IT’s latest survival skill: Embracing risk

If you’ve spent your career in IT, you’ve probably gotten really good at making sure nothing goes wrong. Outages are unacceptable, even if they’re only a few seconds long. Cybersecurity is a constant worry. Success is measured in reliability and availability. Your most important skill is anticipating issues and fixing them before they occur. There’s…

11 key takeaways from Oracle OpenWorld 2019

Making computer systems autonomous rarely ends well in movies, but at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco this week, Oracle pressed ahead with its plan to eliminate humans from the management of IT systems. It’s about saving money and saving data, Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison told the gathered crowd in a keynote speech…