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…

The cloud war between the Big Four (IBM, AWS, Microsoft, Google) is heating up with each competitor forming their own strategic partnerships with the big names in the IT industry over the recent years. According to a 2015 report from…

Two rivals, Red Hat and Microsoft joined hands in early November 2015, described by Microsoft as possibly its deepest partnership with another major enterprise infrastructure provider is a great example of how companies are working together to make cloud computing…