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AI adoption is on the rise. According to a recent McKinsey survey, 55% of companies use artificial intelligence in at least one function, and 27%…

Last year marked the first time humanity deployed a conventional data center in space. The HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 – a set of HPE Edgeline Converged…

Open source software has eaten the world, but last month’s Log4Shell vulnerability chaos highlights the potential dangers when enterprises don’t treat it with the respect it deserves.…

As companies strive for a unified view of their customers and other key corporate data, many turn to data warehouses as a place to keep…

IT operations teams have a lot to juggle. They manage servers, networks, cloud infrastructure, user experience, application performance, and cybersecurity, often working independently of one…

Traditional business intelligence platforms are designed to be used by expert users, data scientists or statisticians. These valuable employees wind up spending too much time…

Messaging services vendor Interop Technologies runs three data centers to provide services to customers and to run its own back-office systems. Interop also provides turnkey…

Winston Churchill said, “Generals are always prepared to fight the last war.” He said this like it was a mistake. But in cybersecurity, we must…

  The Apache Log4j library is a Java-based logging tool that is ubiquitous in enterprise applications. The vulnerability known as Log4Shell, first reported on Dec.…

Predictive modeling helps companies optimize their internal operations, improve customer satisfaction, manage budgets, identify new markets and anticipate the impact of external events, among other…

Next year, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile all plan to shut down their 3G networks, even as 5G rollouts continue around the country and around the…

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert is Cisco’s most prestigious and most difficult certification to achieve, typically requiring years of industry experience and a deep understanding of…

Many companies accelerated their move to the cloud during the pandemic – including cloud-based computing, and, with SASE, cloud-based networking and security as well. But…

Late last year, we learned that Russian state actors compromised SolarWinds Orion, a widely used network monitoring tool, and were able to access the systems of…

For data center managers, the pandemic has changed everything. And we are not going back, at least, not anytime soon. And when we can go…

Today’s data center has very little in common with that of a few years ago. The old model of on-prem servers surrounded by a tough,…

In August, dozens of organizations using Microsoft Power Apps inadvertently exposed 38 million records — COVID-19 contact tracing, job applicants’ Social Security numbers, and even…

Business intelligence is the process of analyzing company data to better understand that data, spot anomalies or trends and make predictions. It’s possible to do…

Sentiment analysis is beginning to prove its mettle in the enterprise. This analytic technique, which enables companies to  determine the emotional value of communications, is…

Data center cybersecurity managers have had it tough this pandemic. During the first half of 2021, bad actors launched 5.4 million DDoS attacks, setting a…

Chatbot definition A chatbot is a software application designed to simulate human conversation with users via text or speech. Also referred to as virtual agents,…

Gartner only coined the term  SASE  — secure access service edge — two years ago to describe a cloud-based service that combines  SD-WAN networking  with…

If your data center’s ransomware recovery plan is to pay off the hackers with cryptocurrency, it’s time to rethink your strategy as regulators crack down.…

Late last month, researchers from cloud security firm Wiz found a  new vulnerability  that allows Azure users to access cloud databases of other users, breaking…

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls SD-WAN and security into a single, centrally managed cloud service that promises simplified WAN…

Cisco’s network certification lineup underwent a  major overhaul  last year, and one of the big changes is that specialization options appear at the professional level…

Sentiment analysis defined Sentiment analysis is analytical technique that uses statistics,  natural language processing, and machine learning to determine the emotional meaning of communications. Companies…

Cloud use is at an all-time high, despite security worries. Last week’s  ChaosDB vulnerability  shows that enterprises need to adapt their security strategies and move…

Cloud platforms, managed service providers and organizations undertaking digital transformations are beginning to reap the benefits of an emerging IT trend: the use of AI-powered…

Last week, researchers from cloud security firm Wiz reported a new vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s managed database service, Cosmos DB, that they called the worst they’ve…