5 questions to ask before starting a Big Data project
Between the weekly reports on plant performance, supplier KPIs and inventory levels, more data may be the last thing supply chain…
It Just Got Cloud In Here…
Embracing the Multi-Cloud Approach The volume of cloud spending is enormous, with a 2016 Gartner survey projecting by 2020 the…
DHS wants to stop the rise of large-scale DDoS attacks
Dive Brief: The Department of Homeland Security is funding new research to stop distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, according…
Who’s In Charge of Digital Transformation? You Are!
I’m an innovation evangelist with SAP. Each year, I present at about 50 conferences around the world, talking to business and…
Five Analytics Must-Haves For Your Business
According to IBM and other sources, over 90% of the world’s data has been created in just the last two years. At…
A Sweeter Spot for the CDO?
I recently commented on an article by Bruno Aziza (@brunoaziza) from AtScale . As mentioned in this earlier piece, Bruno…
4 trends in how supply chains are using Big Data
Big Data is a buzz phrase these days, for good reason. Using large data sets for analysis and planning purposes,…
Microsoft’s future is in the cloud
Two longstanding giants of tech, Apple and Microsoft, are both on Fast Company’s list of 2017’s most innovative companies--but other…
Google offers businesses fast access to multiple cloud databases
Dive Brief: Google launched Cloud Spanner, a fully managed database that the company says "combines the transactional consistency of a…
DevOps First
It has been nearly six years since then-U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra issued his Federal Cloud Computing Strategy. Typically referred to…