Google Cloud Platform services guide: The right tools for the job
Launched in 2011, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has had to do some catching up to market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS), its most direct competitor as a purer cloud play. But Google had no experience...
View ArticleAzure cloud services guide: The right tools for the job
Microsoft launched the Azure service just over eight years ago in a bid to play catchup with Amazon Web Services. And it has succeeded. Azure is now the No. 2 cloud service, behind AWS. Just how far...
View ArticleAzure cloud migration guide: The tools to move your datacenter
Microsoft’s Azure cloud service has soared to become the No. 2 cloud provider behind Amazon Web Services, and although Microsoft will tell you it’s because of the breadth of Azure’s offerings, an...
View ArticleIBM Cloud services guide: The right tools for the job
IBM was a bit late to the cloud party but has since caught up and is growing quickly. It trades third and fourth place with Google from one market research report to the next, but it is growing...
View ArticleWhat is a data lake? Flexible big data management explained
If you are tuned in to the latest technology concepts around big data, you’ve likely heard the term “data lake.” The image conjures up a large reservoir of water—and that’s what a data lake is, in...
View ArticleWhat a GPU-powered database can do for you
The SQL database dates back to the 1970s and has been an ANSI standard since the 1980s, but that doesn’t mean the technology sits still. It is still changing, and one of those ways as GPU-accelerated...
View Article4 reasons big data projects fail—and 4 ways to succeed
Big data projects are, well, big in size and scope, often very ambitious, and all too often, complete failures. In 2016, Gartner estimated that 60 percent of big data projects failed. A year later,...
View Article5 ways your cloud migration may fail—and 5 ways to succeed
For most companies, migrating to the cloud is no longer a question of if but when. By moving applications to the cloud, you can improve security, data access, scalability, and IT flexibility, just for...
View ArticleCan developers dictate how their software is used?
The politics of the Silicon Valley are colliding with customers and impacting innocent bystanders who put their trust in open source software.
View Article8 misleading AI myths — and the realities behind them
Computer sentience has been fodder for Hollywood for decades. Usually it’s for the bad, whether it’s HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey” or the T-800 in “Terminator.” Occasionally it’s been thoughtful,...
View ArticleIs AI ready to fly solo in your data center?
Server vendors, particularly Oracle, are pushing harder on automated, AI-driven server technologies. Are we ready to take our hands off the wheel?
View ArticleA guide to migrating off Windows Server 2008
With the OS reaching end of life, it’s time to migrate whatever old servers you have left, and it’s not a trivial job.
View ArticleWhy migrating to .Net 5 is worth the effort
It might be painful but the long-term gains of migrating to .Net 5 are worth the disruption, Microsoft says.
View ArticleAWS cloud services guide: The right tools for the job
Cloud services are moving from the initial “we’re doing it because everyone else is” state to a more cautious, planned migration, one where IT departments have done a careful assessment of their needs...
View ArticleAWS cloud services guide: The right tools for the job
Cloud services are moving from the initial “we’re doing it because everyone else is” state to a more cautious, planned migration, one where IT departments have done a careful assessment of their needs...
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