As a technology company you can imagine how easy it is to think of data-first modernization as a technology challenge. Data fabric, data cleansing and tagging, data models, containers, inference at the edge – cloud-enabled platforms are all “go-to” conversation points. While the instinctive response to the issue of being “data-driven” can focus on “what…
Just a few years ago, enterprises were rapidly shifting to a cloud-first IT model in the expectation that moving operations to the cloud would solve many, if not all, of IT’s roadblocks, while offering few, if any, drawbacks. The public cloud delivered a new kind of IT and a new kind of experience — scalable,…
What is threat intelligence? Simply put, it’s evidence-based knowledge about a cyber menace that can help inform your team’s response. The best threat intelligence includes context, mechanisms, indicators, implications, and actionable advice. Yet despite it being an easy-to-grasp concept, threat intelligence is one of the most widely misunderstood aspects of cybersecurity today. Many people don’t…
Ever increasing advances in technology and continuous process optimization techniques have helped ensure that the global supply chain runs efficiently, turning raw materials into products that make their way to physical stores and ecommerce warehouses. However, we’ve witnessed how an outside disturbance like a pandemic or flood can fracture the supply chain, throwing businesses and…
The vendor-neutral Open Group Architecture Forum has launched the 10th edition of its TOGAF standard this week, with the latest edition of the popular enterprise architecture framework being given a modular redesign aimed at easing adoption for practitioners. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) has been around since 1995 and aims to help organize the…
Greater Wellington Regional Council CTO Sue McLean on how agile transformed team culture
#id6268710fc869d .jw-wrapper::before { content: “IDG” !important; }
Read More from This Article: CIO Leadership Live with Sue McLean of Greater Wellington Regional Council New Zealand
Source: News
Jason Schmitt, General Manager, Synopsys Software Integrity Group It has been said that every business is a software business. But what does that mean? Becoming a software business entails both reward and risks. The reward is a competitive edge; the risks are often misunderstood and poorly managed at the highest levels of leadership. In this…
Undertaking a top-to-bottom modernization of a dusty enterprise stack can feel a bit like scaling a mountain. At least that has been the experience of Backcountry CTO Sridhar Nallani, who was hired in 2020 specifically to overhaul the online retailer’s digital presence. Despite nearly $1 billion in online revenue in 2020, the web-based outdoor recreational…
The microservice deployment and management stack is proving very effective for companies taking advantage of the cloud’s capabilities to scale and adapt. Containers (often alongside Kubernetes tooling) fit well, too, with agile DevOps and CI/CD workflows that transition code from development to production in short timescales. A significant problem with the speed of transition from…
The logical progression from the virtualization of servers and storage in VSANs was hyperconvergence. By abstracting the three elements of storage, compute, and networking, data centers were promised limitless infrastructure control. That promised ideal was in keeping with the aims of hyperscale operators needing to grow to meet increased demand and that had to modernize…