Aging Software – Product Engineering Adds More Value Your software products are vital to the success of your business. They help your employees work more efficiently and ensure that your customers get the best possible experience when they use your…

A report by Gartner forecasts that by 2025, 80 percent of organizations will have closed down their data centers — that’s compared to 10 percent in 2018. The challenge for IT is to prepare for that change and to identify…

Four Trends That Will Shape IT in 2019 During 2018, we looked at a number of important developments that are re-shaping the way IT operates. As we head into 2019, it will be interesting to see how far these developments…

Moving to the cloud — it sounds easy in today’s environment with so many services available.  But, the reality is that a high number of cloud transformations fail, wasting money and frustrating IT and business leaders. Commentators and analysts have…

Enterprise adoption of cloud will accelerate in 2019. That’s according to Forrester’s 2019 Cloud Computing Predictions, which sees cloud as no longer the preserve of small and medium businesses. In fact, the firm reports that some 60 percent of North…

Infrastructure Transformation Accelerates Digital Transformation While ‘digital everything’ is often high on the agenda for businesses planning digital transformation, some commentators are now focusing on the important role that traditional IT infrastructure transformation should play as a foundation for digital…

As digital transformation gathers pace, visibility of IT operations becomes increasingly critical. Users and customers expect access to applications and services wherever and whenever they need them. That puts uptime at a premium. But, without visibility into all aspects of…

Analysts continue to highlight the adoption and benefits of digital transformation. The Gartner 2017 CEO Survey, for example, found that 42 percent of respondents claimed to put digital first as their corporate strategy. They recognize that digital is key to…

An earlier blog – ‘Is it Time to Migrate to Microservices?’ – discussed the benefits, trends and challenges in adoption of this architecture. However, while adoption is increasing and businesses are realizing significant benefits, analysts add a word of caution.…

Microservices are making it faster and easier to build and maintain software by utilizing smaller composable modular components, rather than developing traditional monolithic applications. Adoption of microservices for software development is increasing, according to a 2018 survey by Dimensional Research…

Moving workloads to the cloud can be a complex decision. Do you choose public cloud, private cloud or a hybrid solution? Which workloads should you move, and which ones have priority? And, what’s the best approach for migration – rehosting,…

Consistency is a key driver for software product engineering. It can reduce costs, improve software performance, reduce product development times, increase productivity and support higher levels of innovation. In an environment where software quality, performance and delivery are integral to…