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

Deep container inspection: What the Docker Hub Minor virus and XcodeGhost breach can teach about containers

Trust and security are two separate concepts. This is especially true with container tools and images

By Scott McCarty

Jul 13, 2018 6 mins

Application Security Software Development

How to get real value from big data in the cloud

Cloud computing makes big data affordable, but few companies know how to actually take actual advantage of it

By David Linthicum

Jul 13, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Data Management

Combining operations and development: A view from the trenches

Combining development and operations teams is not for the faint of heart. Learn how others have endured the transition into an efficient devops organization

By Mike Lunt

Jul 12, 2018 6 mins

Agile Development Devops Technology Industry

The key to proactive multicloud cost management

Resource tagging can be useful, but it’s hardly an effective way to control cloud costs. Here’s how to do better

By Sebastian Stadil

Jul 11, 2018 7 mins

Cloud Computing

The need for speed: How fast data could make or break industrial IoT

The industrial internet of things can greatly improve the connectivity, efficiency, and scalability of an organization, while saving time and money

By Karthik Ramasamy

Jul 10, 2018 6 mins

Data Warehousing Technology Industry

How to develop cross-platform apps more easily with Xamarin.Essentials

The combination of Xamarin.Essentials and Xamarin Forms should finally give Microsoft the end-to-end cross platform development story it’s been seeking for PCs and mobile devices

By Simon Bisson

Jul 10, 2018 6 mins

Development Tools Mobile Development Software Development

Be smart about edge computing and cloud computing

Done right, edge computing and cloud computing provide a single symbiotic solution. They are not, and will never be, mutually exclusive

By David Linthicum

Jul 10, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing

Why enterprises still struggle with data

There are pockets of innovation, but many large businesses are struggling to reap the rewards of data

By Gaurav Dhillon

Jul 9, 2018 6 mins

Analytics Data Management

Product managers need devops, too

Product managers need devops, and devops people need product managers. There are a number of things they can do to help one another create better products more efficiently

By Larry Gordon

Jul 9, 2018 8 mins

Careers Devops

Working with fog computing? You should know about these conferences

Now's the time to get a handle on all things fog-related. These conferences are a good first step to getting a clearer picture of fog, its current impact and where it’s headed.

By Allan Boyd

Jul 6, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing

Change data capture as a gateway to a streaming platform

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Similarly, creating a central nervous system for the enterprise begins with a single project.

By Gwen Shapira

Jul 6, 2018 6 mins

Databases Development Tools Technology Industry

The future of load testing is BLU

A new 'lean' approach to load testing gives agile developers and testers fast feedback on performance—without all the hassles traditionally associated with performance testing.

By Wolfgang Platz

Jul 6, 2018 6 mins

App Testing Development Tools Technology Industry

You can no longer afford to indulge cloud blockers

Very few cloud blockers are bad or stupid people. But they are bad for your company and have to change, accept, or leave

By David Linthicum

Jul 6, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing

How Red Hat has come to dominate Kubernetes

Kubernetes seems destined to rule enterprise infrastructure, but, oddly, only Google and Red Hat seem to be playing to win in Kubernetes

By Matt Asay

Jul 5, 2018 5 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

4 essential features of modern low-code development platforms

How today’s low-code platforms go beyond rapid app dev to streamline the entire software development lifecycle

By Malcolm Ross

Jul 4, 2018 6 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Microsoft Graph Explorer: A good tool that’s not yet ready

The GraphQL tools for programming the Microsoft 365 platform are promising but lack the needed integration into developer tools

By Simon Bisson

Jul 3, 2018 5 mins

APIs Data Integration Databases

Why accounting matters to your cloud computing plans

New accounting rules may not be on the cloud deployer’s Top 10 list these days, but they mean more than you think

By David Linthicum

Jul 3, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Build or buy: It’s a matter of ‘plasticity’

The leading digital organizations have moved past trying to force-fit software someone else built into every corner of their organizations

By Paulo Rosado

Jul 2, 2018 6 mins

Careers

Test automation comes of age

Testing teams will significantly expand test automation efforts over the next year. Here are the biggest challenges they’ll face

By Ryan Yackel

Jul 2, 2018 5 mins

App Testing Devops Software Development

Where you should never cut corners in software development

Driven to find the lowest possible price, some executives are lured into making deals that ruin a project

By Humberto Farias

Jul 2, 2018 5 mins

Careers Engineer

In-memory computing: enabling continuous learning for the digital enterprise

Real-time machine and deep learning use cases are now practical, thanks to in-memory computing platforms with integrated continuous learning capabilities

By Nikita Ivanov

Jul 2, 2018 5 mins

Machine Learning Technology Industry

Why IT needs more than agile methodology

While collaboration among stakeholders, users, and IT is at the core of agile, business teams and developers tend to think and speak different languages

By Johan den Haan

Jul 2, 2018 5 mins

Agile Development Careers

What are software recruiters looking for?

6 tips to landing (and thriving in) your first development job

By Keith Skronek

Jul 2, 2018 5 mins

Agile Development Careers Software Development

Navigating a path to acquisition success in health care

With mergers and acquisitions only expected to rise, the integration of technology systems and business processes is key to success

By Steve Cochran

Jun 29, 2018 6 mins

Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

3 common machine learning mistakes to avoid

Enterprises keep making these three mistakes, wasting their money, reducing app performance, and getting bad results

By David Linthicum

Jun 29, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Machine Learning Software Development

Modern artificial intelligence: algorithms through analytics

The silicon-based algorithms that accelerate the next generation of AI happening now are powerful. But what is the strategy for quality assurance of this technology?

