Daily Archives: January 29, 2018

IDG Contributor Network: Big data is not a barrier to entry

As I argued in a “Data is not the new oil or the infrastructure of the digital economy,” data is not a finite exhaustible resource like oil and it is not an information infrastructure. It is a valuable input that allows companies to improve their products and services to make our lives richer and more…

IDG Contributor Network: Hybrid cloud holding you back? Try Microsoft Azure Stack

Cloud computing, in both public and private mode, has become the new enterprise standard. At the same time, enterprises are continuing to work with managed service providers (MSPs) for a widening range of IT solutions, including cloud support. These two trends are linked. CIO Senior Writer Thor Olavsrud last summer noted that “leaning on an…