The rise of edge computing will come as no surprise to anyone following computing architectures during the past 40-plus years. Although the topological concept of edge computing is decades old, it was only recently pushed into the limelight because of the limitations imposed by the centralized implementation of hyperscale cloud and the growing investment in ...

There has always been a strong need to support distributed workforces in an agile and cost-effective way, and 2020 has proved this to be truer than ever. The rising remote workforce has been a tremendous accelerant to digital transformation and we are witnessing a tectonic shift in which organizations are transitioning users, applications and data ...

Amazon Web Services is calling on its partners to help expand the cloud compute giant further into the enterprise with a massive expansion of the AWS Marketplace. The cloud giant today rolled out a handful of new back-end features and options at its virtual re:Invent event, all aimed at letting third parties offer new subscription ...

We can look back on the recent virtual KubeCon/CloudNativeCon 2020 event as marking the inflection point of Kubernetes becoming a ubiquitous architectural unit of enterprise computing of the future. More than 25,000 attended online, and millions more have downloaded hundreds of unique cloud native project binaries and packaged distributions at every stage of development — ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for digital transformation across organizations of all stripes. If companies were not already well underway with their digital transformation before the pandemic, they almost certainly are now. Post-COVID, this transformation will only accelerate. Around the world, the companies that are furthest along on their transformation journeys are better equipped to manage and ...

It wasn’t too long ago that concepts such as communicating with your friends in real time through text or accessing your bank account information all from a mobile device seemed outside the realm of possibility. Today, thanks in large part to the cloud, these actions are so commonplace, we hardly even think about these incredible ...

Despite having been around for over a decade, containers have significantly grown in popularity and adoption over the past few years. In fact, by 2025, more than 85% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production, which is a significant increase from fewer than 35% in 2019. The dramatic rise of containers and ...

Real-time streaming data has become a reality for an increasing number of enterprise applications. From the “internet of things” to artificial intelligence, from mobile analytics to a diverse range of big-data challenges, dealing with firehoses of information in real time is rapidly becoming standard fare for enterprise information technology. Over the years, many technologies have ...

This is the golden age of machine learning. Once considered peripheral, machine learning technology is becoming a core part of businesses around the world. From healthcare to agriculture, fintech to media and entertainment, machine learning holds great promise for industries universally. Although standing up machine learning projects can seem daunting, ingraining a machine learning-forward mindset ...

It has been nearly six months since I last stepped foot in the office, and in that time, remote work has transitioned from a pandemic-induced necessity to a permanent feature of the corporate landscape. Personally, I’ve enjoyed a reprieve from years of commuting and frequent business travel, and by the looks of it, I’m not ...