Whether to purchase commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software or build a custom solution is one of the most common dilemmas organizations - and specifically IT leaders - face. COTS had its moment in the spotlight when custom development was more costly and businesses often did not have the expertise in-house to develop their own software solutions.

Tapping the business value of data while keeping it secure is a complex balancing act. Check out this advice on how to tackle four top priorities

Have you given much thought to critical thinking? It's a talent that can make you a stronger, more effective leader.

A survey of 265 IT leaders found the primary reason organizations are applying artificial intelligence to IT operations (AIOps) is 60% is to improve service and application availability and performance (60%), followed closely by automation of operations (58%) and processes (54%).

Secure Data Recovery found that average failed hard drive spun for 25,233 hours before failing. That's 1,051 days, or two years and ten months.

Gartner has kissed the HCI appliance market goodbye. Its analysts have taken a fresh look at the HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI) market, and moved away from an appliance approach, looking instead at full stack software suppliers of server, storage and network infrastructure management.

QLC flash offers high density but has lifecycle limitations. But what does it really cost compared with TLC and MLC, and how are suppliers implementing it and getting around durability issues?

With ESG and environmental sustainability becoming more important for enterprise success, IT will need to understand its key role. Here's the overview.

OpenAI unveiled its latest and most capable language model, and here's what we know.

Wells Fargo, the 170-year-old multinational financial services giant, knows what it needs to do to scale AI across the organization. But that, according to Chintan Mehta, EVP and group CIO, is really just the beginning of the journey.

Google announced a laundry list of new generative AI capabilities and features for developers, through a PaLM API and in Google Cloud, as well as new integrations for users of Google Workspace, including in Gmail and Google Docs.

Enterprise companies have experimented with artificial intelligence (AI) for years - a pilot here, a use case there. But company leaders have long dreamed of going bigger, better and faster when it comes to AI. That is, applying AI at scale.

As the high-speed capabilities of 5G networks continue to roll out, an even more impressive technology is on the horizon.

Some companies are pausing or delaying implementations. But projects moving ahead face sharper scrutiny than before.

If you lived in the 19th century and worked in manufacturing, you'd be looking at a working week of between 60 to 90 hours, according to research from the University of Groningen.

Talent management software is designed to help businesses across industries strategically identify, attract, develop, and retain valuable employees within an organization. It involves various activities-recruiting, hiring, training, performance management, succession planning, and more-to ensure an organization has the talent it needs to achieve its goals and remain competitive.

In today's fast-paced and constantly evolving post-pandemic world, organizations continue to recognize the importance of effectively managing their physical and software assets. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) tools have allowed organizations to track and trace their asset portfolio, monitor inventory levels and ensure that assets are used effectively and efficiently. These results have shown cost savings through reduced downtime and more efficient utilization of resources.

We've just released our latest forecast for end-user spending on social and collaboration software. We forecast that End-user spending on social and collaboration software in 2023 will be $14.5 billion, growing to $24.7 billion by 2027.

Open source tools are often more flexible and cheaper than commercial alternatives. These seven can assist ITOps teams with their work.

In 2002, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) created the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) due to major corporate scandals at the time involving companies such as Enron and WorldCom (neither of which exist any longer as a result of said scandals).

Organizations recognize that they are responsible for protecting remote workers from cyber threats, but they have a long way to go in deploying the necessary security technologies.

Research found that phishing threats were low in 2022, while foreign login activity and application process analysis accounted for nearly 50% of incident alerts.

The sooner CISOs become proactive in understanding the flip side of the organizations they protect, the better they'll be at their jobs.

The chances of getting hacked are no longer low. Companies need to rethink their data collection and monitoring strategies to protect employee privacy and corporate integrity.

The open source Apache SeaTunnel project is a data integration platform that makes it easy to synchronize data.

Choosing the right distro is not easy. And when you have to choose between two strong contenders: Linux Mint and Ubuntu, it becomes challenging. After all, both are great picks for anyone just starting with Linux.

IT shops appear ready to focus on cloud costs amid inflation and economic uncertainty. Service providers expect clients to invest more in FinOps and optimization tools this year.

For companies that are required to keep data within a specific country or region, a sovereign cloud may be a key part of a multicloud deployment.

In this blog post, we'll discuss 8 of the top threats targeting cloud applications in 2023. Taking steps to protect your cloud applications against these 8 threats will to help keep your business secure and avoid vulnerabilities.

Malicious actors are taking advantage of a plethora of new opportunities in the cloud. Here are the top cloud-native risks and strategies for avoiding them.

