Successful migration depends on a clear strategy and goals, together with a comprehensive plan that covers opportunity identification, planning, testing, implementation, validation and ongoing management. The process must be based on industry best practices, proven methodologies and proprietary tools to…

More and more businesses of all sizes are moving or considering a database migration to the cloud. A study by Emergent Research found that the proportion of US small businesses that have adapted to cloud computing was set to increase…

The word from analysts is that 2016 is the year when the ‘democratization of data across the organization’ is the ultimate objective. That’s according to Forrester Research. And, Gartner focuses heavily on self-service in its business intelligence predictions for the…

Where does your IT team stand on the software development map? Are you dependent on the stability and risk reduction of Mode 1, or are your teams pushing the boundaries of agile development in Mode 2? And, is it a…

The Snowball gets bigger If you’ve been concerned about the struggle to get very large workloads onto the public cloud with minimal disruption, cost, and time, help is at hand. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has developed a solution to address…

IoT – an irresistible trend …… Forrester, the technology and market research company, defines Internet of Things (IoT) technology as solutions that help companies bridge the physical and digital worlds, ingesting information and context through sensors from the physical world…

IoT – promise or threat? 2016 is proving to be the year of the Internet of Things, and the latest analyst forecasts indicate that growth will continue to accelerate through the year. But, in this highly connected environment, new security…