-on to Microsoft SharePoint has turned into a full-service workflow and document management system.
The Digital Enterprise
How a rebirth at the edge will change the cloud
According to one industry veteran, the cloud era is coming to an end. What business and IT leaders need to take from this provocative statement.
Opinion
Anatomy of a cloud project cost overrun
A handful of areas in cloud integration projects produce cost ‘surprises’ with alarming regularity. Recognizing the pattern is the first step in solving the problem.Safe Commerce
If the cloud is so great, why are so many businesses unsatisfied?
The hype around cloud computing remains as adoption soars. But for 77% of companies, the challenge is finding and deploying a service that's the right fit.rn
Accent Notes
How to succeed in an as-a-service world
To take full advantage of cloud opportunities, IT organizations must restructure for the future.
Feature
Application monitoring becomes table stakes in the digital age
The lofty premium Cisco paid for AppDynamics underscores the importance of application performance monitoring software, which customers such as United Airlines use to support flight operations and passenger services.The Digital Enterprise
HPE acquisitions bring hyperconvergence, hybrid IT into the mainstream
HPE's recent acquisitions of SimpliVity and Cloud Cruiser send the clear message that hyperconvergence and the larger hybrid IT movement is ready for prime time.
Intelligent Strategies by Design
Adopt a customer-first strategy during the 'A.I. Spring'
Businesses should employ A.I. technologies as part of a holistic, customer-first strategy.
News
Trump’s trade TPP move a setback for cloud computing
With President Trump's move to walk away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, administration is 'starting from zero' on digital trade policy.
The ROI of Enterprise IT
3 steps CIOs can take to lead more strategically in 2017
2017 is the year for CIOs to change perceptions; IT isn’t a utility, and you aren’t a utility player. Following these strategies around cloud, application support, and security will go a long way toward elevating your role to strategic leader.It’s Open
How to install openSUSE Leap bash shell in Windows 10
This tutorial will help you in running openSUSE Leap (command line), within Windows.News
Trump administration threatens net neutrality, cloud and IoT
Outgoing FCC chairman Tom Wheeler urges his successors not to undo controversial open internet order, which he says is key to a vibrant cloud computing marketplace.It’s Open
OpenSUSE comes to Windows 10. Plus, can you trust WhatsApp?
While openSUSE comes to Windows 10 through bash shell, a bug was discovered in WhatsApp.It’s Open
Mirantis to offer commercial support for OpenContrail SDN platform
The company will deploy TCP cloud technology that it acquired to offer OpenContrail support.Outsourcing and the Global Economy
What does the future hold for the IT services industry?
Even an uncertain global economy does not dampen the spirit of technology buyers. But providers that want to compete must think about their business in a new way.
Inside the Transforming Enterprise
Preparing your enterprise for IoT and automation in the workplace: Part 2
Part 2 in a two-part series on preparing your business or organization for automating and leveraging IoT to connect operations and your workplace.Eye on Apple
Nvidia’s GeForce Now: A solution for Mac gamers?
Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service is coming to the Mac. Mac gamers will be able to play games with high-end Nvidia graphics cards via the cloud.
Consumer Tech Radar
5 simple steps to boost your digital hygiene in 2017
January is a good time to stop making excuses and get your digital life in order. Here are five inexpensive, money-saving, aggravation-reducing ways to maintain tech, and protect yourself and the environment in the New Year.
News Analysis
IT service providers increase investment in onshore locations
A number of factors are driving leading global IT and business process outsourcing providers to open more onshore than offshore locations.
Building a Digital Enterprise
Game changing enterprise trends for 2017
As true digital transformation takes hold, IT and business leaders are assessing what's working and looking out to the challenges and opportunities ahead.-
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