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There is a glaring need in the business world for a simpler way to unlock the value of data. The speed, velocity and unrelenting proliferation of all types of data from an ever-increasing number of sources is increasing. Enterprises struggle with harnessing data to realize value and achieve the ultimate goal of monetizing their business […]

Expanded adoption of the public cloud has resulted in unanticipated security challenges, one of which has been the explosion of non-human identities. In traditional network settings, user identities in the form of individual accounts are the primary security focus. However, the public cloud provides access to applications, databases, data stores, and other identities, necessitating a […]

For businesses of all shapes and sizes, the inherent value in moving enterprise applications into the cloud is beyond question. The ability to control computing capability at a more granular level can lead to significant cost savings, not to mention the speed at which new applications can be provisioned. Having a modern cloud-based infrastructure makes […]

Decisions, decisions…we all want to make the right ones. So, in an era of artificial intelligence, how can technology help employees make challenging choices that can delight customers while improving efficiency and ultimately the bottom line? According to Gartner research, poor operational decision-making by mid-level finance managers costs upwards of 3% of profits annually – […]

Recently, the U.S. Justice Department officially accused Chinese cybercriminals of launching ransomware attacks against U.S. businesses. Specifically, the charges alleged that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities (since patched) in Microsoft Exchange Server over two months, linking those exploits to a number of ransomware activities, including DearCry. The DearCry ransomware itself was very much “ransomware […]

Across IT, practitioners and providers alike continue to grapple with clarity around what qualifies as “edge” infrastructure. But ultimately, the goals are the same: lower latency and greater resiliency for applications. Recent innovation within the industry has revealed a trifecta of distinct elements—edge computing, edge networking, and edge data management—that make up the building blocks […]

In 2021, more organizations are using the public cloud than ever. Most enterprises are using more than one public cloud service provider, and they still have workloads on-premises that need protection. At the same time, they’re building nearly all new applications in the cloud. This shift to cloud and cloud-native means that handling cloud security […]

Any good disaster recovery plan (DR) mitigates against a variety of different scenarios that might bring a service down or otherwise cause an incident. Good DR plans also connect those scenarios to goals such as high availability (HA), plus metrics for measuring performance against those goals. Common examples include data recovered — how much was […]

The flexibility of public cloud environments enables customers to provision resources with the click of a button, spin up containers based on dynamic scaling requirements, and more. A typical public cloud deployment can quickly turn into a vast maze of interconnected machines, users, applications, services, containers and microservices. Keeping track, evaluating risks and defining access […]

What comes to mind when you think of technology and digital? Maybe your mind wanders forward, and you become concerned about the impact of rogue or unbridled AI. Or maybe you are amazed by SpaceX and competing variants. Or you picture thousands of coders working for startups or digital giants creating the next amazing app […]

Enterprises and their NetOps teams are challenged with sifting through large amounts of incoming data to identify technical, performance and security problems as they arise on the network. This is traditionally a manual, time-intensive process, meaning NetOps teams are prioritizing solutions that will help identify issues and fix them quickly – AIOps is one of […]

Zero Trust is being invoked frequently by security professionals, almost as a cure-all for all those things that keep them up at night. In fact, the number of organizations using Zero Trust initiatives has more than tripled, from 16% three years ago to 60% today. But Zero Trust security can be a headache for the […]