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Nov 15, 2022
Ron Williams explains all to Jon Collins Jon Collins: Hi Ron, thanks for joining me! I have two questions, if I may. One's the general question of observability versus what's been called application performance monitoring, APM - there's been some debate about this in the industry, I know. Also, how do they both fit in […]
The post How APM, Observability and AIOps drive Operational Awareness appeared first on GigaOm.
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Nov 15, 2022
I was lucky enough to sit down with Appian's healthcare industry lead, Fritz Haimberger. Fritz is someone who practices what he preaches — outside of his day job, he still spare-times as a medic and a firefighter in his hometown of Franklin, Tennessee (just outside Nashville). I've been lucky enough to work with various healthcare […]
The post Can low code process automation platforms fix healthcare? appeared first on GigaOm.
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Nov 09, 2022
At the end of last week, I was fortunate to be attending Pluralsight's EXP executive event in London. In case you don't know, Pluralsight is an online courses provider offering cloud computing courses to budding programmers, network and security engineers, cloud architects, and in general, helping people break into tech — the company is also […]
The post A Ray of Hope for Getting Into the Tech Industry appeared first on GigaOm.
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Nov 09, 2022
Sovereign Cloud was one of VMware's big announcements at its annual VMware Explore Europe conference this year. Not that the company was announcing the still-evolving notion of sovereignty, but what it calls "sovereign-ready solutions." Data sovereignty is the need to ensure data is managed according to local and national laws. This has always been important, […]
The post Now's the Moment to be Thinking About Sovereign Cloud appeared first on GigaOm.
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Aug 30, 2022
Inspired by Harley Manning's excellent advice on vendor briefings for evaluations, I thought I would document some of my recent experiences. Let's be realistic: GigaOm is not the gorilla in the analyst market. Plus, we have some curious differences from other analyst firms — not least that we major in practitioner-led evaluation, bringing in an […]
The post Five Top Tips for Radar Briefings appeared first on GigaOm.
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Aug 05, 2022
As we have grown substantially over the past two years. We are often asked who (even) is GigaOm, what the company does, how it differentiates, and so on. These are fair questions—many people still remember what we can call GigaOm 1.0, that fine media company born of the blogging wave. We've been through the GigaOm […]
The post Achieve more with GigaOm appeared first on GigaOm.
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Jul 07, 2022
Traditionally we have taken the approach that we trust everything in the network, everything in the enterprise, and put our security at the edge of that boundary. Pass all of our checks and you are in the "trusted" group. That worked well when the opposition was not sophisticated, most end user workstations were desktops, the […]
The post Pragmatic view of Zero Trust appeared first on GigaOm.
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Jun 19, 2022
I'm not going to lie. As I sit on a plane flying away from Valencia, I confess to have been taken aback by the scale of Kubecon Europe this year. In my defence, I wasn't alone the volume of attendees appeared to take conference organisers and exhibitors by surprise, illustrated by the notable lack of […]
The post Retrospective thoughts on Kubecon appeared first on GigaOm.
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Jun 19, 2022
I'm not going to lie. As I sit on a plane flying away from Valencia, I confess to have been taken aback by the scale of Kubecon Europe this year. In my defence, I wasn't alone the volume of attendees appeared to take conference organisers and exhibitors by surprise, illustrated by the notable lack of […]
The post Retrospective thoughts on KubeCon Europe 2022 appeared first on GigaOm.
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Mar 23, 2022
Over the last couple of years, ransomware has taken center stage in data protection, but very few people realize it is only
The post Ransomware: Why It's Time to Think of it as a Data Management Problem appeared first on Gigaom.
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Feb 01, 2022
The Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) spectrum does not require providers to have a telecommunications license. Being able to operate without a license
The post Long Distance, Low-Power WAN Drives IoT Connections appeared first on Gigaom.
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Feb 01, 2022
When the Skipton Building Society, headquartered in northern England, needed to expand its capacity without adding headcount, it conducted an analysis of
The post British Lender Increases Efficiency with RPA appeared first on Gigaom.
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Jan 18, 2022
Software development teams are increasingly focused on identifying and mitigating any issues as quickly and completely as possible. This relates not only
The post Security Tools Help Bring Dev and Security Teams Together appeared first on Gigaom.
