Issues around supply chain, often driven by semiconductor shortages, remain the top concern for most industry sectors despite talks of the pandemic slowing down, according to a report from electronic components and semiconductor distributor, Avnet Silica. The report, which is based on a study conducted by Avnet consultants after reviewing 30,111 earnings call across different…
Early on in her CIO career, Jean Holley knew she wanted a seat on the other side of the boardroom table. That was 16 years ago, when few companies fretted much about the obvious lack of women or people of color on their boards. Anyone who did draw attention to those bastions of white, 60-something…
Artificial intelligence, machine learning (a subset of AI), and predictive analytics top the list of hot, planned technology investments for banks in 2022, due to their ability to aid strategic business decision-making, help build applications that can serve customers in a personalized manner, and drive revenue growth, according to market research firm Forrester. Hot technologies…
By Milan Shetti, CEO Rocket Software Businesses today have faced greater levels of uncertainty than ever before. As employees and customers demand higher-quality digital experiences, companies must ensure their DevOps processes are modern and capable of keeping up with the complexities of today’s business. To be able to operationally address these challenges and opportunities, businesses…
IT infrastructure is expanding across an almost bewildering array of connected environments, including traditional on-premises systems, private and public cloud, and increasingly edge cloud. That’s a lot to keep track of, let alone manage effectively, and it could lead to indecision over what to connect next, and how. Most organizations today are juggling an assortment…
The move to passwordless customer authentication should be considered carefully. The benefits of passwordless are clear. Passwordless done right improves both security and customer experience (CX) at the same time. However, like any modification to an authentication system, many factors exist that lead to the success or failure of a transition to passwordless authentication. Where…
England’s University of Cambridge was recognized at the ISC 2022 event in Hamburg, Germany for its Dell-based Wilkes-3 supercomputer, rated 8 in the GREEN500 and 304 in the TOP500, and Cumulus system, rated 94 in the GREEN500 and 316 in the TOP500. Wilkes-3 and the Cumulus system run in an open stack, cloud-native interface which…
Among those ranked in the 59th edition of the TOP500 announced at the 2022 International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Hamburg, Germany, are standouts conducting powerful research in energy generation, cyber and physical threats, and astrophysics. Plus, Canada’s most powerful supercomputer and Dell’s HPC at the edge. Eni, HPC5: The Supercomputer Working for Energy Global energy company…
Information security has been an intriguing part of our past, is a critical part of our present, and will be a defining factor in our future. There are actions that must be addressed at the micro/individual level and challenges we must collaboratively address as an industry moving forward. The economics of security are clear: “There…
Of the skills business leaders have to master, organizational listening — not just listening, but organizational listening — is, for most leaders, most of the time, in most situations, the most essential. The art of organizational listening Google “how to listen” and, in approximately .023 seconds (depending on bandwidth), you’ll find yourself inundated with a…