As the global pandemic continues to significantly challenge public-sector organizations, Amazon Web Services Inc. is expanding its public-sector footprint to help meet growing cloud-technology demands. To address the countless needs of an often regulated market, AWS continues to invest in an ecosystem of partners to support its global growth. Last week, AWS Public Sector awarded a ...

In the world of information technology operations, observability extends the principles of IT monitoring by pulling together data from logs, metrics, traces and events to empower operators to identify root causes of issues and resolve them quickly. Cloud-native observability, in turn, extends these capabilities to Kubernetes and, by extension, the full gamut of multicloud hybrid ...

Johannes Gutenberg began experimenting with the printing press in 1440, and his tinkering allowed information to be rapidly duplicated and distributed around the world. Nearly six centuries later, it’s a vastly different world, yet the idea of page distribution quickly and inexpensively remains very much the same. In the modern context, it’s all about finding ...

Every year, cybercriminals steal approximately $40 billion from senior citizens in the United States. Cybercriminals with access to an older adult person’s information via a computer, smartphone or other networked device can easily exploit it for nefarious intent. The scope of bad actors targeting senior citizens can be explained by the lack of experience and skills ...

In the cloud native ecosystem, there is a growing concern that “safe speed” is becoming an oxymoron along the lines of “jumbo shrimp.” Many impressive things are developed every day in the cloud and a lot of them can be created at lightning-fast speed. Yet a lot of mistakes can be made fast too, which ...

In the business world, “greenfield” is a market that has yet to be fully commercially exploited. The three co-founders of startup Jellyfish Co. believe they have found a significant greenfield opportunity in engineering management. There’s a lot at stake for engineering teams in most companies today. There are constant conflicts between speed of delivery and ...

With the rise of the DevOps culture, the challenge has now become how to enable “Dev” without the “Ops.” It has long been the goal of platform-as-a-service providers and various serverless and public cloud providers to free developers from operational burden. Yet as a recent GitLab Inc. survey has shown, the number of developers who ...

Dell Technologies Inc. made headlines this week when it said it’s exploring a possible spinoff of its 81% stake in VMware Inc., a data center software company that’s widely considered to be its most attractive asset. Dell is proposing a complex financial maneuver that’s designed to address a valuation shortfall that has plagued the company ...

The “internet of things” and connected-device revolution has arrived in hospitals around the world, and with it comes incredible promise for improved patient care and experience. But as with many technology advancements, these new wonders introduce risks into our most critical systems. Keeping these devices both secure and in compliance requires a new way of ...

The promise of cloud in the enterprise is all about speed and efficiency. Is it also about saving money? The market research firm 451 Research, which tracks cloud pricing on a quarterly basis, found that the number of line items offered for purchase by the five largest cloud providers doubled in 2019 and now exceeds ...