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Jan 18, 2022
For a market segment as stable as application performance monitoring (APM), for individual vendors—even mature established vendors—to stand out requires a unique
The post APM Solutions Venture into AI and DevOps appeared first on Gigaom.
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Dec 10, 2021
Why use a Field Test/Price Benchmark? Over the past few years, the requirement for low-cost cloud solutions has risen, with more organizations
The post How cloud data warehouse vendors can benefit from a price benchmark appeared first on Gigaom.
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Dec 09, 2021
Introduction Application programming interfaces, or APIs, are now the standard infrastructure for communication software. Popular infrastructures, such as containers and Kubernetes, have
The post The Benefits Of A Performance Benchmark For API Management appeared first on Gigaom.
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Dec 08, 2021
Why Price Benchmark Data Storage? Customers, understandably, are highly driven by budget when it comes to data storage solutions. The cost of
The post The Benefits of a Price Benchmark for Data Storage appeared first on Gigaom.
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Dec 06, 2021
Blog Title: Assessing Providers of Low-Power Wide Area Network Technology Companies are taking note of how Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) can
The post Assessing Providers of Low-Power Wide Area Network Technology appeared first on Gigaom.
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Dec 06, 2021
Blog Title: Assessing Providers of Low-Power Wide Area Network Technology Companies are taking note of how Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) can provide long-distance communications for certain use cases. While its slow data transfer rates and high latency aren't going to be driving any high intensity video streaming or other bandwidth-hungry situations, it can provide […]
The post Assessing Providers of Low-Power Wide Area Networks appeared first on GigaOm.
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Dec 06, 2021
It seems like every day the news brings new stories of cyberattacks. Whether ransomware, malware, crippling viruses, or more frequently of late—distributed
The post Defeating Distributed Denial of Service Attacks appeared first on Gigaom.
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Sep 09, 2021
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the management of infrastructure (networks, virtual machines, load balancers, and connection topology) through machine-readable definition files, rather
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Aug 27, 2021
In June we published updated versions of our Hybrid Cloud Data Protection Key Criteria and Radar reports. This year we decided to
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Jul 19, 2021
I love working for Gigaom because we don't settle. Ever. The Gigaom Key Criteria and Radar reports have gotten a lot of
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Jul 13, 2021
The term Observability might come as a conundrum for anyone who has been involved in IT Operations over the years, given how
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Jun 18, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are redefining the enterprise IT landscape, as across verticals see the potential for AI and
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Jun 18, 2021
High-performance object storage is a data storage architecture designed for handling large amounts of unstructured data. It has historically been known for
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Jun 11, 2021
We are seeing increasing numbers of enterprise projects where data is produced, consumed, analyzed, and reacted to in real-time. In this way,
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Jun 02, 2021
In the highly competitive and skilled world of enterprise IT, continued technology training has always been a huge part of career development.
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May 28, 2021
There's a lot of buzz lately around platforms designed to make building, designing, and launching applications easier and more accessible for people
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May 27, 2021
All enterprises were already using cloud computing in one way or the other when the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly accelerated the migration of
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May 27, 2021
All enterprises were already using cloud computing in one way or the other when the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly accelerated the migration of
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May 21, 2021
While the CEO or CTO often drives the digital transformation effort at most companies, last year it was COVID-19, not the executive
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May 20, 2021
In a rapidly changing and unpredictable enterprise technology landscape, flexibility rules the day. That's why businesses of all sizes are embracing hybrid
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May 20, 2021
In the last year, the very concept of the office environment—and how work, collaboration, and communication takes place—changed dramatically. Now that users
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May 06, 2021
Software innovation and delivery are on the top of just about any forward-thinking executive's priority list these days, and businesses are doubling
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May 06, 2021
Figure 1. GigaOm Radar for Evaluating Performance Testing Tools As we noted in a previous article, the market for performance testing tools
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Apr 23, 2021
No organization wants its name in the headlines because of a security incident or data breach, but major security incidents occur globally
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Apr 23, 2021
NoSQL databases store data differently than relational databases and come in several different "types" based on their data model. Because of the
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Apr 23, 2021
NoSQL databases store data differently than relational databases and come in several different "types" based on their data model. Because of the
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Apr 13, 2021
If you're like me and have been around the block in tech more than once, you've seen three-letter acronyms come and go.
