Opinion

The agent security mess

Humans don’t use most of their granted permissions, but agents will—and the results will be disastrous.

By Matt Asay

Mar 23, 20266 mins

Access ControlDevelopment ApproachesIdentity and Access Management

Machine learning: How to go from theory to reality

A lack of skilled people continues to stymie the AI revolution. That’s why smart companies invest as much in cultural change as technology adoption—and Google shows how

By Matt Asay

Oct 4, 2018 4 mins

Development Tools Machine Learning Technology Industry

Mobile app development after PhoneGap and Cordova

Old hybrid mobile development is dead. Welcome to the “new hybrid” starring progressive web apps and JavaScript-driven native apps

By Todd Anglin

Oct 4, 2018 7 mins

Development Tools Mobile Development Software Development

Leveraging the engineering hierarchy of needs

The highest levels of engineering fulfillment are impossible to attain without a strong foundation in place

By Heather McKelvey

Oct 2, 2018 6 mins

Development Tools Software Development

How to go serverless with Azure SignalR Service

Microsoft’s SignalR was designed for real-time web applications. It’s now a low-cost messaging layer for serverless applications

By Simon Bisson

Oct 2, 2018 6 mins

Microsoft Azure Technology Industry Web Development

The cloud in 2019: Multicloud, serverless computing, and Kubernetes containers

Enterprises are quickly moving up the cloud stack, away from infrastructure services

By David Linthicum

Oct 2, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Serverless Computing Technology Industry

Just because something can be done …

When you can’t do it the best way, at least get something out of the workaround besides the runaround

By Scott Nelson

Oct 1, 2018 8 mins

Development Tools Engineer Software Development

How to deal with data in a multicloud environment

Follow these three best practices to keep the use of multiple databases across multiple clouds from confounding your deployments

By David Linthicum

Sep 28, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Databases

Developers, not CIOs, are who drive your cloud strategy

Yes to multicloud and yes to hybrid cloud. But not because there’s some grand plan to limit lockin or deliver high availability

By Matt Asay

Sep 28, 2018 4 mins

Careers Engineer Hybrid Cloud

5G will bring cloud computing to everyone

Those who don’t have broadband will discover the whole new world of cloud computing with 5G that can take their businesses to the next level

By David Linthicum

Sep 25, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Maximize ROI with MVP

The problem with acronyms like “ROI” and “MVP” is that we sometimes forget what they really mean

By Scott Nelson

Sep 24, 2018 5 mins

Agile Development App Testing Software Development

How to solve AI’s reproducibility crisis

Society will never fully trust artificial intelligence’s actions unless they can be shown to produce reasonably repeatable results in line with what their developers claim

By James Kobielus

Sep 24, 2018 6 mins

Analytics Devops Machine Learning

4 hidden cloud computing costs that will get you fired

Lack of proper monitoring and management results in these common mistakes that will cost you real money

By David Linthicum

Sep 21, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing

Business can’t win without developers, but you need more

A surprising survey shows that lack of software development capabilities is the top inhibitor to business success. So, how do you fix that?

By Matt Asay

Sep 18, 2018 6 mins

Careers Open Source Technology Industry

Does the cloud still make sense when the economy is good?

Bad economic times gave the cloud its initial enterprise push for cost savings, but good times should mean the cloud now becomes strategic

By David Linthicum

Sep 18, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing

Too big to survive: There is no bailout for technical debt

Technology can have both a positive and negative impact to the bottom line, and properly managed debt can be the differentiator

By Scott Nelson

Sep 17, 2018 6 mins

Development Tools Software Development Technology Industry

Business can’t win without developers, but you need more

A surprising survey shows that lack of software development capabilities is the top inhibitor to business success. So, how do you fix that?

By Matt Asay

Sep 17, 2018 6 mins

Engineer Open Source Technology Industry

How not to get started with devops—and how to do it right

Don’t let the corporate quicksand pull you under

By Nate Berent-Spillson

Sep 14, 2018 10 mins

Careers Devops

Cloud complexity management is the next big thing

Cloud computing actually makes things much more complex, not simpler. That requires a new discipline around managing that complexity

By David Linthicum

Sep 14, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Your CRM’s asymmetric relationship: hindering potential, attracting regulation

The CRM is greedy when it comes to collecting data, but stingy when it comes to sharing it

By Michael Hiskey

Sep 13, 2018 5 mins

Data Management Databases Technology Industry

How IoT leaders can embrace smart apps

Developers can now easily embed third-party smart services into their applications to create the “smart apps” business need to profit from new technological advances

By Johan den Haan

Sep 12, 2018 5 mins

Technology Industry

What IT should understand before implementing an in-memory computing solution

Make sure your in-memory computing infrastructure is flexible, reliable and easy and cost-effective to deploy and manage

By Nikita Ivanov

Sep 11, 2018 4 mins

Cloud Computing

For agile testing, fail fast with test impact analysis

Test impact analysis is a change-based testing practice that rapidly exposes issues in new/modified code

By Wolfgang Platz

Sep 11, 2018 6 mins

Agile Development App Testing Software Development

The 3 reasons CIOs have become cloud-first

The move to a cloud-first strategy is being shaped by drivers that we did not originally anticipate—certainly not for cost reasons

By David Linthicum

Sep 11, 2018 2 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Are you really building a serverless system?

