Lawrence Anderson didn’t initially want a career in computers, despite an early passion for tech. He performed well in computer science classes, was a Commodore 64 enthusiast, learned COBOL. But as he entered college in the late 1980s, Anderson saw limited job prospects. At that time, he says, it seemed like “you’d be a computer…
IT leaders have a unique vantage point. They are the only business function that sees the entire organization at a process, data, and transaction level. This cross-functional and multi-dimensional view provides IT with the opportunity to identify cross-departmental process and technology synergies, use internal technologies designed for one part of the organization in other areas…
In early 2020, when UKCloud published its report “The State of Cloud Adoption UK Public Sector,” CEO Simon Hansford wrote, “It is becoming increasingly apparent that we have a tremendous national asset in the invaluable data that powers our public services. Hence, there has never been a better opportunity for the UK to protect and…
Real-time data processing is an essential capability for nearly every business and organization. It underlies services such as identity management, fraud prevention, financial transactions, recommendation engines, customer relationship management, and social media monitoring. It is also the foundation of predictive analysis, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). Real-time Data Scaling Challenges The challenge for…
In this video from Huawei’s Talking Tech series at Mobile World Congress, Jerry Guo, President of Huawei’s NCE Data Communication Domain, discusses the leading edge of enterprise network automation: the Autonomous Driving Network (ADN) for enterprises that Huawei unveiled in Barcelona. Huawei’s ADN represents delivery on a long-term industry vision. These are networks that can…
I spent a sizable fraction of my time in 2021 reviewing about 10,000 applicants for software engineering positions at my company, 7Factor, in order to eventually hire about 30. I came to this process with a reaffirmed commitment to hiring, retaining, and giving growth opportunities to engineers from diverse backgrounds — a principle codified as…
By Cori Land, Corporate Strategist, DataStax In How to Measure Anything, Douglas Hubbard offers an alternative definition of “measurement” to the Oxford English Dictionary’s “the size, length, or amount of something.” Hubbard defines measurement as: “A quantitatively expressed reduction of uncertainty based on one or more observations.” This acknowledges that the purpose of measurement is…
IT retention in healthcare has long been full of aches and pains because of the deep skillset required, but David Reis has been lucky. Reis, CIO at the University of Miami Health System and Miller School of Medicine, has been able to grow his head count during both the pandemic and the Great Resignation, a…
For many IT pros, having the opportunity to volunteer their time and skills can be an inspiring perk. Companies have been responding of late by offering volunteer time off and by partnering with organizations that could benefit greatly from the added help of programs and staff time. LinkedIn is one such company giving IT pros…
Effectively developing and growing a positive and innovative culture is easily one of the top objectives for most IT organizations and companies today. It is also one of the more challenging goals given the adversities of the past two years and the resulting impact on worker attitudes and workforce dynamics. There are some concrete reasons…