James Maguire

I spoke with Irfan Khan, president, HANA Database & Analytics at SAP, about the value of an end-to-end technology platform that incorporates analytics throughout. Among the topics we discussed:  What is your sense of where companies are with data analytics these days. Are they comfortable, struggling to optimize? For those companies that are struggling, what […]

I spoke with Krishna Subramanian, co-founder and president, Komprise, about using Data Management-as-a-Service to manage data in a multi-cloud environment. What are the big challenges with managing and access data in multi-cloud world? 2. How do you see companies grappling with these challenges? What are some typical fixes, either successful or not? 3. Your web […]

Philip Cooper, VP of Product, Tableau, discusses the trend toward making data analytics tools available to employees throughout the organization, not merely the C-suite.  Among the topics we discussed:  At what stage do you see companies now with the adoption of AI, and with augmented analytics? Are companies fully on board with running operations with […]

Ross Brown, VP of Product Marketing for Oracle Cloud, discusses trends in multicloud, and points out key differentiators for Oracle Cloud. There are a number of key trends driving the cloud market now, like adopting multicloud, and accessing compute toolsets from cloud providers — what do you see as a couple of key trends that are […]

I spoke with Armon Dadgar, Co-Founder and CTO of HashiCorp, about why “castle and moat” is outdated. We spoke about security in the cloud era, and discussed the future of cybersecurity in a multicloud world.

I spoke with three leading experts about NetDevOps, discussing its history, best practices and common challenges; we also peered into the technology’s future. The panelists: Meredith Rose, Senior Consulting System Engineer, World Wide Technology Joel W. King, NetDevOps Software Development Strategy Lead, World Wide Technology Tim Hull, Solutions Architect, World Wide Technology The topics we […]

I spoke with Jaspreet Singh, CEO of Druva, about key trends and challenges facing companies in cloud-based data backup. Among the topics we covered: Where do you see the data backup/protection market now? What are some key trends, and some key challenges facing companies? Druva uses a SaaS model, based on AWS, with customer backup […]

I spoke with Bernard Golden, Executive Technical Advisor at VMware, about the cloud’s evolution, the rise in complexity in IT, and the advice he gives to his VMware clients in the cloud.

In a wide ranging conversation, Karl Strohmeyer, Chief Customer and Revenue Officer for Equinix, spoke about the rapidly evolving IT infrastructure market. Among the topics we covered: 1) Let’s talk about the data center market – Equinix is the world’s largest data center company. Companies are moving away from their in-house facilities in favor of […]

In this discussion with leaders in the CIO community, we explored the evolving agenda for CIOs as a return to office becomes possible. Panelists: Paige Francis, CIO, University of Tulsa Myles Suer, Director Solution Marketing, Alation; #CIOChat Facilitator; and eWeek Contributor Isaac Sacolick, Former Business Week CIO, Top 100 CIO Jason James, CIO, Net Health […]

On Thursday, July 15, at 11 AM PST, @eWEEKNews will host its monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be “VDI and Enabling Hybrid Work,” and it will be moderated by James Maguire, eWEEK’s Editor-in-Chief. We’ll discuss – using Twitter – important VDI concepts, including market trends, key advantages, best practices, overcoming VDI challenges, and VDI’s critical […]

I spoke with Josh Rogers, CEO of Precisely, about the concept of data integrity: what it means, why it’s so critical to effective data analytics, and the key issues involved. Among the issues we covered: What’s the problem with data trust? A recent Forbes Insights report highlighted that 84% of CEOs do not trust the […]