There are strong benefits to building serverless architectures.But just because you implemented a FaaS interface, doesn’t mean you built a serverless architecture

By Gwen Shapira

Sep 7, 2018 8 mins

Cloud Computing Serverless Computing

Why containers are like Google Docs

Each generation of technology has made collaboration easier, containers are just the latest iteration in managing the content on a server, and their strikingly similar to the business value in online document collaboration

By Scott McCarty

Sep 7, 2018 6 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

The simple fix so your cloud costs don’t spin out of control

Cloud management processes and tools are here to make cloud usage as predictable and budgetable as any other business cost

By David Linthicum

Sep 7, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Scale out and conquer: Architectural decisions behind distributed in-memory systems

Open source solutions hold the key to a cost-effective, unified architecture for leveraging in-memory computing

By Nikita Ivanov

Sep 6, 2018 5 mins

Software Development

The impact of hybrid IT on accelerating application releases

Leveraging the automation built for the hybrid environment to support enterprise application release acceleration helps the business keep pace with competitors by allowing faster innovations, while keeping IT operations from becoming obsolete

By Travis Greene

Sep 5, 2018 4 mins

Devops Technology Industry

How the CDO reached the C-suite and where it goes from here

The importance of data today is turning its stewards into leaders

By Michael Hiskey

Sep 5, 2018 4 mins

Analytics Careers Data Management

Why you need to change your monolithic architecture

Knowing why you need to change your architecture is more important than knowing how. And the why is probably different than you think.

By Scott Nelson

Sep 5, 2018 10 mins

Careers Technology Industry

How enterprise knowledge graphs can proactively reduce risk

Incorporating knowledge graphs with artificial intelligence offer newfound ability to seek out data security threats instead of simply reacting once noncompliance or data losses occurs

By Jans Aasman

Sep 5, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Business Intelligence Data Visualization

Replication isn’t data protection. Here’s why

Despite replication increasing in usage over traditional backup workflows, it’s not enough to protect your data alone

By Stephen Pao

Sep 5, 2018 6 mins

Analytics Data Management Security

Watch out, MySQL: MariaDB could replace you

Even as MySQL’s popularity has flattened and even declined, MariaDB has boomed

By Matt Asay

Sep 5, 2018 4 mins

Databases Software Development

Google Cloud is no longer the dark horse

Betting on Google Cloud is no longer a sucker's bet. Three reasons Google Cloud is a real rival in the public cloud race

By Mike Lunt

Sep 4, 2018 5 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Software Development

Understanding programmatic Azure infrastructures

With Azure, your infrastructure is code, so you can manage it from the Azure CLI or from third-party tools

By Simon Bisson

Sep 4, 2018 6 mins

Development Tools Devops Microsoft Azure

Top architecture choices for enterprise software development

The best architecture choices for enterprise software are those that keep business priorities in mind. For the best results opt for technology that emphasizes scalability, performance, security, and cost

By Humberto Farias

Aug 31, 2018 6 mins

Careers Cloud Storage PaaS

How to retrofit the cloud for security: 2 essential steps

You should build security into every enterprise-to-cloud migration. But if you didn’t do that, here’s how to reduce the risk after the fact

By David Linthicum

Aug 31, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Security Security

How real-time notifications and event-driven design enable intelligent applications

Notifications are a fundamental building block for improving enterprise speed and efficiency, but only if the system is correctly architected with volume and velocity in mind

By Karthik Ramasamy

Aug 30, 2018 8 mins

Development Tools Engineer Software Development

Why gaming AI won’t help make AI work in the real world—but could

The underlying game-theory principles could be applied to the real world, only if the test cases reflected the real world, not artificial fantasy environments

By James Kobielus

Aug 30, 2018 13 mins

Artificial Intelligence Software Development

How to achieve large-scale IoT with relational databases

With these key optimizations, your favorite relational database can support the high connection volumes and high-speed ingestion rates of IoT workloads

By Maria Colgan

Aug 30, 2018 8 mins

Databases SQL Software Development

When data becomes a service

The need for data to fuel effective artificial intelligence solutions and how to collect it via model-as-a service and insights-as-a service

By Carlos Melendez

Aug 29, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Data Management

In-memory data grids vs. in-memory databases

Selecting the right option for accelerating applications can reduce complexity and save time and money

By Nikita Ivanov

Aug 29, 2018 5 mins

Databases Devops Technology Industry

Summer reading: where data has driven us thus far in 2018

Establishing customer trust has become the new business focus in the era of data collection

By Michael Hiskey

Aug 29, 2018 4 mins

Data Management Privacy Technology Industry

Worlds collide in information management

The convergence of several interrelated functions of information management are fueling a push toward unified information governance

By Kon Leong

Aug 29, 2018 4 mins

Analytics Data Management

5 ways to reduce devops costs

Automation, good design, and effective management can help keep public cloud costs in check

By I Sengupta

Aug 29, 2018 5 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Devops

When it comes to code, be a consumer

The business of software has finally matured to a point where we need to tackle it like a traditional supply chain

By Scott McCarty

Aug 29, 2018 5 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Fixing data quality first? You’re doing it wrong

In today’s hyper-competitive business environment, the companies that get data to their teams faster and solve specific problems will outperform those who are preoccupied with data perfection

By Doug Bordonaro

Aug 29, 2018 5 mins

Agile Development Analytics Business Intelligence

Cloud-native devops won’t work without test automation

Now that devops and cloud computing are in full swing, you need to get better at test automation—otherwise, neither the cloud nor devops will scale

By David Linthicum

Aug 28, 2018 3 mins

App Testing Cloud Computing Devops

Solving the UI challenge in Visual Studio code

The relationship between designers and developers is complicated and essential. Two imperfect tools help Visual Studio a little

By Simon Bisson

Aug 28, 2018 7 mins

Development Tools Software Development

To learn cloud skills, community colleges are the place to be

New investments from cloud providers mean cloud computing courses are now available at your community college, right next to the welding classes. That's a great idea!

By David Linthicum

Aug 24, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training