By Oliver Schabenberger

Jun 28, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence

Container usage trends: An inside look based on active container deployments

Five findings to help put container usage trends in perspective

By Loris Degioanni

Jun 26, 2018 6 mins

Cloud Computing Development Tools Software Development

Digital transformation is fiction

Although digital transformation is the tech industry’s favorite buzzword, the notion that enterprises can simply “transform” overnight is a fallacy

By Dan Jones

Jun 26, 2018 5 mins

Careers Devops Technology Industry

Serverless cloud computing is the next big thing

Here’s why serverless computing is breaking out of the datacenter and becoming a key part of the pubic cloud.

By David Linthicum

Jun 26, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Serverless Computing

How to debug web apps outside the browser

If a web app doesn’t use the browser, how can you test it? Microsoft’s Edge Dev Tools brings the familiar F12 tools to the desktop

By Simon Bisson

Jun 26, 2018 6 mins

App Testing Software Development Web Development

In an age of fake news, is there really such a thing as fake data?

The pitfalls and benefits of using synthetic data to train AI algorithms

By Carlos Melendez

Jun 25, 2018 5 mins

Data Integration Data Science Technology Industry

If you’re a chief data officer and all you care about is data, you’re in trouble

It’s a new but exciting role, and if you follow some basic advice, you’ll play a critical part in shaping a successful, data-driven future for your company

By Doug Bordonaro

Jun 25, 2018 6 mins

Careers

Paving a consumer’s journey: from research to retrieval, and data’s role

Data is vital to understanding the customer journey, but how a brand uses it can be the difference between a winning customer experience and a lackluster one

By Eric Matisoff

Jun 25, 2018 6 mins

Analytics

The hidden transformation underlying AI transformations

There is a rarely discussed but tremendously important dynamic facing every business deploying machine learning: what’s changing below the surface

By Jessica Groopman

Jun 22, 2018 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Careers Technology Industry

Multicloud: the new monitoring silo

Enterprises are embracing cloud platforms, often having more than one provider to best suit the given application. But how to monitor across this hybrid environment?

By Mike Kelly

Jun 22, 2018 5 mins

Cloud Computing

5 approaches to lower enterprise technology costs

Lowering IT spending while delivering digital transformation only appears to be a paradox. Here are five ways to support both demands

By Scott Nelson

Jun 22, 2018 5 mins

Careers Technology Industry

It’s not easy to move from a private cloud to a hybrid cloud

IT is often told that starting with a private cloud and then going hybrid is a straightforward, sensible strategy. But it’s not as easy as you’ve likely been told

By David Linthicum

Jun 22, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing

Why dynamically visualizing relationships in data matters

The ability to visualize data, their relationships to one another and connections to business objectives gives organizations the power to uncover insights that would otherwise elude them

By Jans Aasman

Jun 21, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Data Science Data Visualization

How hybrid IT affects devops in the enterprise

Enterprises with decades of investments in IT infrastructure suddenly are forced to contend with a significant portion of their new infrastructure being in the cloud

By Travis Greene

Jun 21, 2018 4 mins

Careers Devops

Sorry, but blockchain databases are just not that secure

Premature, untested software, criminal infiltration, multiple technology variations, and lack of experience are just some reasons to distrust distributed hyperledgers in your business

By James Kobielus

Jun 21, 2018 6 mins

Databases Security

It’s time we tapped APIs for business analytics

With so much information flowing through APIs, the API management system offers a central hub for business insight

By Srinath Perera

Jun 20, 2018 11 mins

APIs Business Intelligence Data Science

Introducing React Native Windows for cross-platform apps

Building on Facebook’s React, Microsoft is delivering tools for building cross-platform code for Windows, the web, and beyond

By Simon Bisson

Jun 19, 2018 6 mins

JavaScript Mobile Development Small and Medium Business

Cloud backup is not the same as standard datacenter backup

You need to implement some sort of cloud-based system recovery. You have two routes you can take, with varying costs and risks

By David Linthicum

Jun 19, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing

How to waste $5M on containerized infrastructure

Success in Kubernetes and containers is really about the conversation

By Khash Sajadi

Jun 15, 2018 6 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Expand data types faster than systems

Data architects and leaders are often tasked with collecting a wide range of new data. Sometimes that can lead to the inadvertent growth of new data stores

By Gary Orenstein

Jun 15, 2018 4 mins

Data Integration Databases Technology Industry

3 major cloud migration mistakes to avoid

These three mistakes are costly, but they are also easily avoidable if you know what to look for

By David Linthicum

Jun 15, 2018 3 mins

Databases Devops PaaS

Database shift: Start with open source but finish with AWS

AWS seems to be building natural bridges between on-premises databases like MySQL and cloud services like Amazon Aurora

By Matt Asay

Jun 15, 2018 4 mins

Amazon Web Services Databases Open Source

Introducing SPFx, the SharePoint Framework for business apps

Microsoft’s open source web tool is changing how you build business applications on top of SharePoint

By Simon Bisson

Jun 12, 2018 6 mins

Development Tools Software Development Technology Industry

How to get the most cloud security

User education is more effective than the best security technology alone

By David Linthicum

Jun 12, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Security

Human data is the future of information

That’s good for everyone, as it respects that data has become so important to people’s livelihood—their credit scores just as much their personalities—that it shouldn’t be treated differently than they would be treated

By Michael Hiskey

Jun 11, 2018 5 mins

Data Management Privacy Technology Industry