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Apr 12, 2021
The number of businesses migrating to the cloud is constantly growing. Hybrid cloud is now considered a standard approach by organizations of
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Apr 09, 2021
Don't look now, but GigaOm, the analyst firm that enables smart businesses to future-proof their decisions, is forging new partnerships to extend
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Apr 09, 2021
What is an edge platform? In a recent report, GigaOm Radar for Edge Platforms, Analyst Chris Grundemann says the term itself remains
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Apr 08, 2021
Flash memory is now the standard for storing active data in the data center. NVMe and NVMe over Fiber (NVMe-oF) are on
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Apr 05, 2021
Data volumes continue to skyrocket and businesses keep working to harness that data for analytics and intelligence, driving innovation and improving business…
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Apr 05, 2021
Inside the GigaOm Key Criteria ReportAny IT leader worth their salt wants to ensure that applications meet their required service levels and…
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Mar 26, 2021
NoSQL databases have seen a lot of growth in the past several years. The realities of the pandemic have exposed how important…
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Mar 25, 2021
What is the legendary creature we call Culture Change? I keep hearing it in DevOps circles as the answer to everything, but…
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Mar 24, 2021
Data volume and complexity has soared in recent years, and so too have transaction volumes. In this environment, the performance of transactional…
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Mar 23, 2021
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde may have been channeling his inner IT…
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Mar 17, 2021
We've all heard the saying "If you want something done right, do it yourself." The well-worn mantra of successful entrepreneurs holds true…
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Mar 17, 2021
The term "edge" emerged back in 2017, but the market for these types of products is still maturing. Edge platforms use distributed…
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Mar 05, 2021
I had the pleasure of producing my first analyst report in one of the hottest categories for GigaOm—cloud observability. Here are my…
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Feb 26, 2021
Getting Started with Value Stream Management Value stream management (VSM) has been one of the hottest buzzwords in DevOps over the last…
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Feb 23, 2021
Santa Barbara, CA - February 18, 2021 - Gigaom, the analyst firm enabling smart businesses to future-proof their decisions, today announces record…
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Feb 19, 2021
In the past, data storage was one of the most conservative areas of IT. Storage system administrators were typically depicted as grumpy…
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Feb 10, 2021
Enterprises are more distributed than ever—and really, a better term now might be dispersed. Large enterprises have operations in multiple sites, regions,…
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Feb 04, 2021
If you've followed my work in the last few years, you know I'm a fan of object storage. I always thought the…
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Jan 18, 2021
I attended the DRYiCE analyst day to look in on the progress of this relatively young part of HCL. Clearly, no moss…
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Jan 18, 2021
The problem is not that testing is the bottleneck. The problem is that you don't know what's in the bottle. That's a…
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Jan 12, 2021
When GigaOm VP of Research Jon Collins published his latest report, "GigaOm Radar for Evaluating DevSecOps Tools," it kicked off a discussion…
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Jan 07, 2021
Here at Gigaom we're looking at how leading-edge technologies impact the enterprise, and what organizations can do to gear up for the…
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Jan 07, 2021
I've been writing a lot lately about NVMe/TCP and other enabling data center technologies. I used the approach taken by Lightbits Labs…
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Jan 07, 2021
I've been writing a lot lately about NVMe/TCP and other enabling data center technologies. I used the approach taken by Lightbits Labs…
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Dec 18, 2020
There is an increasing demand for NVMe devices in enterprise storage. Not surprising at all, NVMe is becoming the standard interface in…
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Dec 17, 2020
The widespread adoption of Agile, coupled with the rise of DevOps, means you'd be forgiven for thinking software development is now an…
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Dec 11, 2020
"In a relatively short time, we've taken a system built to resist destruction by nuclear weapons and made it vulnerable to toasters."…
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Dec 10, 2020
Simon Gibson earlier this year published the report, "GigaOm Radar for Phishing Prevention and Detection," which assessed more than a dozen security…
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Dec 10, 2020
So often, technology practitioners can feel like the cobblers' children of tech—we talk about how development and operations can be automated, yet…
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Dec 07, 2020
IT operations (ITOps) has always been rooted in data gathering and analysis. Now artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are being…
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Nov 30, 2020
