Contributor: Judith S. Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates LLC, via Thoughts on Cloud I had an interesting discussion with the chief tech officer of a rather large insurance company the other day. His company is making huge progress in moving from a rigid IT environment...
Data has never been bigger. One of the main reasons organizations are not utilizing this information is because with it, comes a whole new set of challenges. A recent survey found that 55% of big data projects are never completed – ouch. In fact, from what we’ve...
Cloud, analytics, mobile, social and cognitive—all new technologies—require rapid innovation and shortened development time. Working at “cloud speed” is becoming all-important as the cloud becomes the preferred place for developers to build applications. With that...
The pressure from your competitors is mounting. You may not know it, or see it, but it’s true – especially in a digital sense. More than ever, organizations are focused on developing applications that deliver next-level customer experience and/or improve...
The needs of modern applications, mobile users, and cloud services increasingly dominate APM (Application Performance Management) purchase priorities. Buyers are becoming more diverse and demanding, and important user groups now include not only enterprise IT...
The cloud computing industry is evolving. Cloud service providers like SoftLayer are finding ways to deliver the scalability and flexibility of virtual machines on bare metal hardware. But can we really call that “cloud”? Apparently yes and here’s why…Forrester...
