Google has opened a second cloud region in Germany as part of its plan to invest $1.85 billion in German digital infrastructure by 2030. Dubbed the Berlin-Brandenburg region, the new data center will be operational alongside the Frankfurt region and will offer services such as the Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Persistent…
In today’s interconnected digital landscape, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are instrumental in ensuring seamless communication between software systems. As APIs gain significance, cybercriminals are also drawn to exploit vulnerabilities and abuse them. Gartner studies indicate that by 2025, half of all data theft will be attributed to unsecured APIs. Detecting and mitigating API abuse is…
If digital transformation is a journey, when does it end? This is a question I am asked often by IT leaders who prefer slowing down the pace of transformation and technology innovation. Others who believe the term digital transformation is watered down take a more cynical tack, viewing it as a phrase leaders use to…
Today’s IT leaders are much more than technology experts — they’re business leaders charged with driving timely results. And that requires knowing not only how to prioritize IT initiatives, but when, and how, to say no to projects that won’t advance business goals. “While saying ‘yes’ to a project can seem like the easiest way…
Arthur Hu ranks among the few IT leaders who wear the hats of both CIO and CTO. As the CIO of Lenovo and the chief technology and delivery officer of the company’s solutions and services group, Hu says the dual role lends him “the unique advantage of guiding our teams in developing cutting-edge technology solutions…
Fujitsu is focused on digitizing enterprises around the world by bringing together a broad portfolio of advanced technologies and services, working with a select group of trusted partners. For more than 20 years, one of those key partners has been VMware. Paul Kember, Fujitsu’s head of global strategic alliances in Europe, says, “VMware is one of our…
Atos earns the 2023 VMware Partner Worldwide Lifecycle Services Award for enabling end-to-end digital transformations True transformation is often a team effort. No matter what type of transformation, working with a trusted partner can make all the difference. For Atos, realizing its goal of engineering the digital world of the future means being a trusted…
The slogan for Mexican information technology (IT) services specialist Global HITSS is “developing a digital society.” The company, a subsidiary of the leading telecommunications provider in Latin America, lists its goals as integrating IT technologies with other digital amenities and general communications. Its mission: creating a culture of energy conservation. But before this could occur,…
Of course we’re going to talk about generative AI at CIO’s Future of Work Summit, a virtual event taking place September 20. With the promise of generative AI, we’re living through what many believe to be a seismic change in how we work – and who works with and for us. But that’s not all…
Today’s market for telecommunications services is fast-moving and extremely competitive. To differentiate themselves, communication service providers (CSPs) are focusing on two areas: providing innovative digital services and delivering the best possible customer experience (CX). To this end, CSPs have invested enormously in enabling technologies like 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC). Unfortunately, CSP infrastructures are…