David Linthicum
It’s time to kick your ERP system to the curb and go SaaS
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January 25, 2019
It’s time to kick your ERP system to the curb and go SaaS
According to Cisco’s Global Cloud Index, 59 percent of all cloud workflows were delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS) by 2019. But infrastructure-as-a-service…
2 big mistakes to avoid in edge computing
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January 22, 2019
2 big mistakes to avoid in edge computing
More things are being pushed to the edge. Think of the edge as the space between the cloud and whatever…
Thinking about blockchain? Do it in the cloud
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January 18, 2019
Thinking about blockchain? Do it in the cloud
According tofigures provided to CoinDeskfrom jobs site Indeed.com, searches for roles involving bitcoin,blockchain, and cryptocurrency dropped by 3.06 percent from…
What you must know about moving ERP to the cloud
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January 15, 2019
What you must know about moving ERP to the cloud
Nearly 70 percent of enterprise organizations are currently migrating data for enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to the cloud, according…
Moving to the cloud? 3 critical data efforts you must make
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January 11, 2019
Moving to the cloud? 3 critical data efforts you must make
I’m often taken back by the number of enterprises moving the cloud that have not considered data modernization as part…
Cloud migration checklist: The 3 key areas to focus on
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January 8, 2019
Cloud migration checklist: The 3 key areas to focus on
2019 is the year that enterprises are hitting the accelerator on their cloud migrations. Last year, the typical company wanted…
Now is the time to get serious about your cloud strategy
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January 4, 2019
Now is the time to get serious about your cloud strategy
IT loves its enterprise data centers. Who can blame IT? Data centers are LED light works of modern art these…
How IT can regain ownership of cloud computing
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January 2, 2019
How IT can regain ownership of cloud computing
At the board of directors’ meeting, the CEO is presenting the forecast for the next year. This time, he or…
How to find that scarce cloud talent
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December 21, 2018
How to find that scarce cloud talent
You’re walking to your car from a major public cloud provider’s building that houses about 1,000 employees. You have an…
The 2 most important cloud resolutions you should make
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December 18, 2018
The 2 most important cloud resolutions you should make
Remember your 2018 New Year’s resolutions? Some happened but most did not. Still, the advent of the new year is…
2019 will be the year of the cloud system maker
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December 13, 2018
2019 will be the year of the cloud system maker
There’s a culture in the US called the maker culture, a hipster phenomenon. Related to the hacker culture, it represents…
The private cloud is now a peripheral to the public cloud
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December 11, 2018
The private cloud is now a peripheral to the public cloud
No matter if you’re looking at Microsoft’s Azure Stack, Amazon Web Services’s Outpost, or Google’s Kubernetes Engine (GKE) on premises,…
The path to cloud security goes through integration
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December 7, 2018
The path to cloud security goes through integration
The cloud security problem is not really a problem any more. Indeed, we have the best security technology in the…
Don’t go overboard at the edge in edge computing
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December 4, 2018
Don’t go overboard at the edge in edge computing
The whole idea of edge computing is to push some processing and data retention out to the edge of the…
Don’t let AWS Re:Invent blind you to your real cloud needs
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November 30, 2018
Don’t let AWS Re:Invent blind you to your real cloud needs
I went to Amazon’s AWS Re:Invent trade show this week for the first time ever. It’s more of a place…