Inside the Briefcase
By Mike Sheldon, CurvatureWhile the economy is showing signs of an uptick, many businesses are not ready to throw caution to the wind quite yet in terms of their approach to IT infrastructure investment. Feeling the pinch first hand, IT departments have grown accustomed to being asked to do more with less. Read More >>>
with Mac McConnell, BonitaSoftIn this interview, Mac McConnell from BonitaSoft describes some of the positive and negative attributes of social business, and outlines ways in which BPM and social business can work together to increase efficiency and productivity for enterprises today. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingThe cloud gained a legal victory recently in a case between a startup and several major broadcasting players. The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York has refused to shut down Aereo, a service that allows users to record live broadcast content in the cloud for later consumption. Read More >>>
Daniel Joseph Barry, NapatechThree recent trends in the IT industry have improved the efficiency and effectiveness of digital services: cloud computing, big data analysis and mobility. Unfortunately, this also provides cybercriminals with fewer, and more valuable, targets. Read More >>>
By Yves de Montcheuil, Talend Dark data that beyond these limits resides, if properly mastered, incredible opportunities for Data Jedis will create, for the Force to unleash and for their organization’s bottom line to levitate. Read More >>>
By Kurt Hagerman, FireHostA highly secure cloud is not a myth. It’s not even out of reach. In fact, you can lock down your virtual infrastructure as tightly as any Fortune 50 enterprise does, by getting four components right: security, management, performance, and compliance. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingThe cloud is transforming the way businesses access and store critical applications and information, and it’s also changing the roles of IT workers in general and database administrators in particular. Read More >>>
with Tim Minahan, AribaIn this interview, Tim Minahan from Ariba outlines ways in which social business networks provide an easy way to link, coordinate, and conduct virtual business in today’s rapidly evolving business world. Read More >>>
with Lisa Joy Rosner, NetBaseIn this interview, Lisa Joy Rosner from NetBase outlines ways in which organizations can integrate the data being collected through their social media channels, and utilize this social data in conjunction with their other data sources to maximize business value. Read More >>>
with Ethan McCarty, IBM Enterprise Social Web StrategyIn this interview, Ethan McCarty, Director of IBM Enterprise Social Web Strategy offers expert advice to business entities interested in utilizing social business to increase productivity and foster innovation within their organization. Read More >>>
with Tara Sporrer, Moxie SoftwareIn the below interview, Tara Sporrer outlines ways in which companies can maximize the benefits of social business by making accessible the “collective smarts” of their organization. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingResearchers at MIT are hard at work revealing how cloud computing can perform to its greatest potential while helping businesses gain a firm understanding of the pricing of cloud services and how to diagnose any potential hiccups in the system. Read More >>>
By Ray Gerber, Thunderhead.comMaintaining your customer base requires critical insight into their needs, preferences and behavior. It also requires consistently delivering positive experiences that strengthen relationships…Read More >>>
By Raj Sabhlok, ManageEngineWith March Madness underway, IT teams across the country are feeling the impact of the NCAA basketball tournament games streaming on their companies’ networks. Read More >>>
By Srdan Mutabdzija, Schneider ElectricThis article discusses common issues SMBs face as they strive to achieve energy efficiency and maximize operations in their wiring closets and server rooms, and suggests solutions and best practices for helping overcome these challenges. Read More >>>
By and large, datacenters have aggressively jumped on the flash-storage bandwagon and have ditched archaic hard disk data storage devices. The problem is that many organizations focus on the significant read functions of these high-speed drives, and haven’t spent too much time considering the write limitations of SSDs. To be clear, these limitations are fairly miniscule in the grand scheme of things, as they can be worked around. But at the very least, especially if you’re new to the solid state storage game, you’ll need to understand these limitations. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingOne of cloud computing’s most attractive features is its ability to scale back costs and allow an organization to redirect its IT department’s efforts from one of maintenance to one of revenue-generating projects. Read More >>>
with Charles Zedlewski, ClouderaIn this interview Charles Zedlewski from Cloudera outlines the key benefits an optimally scalable, flexible, and affordable open source data management platform can offer to businesses today. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingWhether being implemented in one of the world’s largest corporations or helping a mom-and-pop shop back up employee records and track supplier invoices, cloud computing is now a growing part of everyday business processes and functions. Read More >>>
with Kristen Lauria, IBM Mobile EnterpriseIn this interview, Kristen Lauria, VP of IBM Mobile Enterprise outlines ways in which IBM Mobile First works to provide companies with the essential tools to safely take advantage of the many opportunities being enabled by mobile today. Read More >>>
with Wayne P. DeCesaris, Tangoe Inc.In this interview, Wayne DeCesaris from Tangoe outlines ways in which organizations can overcome the dangers that BYOD brings to the table, and offers expert advice as to how to keep your organization safe and secure. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingIT’s latest trend seems to be one of, to borrow a colorful expression, the inmates running the asylum. More companies are relying on their employees’ cloud preferences and incorporating their personal choices of cloud apps into CIO-approved production boosters. Read More >>>
with Toby Rush, EyeVerifyIn this interview, Toby Rush from EyeVerify stresses the importance of mobile device security, and emphasizes the value of biometrics as a next-generation security solution that every organization should consider. Read More >>>
By Justin Strong, NovellIf an app can track my 26 mile run through a remote desert, then why can’t my company make an app to help me find client reports while away from my desk? So how is the enterprise responding? Read More >>>
By Dawn AltmanMobile technology isn’t just changing the personal lives of consumers. It’s also making a significant impact on their professional lives as their personal devices travel with them to the office. Read More >>>
By Cliff Schertz, Tiempo Development A key component of development, effective security practices that prevent compromised data, exploited vulnerabilities and other breaches are critical for creating a solid product that satisfies and protects customers at the same time. Read More >>>
By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingIf implementing and maintaining a cloud system seems beyond your comfort zone, take comfort in the fact there are helpful resources to give you a solid cloud education, such as Rackspace’s Cloud University. Read More >>>
with Ananth Vaidyanathan, ManageEngineIn this interview, Ananth Vaidyanathan from ManageEngine discusses the ever growing role that Mobile is playing within businesses today, and emphasizes the value of efficient and reliable desktop and mobile device management software. Read More >>>
with Phani Pandrangii, Kii CorporationIn this interview, Phani Pandrangi from Kii Corporation outlines the advantages of being able to analyze data and deploy applications in the cloud. Read More >>>
By Kevin Brown, Schneider ElectricThe increased media attention on data center energy consumption late last year was controversial, but nevertheless sparked a necessary, industry-wide discussion on how to effectively reduce the data center’s environmental impact. Read More >>>
