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

You need an ‘I’ve been hacked’ plan for your cloud

A recent study shows that most companies are ill-prepared for cyber attacks on their cloud and on-premises systems

By David Linthicum

Mar 20, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Security

Azure Service Fabric: What you need to know

Microsoft has open-sourced one of Azure’s foundational services. But what is Service Fabric and how can you use it?

By Simon Bisson

Mar 20, 2018 6 mins

Microsoft Azure PaaS Technology Industry

How progressive web applications (PWAs) are revolutionizing user experience

PWAs are unquestionably the latest chapter of web development, and the possibilities for businesses are extensive. Developers and testers need to be prepared

By Eran Kinsbruner

Mar 19, 2018 6 mins

Development Tools Engineer Technology Industry

AWS is Intimidating—but not in the way you think it is

No, not its size and growth, but its offerings and pricing. Thankfully, there is an alternative

By John Pientka

Mar 19, 2018 4 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management

The key question for your cloud computing strategy

Some enterprises focus on aggressive use of cloud, while others are passive. Are you channeling the right “cloud spirit animal” for your business?

By David Linthicum

Mar 16, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing

Idempotence and the discipline of devops

To bridge the gaps in your organization, apply systems thinking and focus efforts on improving the relationships

By John Rauser

Mar 15, 2018 5 mins

Careers Devops

Helping your workforce become data-literate

How to start building a data-literate organization without extensive training

By Harald Smith

Mar 14, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Business Intelligence Data Management

How to bring BI and analytics to modern nested data structures

Nested data structures are a boon to modeling, storage, and query performance, but pose challenges to traditional BI tools. Here’s how to overcome them

By Josh Klahr

Mar 14, 2018 11 mins

Analytics Business Intelligence SQL

How to get real ROI from your move to the cloud

There’s a sunk cost to being in the cloud, and you need a certain percentage of workloads migrated to get the value you actually seek

By David Linthicum

Mar 13, 2018 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing

Connecting health care’s data dots

Getting past the “same, but different” dilemma

By Steve Cochran

Mar 12, 2018 6 mins

Data Integration Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

5 principles of monitoring microservices

Microservices offer a new way to build, deliver, and manage enterprise applications, but they also require a different approach for how devops monitor their systems and the data that gives them insight to overall health

By Loris Degioanni

Mar 12, 2018 6 mins

Cloud Computing Development Tools Software Development

The wonders of AI—or the shortcomings of search?

Thus far, the case for AI seems to mainly center on how it is taking search to the next level

By Jeff Cotrupe

Mar 12, 2018 6 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry

How PostgreSQL just might replace your Oracle database

Although heavily dependent on Oracle today, Salesforce seems to be seeking database freedom—and its efforts could result in the same freedom for all enterprises

By Matt Asay

Mar 12, 2018 5 mins

Databases Salesforce Technology Industry

The intangibles of picking a public cloud

A CIO's viewpoint of the costs and capabilities that can make or break a favorable outcome

By Mike Lunt

Mar 9, 2018 5 mins

CIO Careers Cloud Management

Why hybrid cloud bursting went nowhere

Cloud bursting was all the rage when talking about the hybrid cloud years ago. Today, almost nobody is talking about it

By David Linthicum

Mar 9, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Hybrid Cloud

From executives to developers, CIOs are tapping non-IT people for IT roles

With digital transformation driving unprecedented demand for custom app development, the approach of augmenting existing development teams with so-called business developers is a win-win

By Johan den Haan

Mar 8, 2018 5 mins

Devops Engineer IT Skills and Training

Is serverless computing a game-changer for the relational database market?

From monolithic database servers to no database servers at all. Can the serverless computing paradigm change the landscape for relational databases technologies as well?

By David Yahalom

Mar 8, 2018 7 mins

Cloud Computing Databases

‘Panta rhei’: How more ‘agile’ can make you less agile

It seems to many that agile is seen as a free pass for unlimited change. This is an illusion. Working agile can in fact decrease your agility

By Gerben Wierda

Mar 8, 2018 10 mins

Agile Development Engineer Technology Industry

Arduino plus 3D printing: The next big developer wave

3D printing will likely change manufacturing and even how products reach the home. Meanwhile, Arduino devices make electronic creation accessible to anyone with a laptop computer

By Andrew C. Oliver

Mar 8, 2018 3 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Big data analytics: The cloud-fueled shift now under way

Public clouds are the future of enterprise big data analytics, and their use is creating the unified platform needed to fully gain its value

By James Kobielus

Mar 8, 2018 8 mins

Analytics Data Science Devops

Adding speed and scalability to existing applications with in-memory data grids

Powering data-intensive and time-sensitive applications with in-memory data grids (IMDGs)

By Nikita Ivanov

Mar 7, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Data Management

Feds’ cloud adoption failures are a warning for the private sector

Washington, D.C., might be a very different place than an average enterprise, but its cloud adoption struggle still has teachable moments for us all—starting with age

By John Pientka

Mar 7, 2018 5 mins

Careers Cloud Computing

Machine learning: What developers and business analysts need to know

There is more to a successful application of machine learning than data science

By Chad Juliano

Mar 7, 2018 13 mins

Analytics Databases Machine Learning

Translytical has become synonymous with real-time

Determine if your organization is combining the three principles of translytics to overcome the speed and scale challenges of today’s data-driven enterprise