One of the most exciting announcements at VMworld this year was Project Monterey. Long story short, VMware wants to offload some high-demand…
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Nov 17, 2020
GigaOm last week updated a benchmark report we had published in August titled, "Costs and Benefits of .NET Application Migration to the…
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Nov 11, 2020
At Cloud Field Day 9 Netapp presented some of its cloud solutions. This comes on the heels of NetApp Insight, the annual…
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Nov 06, 2020
Yes, much of the world may have moved on from email to social media and culturally dubious TikTok dances, yet traditional electronic…
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Oct 27, 2020
Could we be entering an era of hands-free data centers, where remote software and robotics handle tasks that until now have fallen…
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Oct 26, 2020
DevOps' general aim is to enable a more efficient process for producing software and technology solutions and bringing stakeholders together to speed…
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Oct 23, 2020
"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." It's an old management saw, but one rooted in truth, especially in the…
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Oct 20, 2020
So-called legacy software gets that name for a reason—it's done enough for the organization over the years to earn a legacy enabling…
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Oct 09, 2020
DevOps' Next Level: Value Stream Management Faster isn't better when you're running full speed the wrong way. That's the message coming from…
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Oct 09, 2020
DevOps' Next Level: Value Stream Management Faster isn't better when you're running full speed the wrong way. That's the message coming from…
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Sep 30, 2020
One of the most interesting and successful research projects I've worked on lately was the one about unstructured data management. Our clients…
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Sep 15, 2020
Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has quickly earned a place in the datacenter, mostly due to the promise of infrastructure simplification. HCI has already…
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Sep 14, 2020
Storage vendors, especially startups, are finally supporting new media types in their systems. In this article I want to talk about the…
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Sep 04, 2020
It was just over a year ago when former GigaOm Analyst JP Morgenthal published an in-depth Key Criteria/Market Landscape report, titled "Robotic…
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Aug 29, 2020
Enterprises of all sizes are embracing hybrid cloud strategies that are becoming more complex and structured. But they want the flexibility to…
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Aug 27, 2020
I had the chance to meet with storage startup Nebulon recently and have been thinking about the company's solution and value proposition.…
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Aug 27, 2020
I had the chance to meet with storage startup Nebulon recently and have been thinking about the company's solution and value proposition.…
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Aug 24, 2020
Robotic process automation (RPA) lets businesses quickly transition analog, human-led activities into automated digital actions. What differentiates RPA from tools that have…
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Aug 12, 2020
In a recent report, "Key Criteria for Evaluating People Analytics," distinguished analyst Stowe Boyd looks at the emerging field of people analytics,…
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Aug 10, 2020
In a new Key Criteria report, GigaOm analyst Enrico Signoretti looks at how file storage—one of the most popular ways to store…
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Aug 05, 2020
Value Stream Management (VSM) began on production lines in the 20th century, with manufacturers using multiple, small increases in efficiency to reduce…
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Jul 23, 2020
Are you looking into Workplace tools and optimization strategies or solutions? Register to attend our free webinar on August 13th entitled, "Workplace…
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Jul 22, 2020
In his recent Key Criteria Report, respected analyst and author Chris Grundemann explores the criteria needed to understand and evaluate software-defined wide…
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Jul 21, 2020
Data is the "new oil" for modern tech, transforming countless industries and providing invaluable insight as organizations leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and…
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Jul 16, 2020
Do you remember the data center of the past? And by past, I mean 20 to 25 years ago, when there was…
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Jul 14, 2020
DevOps is an area defined by aspiration - there's a better way of doing things, it suggests, a path to faster software…
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Jul 10, 2020
Kubernetes was created in 2014 to allow administrators to run distributed systems easily. Thanks to its 100% open source nature, it can…
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Jun 29, 2020
In a new Key Criteria Report, GigaOm Analyst Ned Bellavance outlines the features and capabilities that define the best edge colocation solutions…
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Jun 26, 2020
IT Operations have seen huge changes in the past two decades, but none may be more important than the adoption of artificial…
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Jun 26, 2020
IT Operations have seen huge changes in the past two decades, but none may be more important than the adoption of artificial…
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