Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

May 2014

Web-scale IT shows what technology can achieve
Cliff Saran - Managing Editor 20 May 2014

English: A Netflix envelope picture taken by BlueMint. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Looking at web companies such as Amazon, eBay, Facebook or NetFlix, it is hard not to be impressed by the scale of ...

Big data technology has its work cut out to harness web analytics
Cliff Saran - Managing Editor 16 May 2014

English: eBay Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)What can we learn from companies such as eBay and Amazon? These internet businesses are at the cutting edge of technology.The recent Gartner CRM summit ...

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Blurring the lines between RPA platforms and APIs

RPA is quickly making itself known in the automation market, but the real game changer is utilizing the technology in an API-rich...

Preparing for a 5G deployment: 5 things CIOs need to do now

Experts discuss the five moves CIOs should be making right now to ensure they are prepared to take hold of 5G as it becomes more ...

New class of cloud security suite promises next-gen protection

Nemertes analyst John Burke points CIOs to a new type of cloud security offering that combines the functions of VPN, cloud ...

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DevOps security checklist requires proper integration

There are a lot of moving parts to adding security into a DevOps environment. Using application testing DevOps security tools are...

How to identify and evaluate cybersecurity frameworks

Not all frameworks for cybersecurity are equal. ESG's Jon Oltsik explains what attributes make a cybersecurity framework and how ...

Microsoft discovers BlueKeep-like flaws in Remote Desktop Services

Microsoft disclosed four remote code execution flaws in Remote Desktop Services that are similar to BlueKeep, as well as other ...

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Compare the leading SD-WAN vendors before you buy

This SD-WAN vendor comparison chart is a useful starting point to get information about SD-WAN deployment options, pricing, cloud...

Cisco faces sales slump amid Chinese tariffs, falling SP revenues

Cisco forecast weak revenue growth in the current quarter, as service provider sales fell and product orders were flat. The ...

The top AIOps use cases in network performance management tools

AIOps use cases in network performance management include automating certain network functions, including traffic analysis. But ...

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How to get out of a bad colocation contract

Renegotiation, legal action and cancellation are all options if your colocation service agreement isn't up to par. But each ...

5 steps to include on your software update checklist

Training, testing and automation are all essential components to software updates. Implementing these concepts makes version ...

Cray exascale computer to modernize aging nuclear weapon stockpile

The U.S. is buying an exascale system from Cray Inc., its third from the company which is now being acquired by HPE. The $600 ...

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AWS Lake Formation goes GA, as cloud data lake market grows

First released in late 2018, AWS Lake Formation is now generally available and it could be the force that helps to accelerate ...

Apollo data graph brings managed federation to enterprises

The new Apollo update is intended to enable organizations to federate multiple enterprise data sets more easily and use APIs to ...

Data management roles: Data architect vs. data engineer, others

Veteran data professional Michael Bowers differentiates between key data management positions, including their salaries and which...