By Madhup Mishra

Mar 6, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Databases

IT leaders who work as programmers in their free time

Our survey looks at what motivates IT leaders to spend their free time coding

By Kathryn Cave

Mar 6, 2018 6 mins

Careers Software Development

Pulling back the cost curtain of automation

Remove the guesswork by organizing and optimizing

By Geeman Yip

Mar 6, 2018 5 mins

Careers

Redefining software testing in the era of microservices and AI

Software testing and software testing vendors will need to fundamentally rethink and reshape their approach, given the new paradigms of programming and software development

By Gilad Maayan

Mar 6, 2018 6 mins

App Testing Development Tools Technology Industry

Azure Logic Apps: The IFTTT or Quick Basic for the serverless era

Microsoft’s Logic Apps gives you a no-code development environment for basic workflow-driven application integration

By Simon Bisson

Mar 6, 2018 7 mins

Microsoft Azure Serverless Computing Technology Industry

Multicloud’s hidden trade-off: Greater security risk

Multicloud is great, so here is how to ensure ensuring that you're not giving up security for its increased flexibility

By David Linthicum

Mar 6, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Security

How apps impact cloud costs

The application itself shapes the costs involved in managing and possibly migrating software and infrastructure to the cloud

By I Sengupta

Mar 5, 2018 5 mins

Cloud Computing

Why data science and machine learning are the fastest growing jobs in the US

The US could have as many as 250,000 open data science jobs by 2024, and the data science skills gap will find companies scrambling to train or hire talent in the coming years

By Chris Neimeth and Vivian Zhang

Mar 5, 2018 4 mins

Data Science IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

The new data regulations from Europe will cause issues for enterprises that use cloud computing. Here is what you need to know to stay out of trouble

By David Linthicum

Mar 2, 2018 3 mins

Cloud Computing Privacy Technology Industry

Introduction to Learning to Rank (LTR) search analysis

The LTR technique can fix search results based on user preferences or implicit behavior

By Andrew C. Oliver

Mar 2, 2018 3 mins

Analytics Software Development

Data literacy: What it means and why it’s essential for your business

Putting data in the hands of a few experts is a powerful thing, but making it available throughout an organization can be a game-changer

By Doug Bordonaro

Mar 1, 2018 6 mins

Analytics Business Intelligence

Insights-as-a-service: Giving companies a fast lane to data-driven action

If today data is king, then IaaS is fast emerging as the contractual chief adviser, helping to inform business decisions based on data-driven points of knowledge, predictions analytics, and insights

By Carlos Melendez

Mar 1, 2018 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence

Why developers focus on ‘loser’ iOS over ‘winner’ Android

Linux has beat closed-source operating systems in every hardware category, but in mobile its Android derivative just can’t win in the ecosystem competition

By Matt Asay

Mar 1, 2018 5 mins

Mobile Development Open Source Software Development

Agile developers test, but aren’t testers

What’s the difference between a developer, a tester, and a software development engineer in test (SDET)?

By Wolfgang Platz

Feb 28, 2018 5 mins

Agile Development App Testing Engineer

Shifting from machine logic to intelligent interfaces

While machine learning introduces new approaches to software, AI’s more transformative impact will be in the way we interface with each other, businesses, and the world around us

By Jessica Groopman

Feb 28, 2018 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Technology Industry

Key steps to model creation: data cleaning and data exploration

By following best practices and philosophies around these processes, an organization can enable successful collaboration and iteration between data science and IT teams

By Stu Bailey

Feb 28, 2018 5 mins

Data Science Databases Technology Industry

The secret to ensuring your software project stays on budget

Some best practices for incorporating communication at all stages of software development

By Humberto Farias

Feb 28, 2018 7 mins

Careers Software Development

Why edge monitoring is a must in an IoT-dependent world

As edge computing accelerates, small and large portions of business applications are migrating to the edge of the network

By Balwinder Kaur

Feb 28, 2018 5 mins

Devops Technology Industry

What if the LOB followed the right analytics strategy?

Part of that strategy means the business users will need to be tempered by people who understand the analytics tools and processes, and who know how to optimize their use

By Chris Menier

Feb 27, 2018 7 mins

Analytics

Visual Studio Code joins the Anaconda Python data science toolkit

Microsoft’s Anaconda support is the next step in its open source analytics expansion

By Simon Bisson

Feb 27, 2018 5 mins

Data Science Python Technology Industry

Low-code: What it can do for your enterprise—and what it can’t

Building software with low-code visual tools can save time, but it won’t magically fix underfunded development departments

By Alex Cruickshank

Feb 27, 2018 6 mins

Software Development

Devops is essential to the cloud, and to its payoff

It used to be that enterprises saw devops as an optional component of their cloud approach. But smart ones now know it is essential

By David Linthicum

Feb 27, 2018 2 mins

Cloud Computing Devops

Think every business should become a software business? Think again

Rather than view themselves as software companies, organizations need to think of themselves as data companies

By Gaurav Dhillon

Feb 26, 2018 5 mins

Technology Industry

Why you need a bootcamp grad

Joe Vacca of Revature talks up the value of bootcamp graduates for organizations

By Joe Vacca

Feb 26, 2018 5 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training

The marvels of an event-based schema

When working with various data types at the speed of big data, this method is ideal for integrating and aggregating assorted information for the holistic value it provides

By Jans Aasman

Feb 26, 2018 4 mins

Data Management Databases Technology Industry