Technology News

• Joining a startup board? 4 key questions CIOs should ask October 16, 2021
  As a prominent Bay Area California CIO, Ralph Loura has lost track of the number of tech startups that have asked him to join their fledgling boards of directors.“You have to be very selective, and also careful about your brand,” says Loura, who sticks largely to advisory board roles with several Silicon Valley startups. Currently […]
• BrandPost: Cisco Innovation Powers Hybrid Work October 15, 2021
  By Shaun McCarthy, VP, Mass-Scale Infrastructure Group, CiscoJust as people should focus on a balanced diet, adequate sleep, and regular exercise to maintain optimal health as they age, enterprises and service providers must continually invest in their infrastructure to maintain optimal connectivity for their employees and customers as they grow. In the best of times, […]
• BrandPost: Getting the Most Bang for Your Buck From Cloud Computing October 15, 2021
  The benefits delivered by the cloud model have become so well established that most IT and businesspeople can easily cite many of them: rapid application deployment, open-ended scalability, greater flexibility, faster responsiveness, lower capital and operational expenses, anywhere/anytime access… and the list goes on.While many organizations had already experienced these and other cloud benefits as […]
• BrandPost: Modernizing IT with a Cloud-Native Migration Strategy October 15, 2021
  In some ways, cloud computing has been a victim of its own success. Cloud-based services and infrastructure became so popular and easy to adopt that many organizations ended up adding multiple cloud solutions haphazardly and disjointedly. In fact, much of the so-called “shadow IT’ phenomenon was driven in recent years by business units selecting and […]
• IT certification mistakes to avoid October 15, 2021
  Marko Djakovic knew that getting a formal tech certification could help his career. He finished an AWS course and got the accompanying certification, but that was only going to be the first step. “I planned to pass more courses and become a cloud architect,” says Djakovic, who works as a digital project manager at Best […]
• BrandPost: Quicken your innovation with NetApp and Google Cloud October 15, 2021
  As you tackled the challenges of digital transformation, NetApp and Google Cloud collaborated to build creative solutions. Our joint solutions make it easier for you to migrate to the cloud, ensure good performance for your applications, and stay on top of the costs and complexity of data management. NetApp and Google Cloud are adding to […]
• BrandPost: What’s different about the Dell Technologies approach to HPC cloud? October 14, 2021
  In a notable trend for today’s enterprise environments, IT and business leaders are increasingly looking to the cloud to run their high performance computing and artificial intelligence workloads. And there are lots of good reasons for this shift to accessing high-powered computational resources as services.For starters, cloud-based HPC services give IT organizations the flexibility to […]
• BrandPost: No Stopping October 14, 2021
  In our final episode of The Change Makers, we learn that with enough ambition, drive, and backing, IT practitioners can challenge the status quo and create a new era of IT efficiency.To read this article in full, please click here
• BrandPost: The Podium October 14, 2021
  Although many IT leaders launch into projects with set goals, there’s no telling what sort of unexpected consequences will emerge. In episode 4 of The Change Makers podcast  you’ll see how although you can plan and predict certain benefits, several successful business outcomes can arrive serendipitously.To read this article in full, please click here
• Why gamification is a great tool for employee engagement October 14, 2021
  Gaming is not only about getting to the boss level or filling out the entire map in a digital sandbox — it's also about how games can enhance or augment the way we live and engage with others. Those of us interested in game design want to know why and how people game and — perhaps […]