Oracle is adding a new managed offering to its Cloud@Customer platform that will allow enterprises to run applications on proprietary optimized infrastructure in their own data centers to address data residency and security regulations and solve low-latency requirements. Dubbed Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer, the new offering runs on the same optimized hardware as the company’s Exadata…
Formula 1 (F1) drivers are some of the most elite athletes in the world. In other sports, such as basketball or soccer, there may be hundreds or thousands of players at the topmost levels. In F1 racing, drivers must excel to earn one of only 20 F1 seats. Further elevating this status, F1 reigns as the world’s…
Jason Strle joins Discover as CIO Jason Strle, Discover Discover Discover Financial Services is a digital banking and payment services company that issues the Discover card and operates Discover Global Network, PULSE, and Diners Club International. Strle joins Discover from Wells Fargo and he held previous roles at JP Morgan Chase. He earned a BS…
Being accountable for the execution of the technology strategy for National Bank of Canada, delivery of all projects and initiatives, and running daily operations and back offices functions, Julie Levesque has a lot on her plate as EVP of technology and operations, and CIO. In the role now for three years, she’s applied the skills…
Nvidia has recently focused more on its support for AI applications, but it still had plenty of news from CEO Jensen Huang in a keynote address during the annual computer graphics conference, SIGGRAPH. Huang had a few AI announcements to make, including the release of AI Workbench, a new PC application enterprises can use to…
For industrial sector organizations, frontline workers play a crucial role in achieving productivity, efficiency, and safety targets. To empower these workers and increase their influence, edge computing has become a critical enabler. By bringing compute power closer to the point of action, edge computing allows real-time data processing, analytics, and decision-making, thereby improving the well-being and efficiency…
Once upon a time my consulting company offered a “Take the Blame” service. Our pricing varied with what we were to take the blame for, from a few thousand dollars for small project failures to several million when an enterprise software implementation was going south. Understand, this service wasn’t for situations where we were at…
For leading snack manufacturer Frito-Lay, direct-to-store delivery is essential business. The PepsiCo Foods North America (PFNA) subsidiary generates more than 95% of its annual revenue of $19.6 billion through this model, which enhances efficiency and slashes labor costs by reducing the number of touchpoints. But with 25,000 frontline employees performing 500,000 store visits a week,…
Watch our newest Multi-Cloud Briefing, The Frontiers of Generative AI for the Enterprise, which explores how the convergence of generative AI and multi-cloud technologies is driving the next wave of business innovation. The most profound impact of generative AI will be in the enterprise. Almost every core function, in every industry—from financial services to healthcare and…
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the widespread adoption of various technologies as businesses rushed to digitize their processes to cope with the crisis. However, this adoption came with a natural debt accrual, including operational debt, cultural debt, technical debt, security debt, lock-in debt, and more. With a looming economic downturn, businesses need to look for…