4 public cloud cost optimization steps
It was recently reported that 80% of all IT budgets will be committed to the cloud, with demand for public cloud growing 36%. (more)
Hadoop trends in the big data industry
In 2016, I had the pleasure of joining Jill Dyche and several other big data experts at the Pacific Northwest BI and Analytics Summit. During one of our chats, Jill and I discussed the latest big data industry buzz and where Hadoop is headed: I will be joining the event again this year — if you’d like to follow me […]
How CFOs can lead finance digital transformation with Machine Learning & AI
While big data has created vast opportunities for data-driven finance organizations, it has also introduced new challenges — making operations complex, slow, and inefficient across a variety of organizations both old and new. (more)
Accelerating GDPR compliance with data removal on a common data platform
With GDPR now in full effect, organizations are scrambling to become compliant to avoid hefty fines, and others are announcing services to help companies get their affairs in order. At Collaborate 18 in April, we were present to witness Oracle announce the release of their free GDPR Utility called the “Oracle E-Business Suite Person Data Removal Tool”. (more)
Top GDPR challenge: Do you know where your sensitive data is?
As companies worldwide scramble to meet new GDPR data privacy regulations, compliance with the Right to Erasure (Article 17) or more commonly known as The Right to be Forgotten has emerged as a top challenge. The problem sounds simple enough since the DELETE function is a standard feature on most any IT system, but how do you delete data if you do not know where it is? (more)
Why tiered enterprise archiving is the killer app for Hadoop
A recent Gartner report estimates that 70% of Hadoop deployments in 2018 will fail to meet key objectives, citing skills and integration challenges. Apparently, many organizations are taking on Hadoop projects but fail to take them into full production, because they don’t have a clear roadmap or the skills necessary to complete them — eventually becoming pet projects. (more)
Cloud migration: 5 best practices for success
It has been a over a decade since ‘Cloud’ became one of the most popular topics among IT professionals, and we’ve come a long way since then. Today, one can safely assume that the future of enterprise computing is in the cloud. Why? Cloud provides the much needed agility to IT operations, while reducing spend on infrastructure and software. The innovation brought together by the public cloud vendors in terms of server-less computing, low cost storage, flexible billing models, scalability, elasticity, enterprise grade security, and a number of purpose fit services has propelled many organizations across the world to redraw their IT landscape so they can leverage cloud to accelerate and sustain their digital transformation. To simply state — in today’s world, the advantages offered by cloud migration are far too many to ignore. (more)
Enterprise application data tiering with Hadoop
With widespread digital transformation taking place in enterprises across the world, every CIO wants to know if their infrastructure will be able to handle the resulting data growth. In fact, Gartner in its research has presented that 47% of respondents ranked data growth as the #1 infrastructure challenge for data centers. When data sets become too large, application performance slows, and infrastructure struggles to keep up. Data growth drives increased cost, compliance, and complexity everywhere — including data center, performance, availability, maintenance, and even compliance. (more)
5 Actions you must take to become GDPR compliant: Webinar
Companies moving to a data-driven enterprise must address the challenges of maintaining governance and regulatory compliance — especially GDPR — along with access to data and storage costs, while at the same time trying to satisfy the demands of the business. (more)
Healthcare Data Lake: 5 key benefits
The Economist recently stated, “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.” And with today’s IoT (the Internet of Things) devices, industries are being disrupted, and simultaneously brought together with hyper-connected, ultra-personalized experiences. (more)