Six out of every 10 businesses had moved their workloads to the cloud as of last year. More steady traffic in the cloud and more direct cloud instances mean more to juggle-and the need for greater customization and integration.

With each passing year, the phrase 'The network is the computer,' coined in 1984 by John Gage, director of research and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, becomes more and more true. And it was certainly at its most truest in 2022 if you use Ethernet datacenter switching revenues as a gauge.

Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) are making it faster, easier, and more affordable for businesses to securely connect offices and remote users to the applications and information they need to get work done.

Make the case for an SD-WAN implementation, and explore the benefits and main use cases for SD-WAN in enterprises, beyond traditional hybrid WANs.

Firewalls are an essential component of networks and their placement matters. Logically, a firewall is placed between the internet service provider (ISP) and the local area network (LAN) devices. As traffic passes through the firewall monitors that traffic against a set of predetermined rules and controls the access to the network.

A data warehouse is a collection of data that is specifically designed for reporting and analysis. It is a central repository of data that allows organizations to make informed decisions based on data-driven insights.

This complimentary change management webinar breaks down the 12 key principles of organizational change that every leader must know, and how you can incorporate

In this session, you'll hear from Chris Walz, Senior Security Engineer at Atlassian, Jason Lane, Product Marketing Director at Snyk and Cihat Yidiz, Product Security Engineer at Atlassian

This webinar will dive into: What Avaya customers should be evaluating in relation to PBX maintenance and support; Best practices for hybrid voice connections: enabling PSTN connectivity between PBX system and Microsoft Teams Phone

This webinar will dig into the ways criminals are projected to take advantage of ChatGPT and other AI tools to improve the reach and effectiveness of their ransomware attacks. The session will conclude with a review of a 12-step plan that businesses can use to improve their active defenses as well as their mitigation of and recovery from successful ransomware attacks - both conventional and AI-enabled.

Calling all SMBs! Join us at the exclusive session following the Data Cloud & AI Summit to chat with our experts LIVE.

Cybercriminals have always been about data - stealing data, compromising data, holding data hostage. Businesses continue to respond with malware detection on laptops and networks to protect data and prevent breaches, so why should storage be left out? Storage houses what the bad actors are targeting - your data. Is there anything we can do from within the storage layer to further enhance defense in depth?

Regardless of which low-code or no-code tool is used, chances are good that the individual building an application using that tool is a professional developer.

Attend this one-day virtual summit to hear successful CIOs share their secrets to unlocking cloud and data potential. With a laser focus on optimization, you'll dive deep into emerging data and cloud strategies - with tips on where and how to refine your approach to drive digital resiliency and transformation.

Whether you are diving into DevOps for the first time or trying to do it right this time, DevOps Onramp provides all the information you need for a successful DevOps journey.

Some dev and security teams just can't get along. Others might have good intentions, but don't have the right operations, people, processes or technology to help make a DevSecOps team really sing. Attend this webinar and make your DevSecOps team harmonious.

Join CIO contributing editor Charles Pelton and subject-matter experts from HPE GreenLake for an interactive, 90-minute discussion on trends in cybersecurity threats, cyber resiliency, and mitigation strategies.

This virtual event digs deep into cloud security strategies and tactics at every level, from cloud native architectures and zero trust security through remote workforce weak points. Arm yourself with tips you can use today and to reinforce your fortress for when - not if - the next big breach strikes in your cloud.

This virtual event digs deep into cloud security strategies and tactics at every level, from cloud-native architectures and zero trust security through remote workforce weak points. Arm yourself with tips you can use today and to reinforce your fortress for when - not if - the next big breach strikes in your cloud.

Join Cloudflare Field CTO Trey Guinn and Product Marketing Director, Dan Gould, as they discuss key attacks that organizational security postures must account for in 2023

Detecting attacks in their earliest stages - before they impact your business - is a key element of an effective threat detection and incident response (TDIR) strategy. But according to Mandiant's 2022 M-Trends Special Report, it still takes an average of 21 days to detect a successful cyberattack - and only an average of 92 minutes for threat actors to move laterally across a compromised network.

Join CXOTalk host Michael Krigsman as he interviews Michal Pechoucek, CTO of Gen and AI researcher, on the impact of AI on cybersecurity. In this insightful discussion, the two participants explore the evolving relationship between AI and cybersecurity.

Supermicro has launched PCIe gen 5 storage servers in 1RU and 2RU form factors supporting 16, 24 or 32 NVMe SSDs and up to a petabyte of capacity, with a 16-bay system coming first.

Cisco and Telenor extend their relationship to explore and develop new business opportunities, joint research, and innovation.

When people think of fleets, they often think of a collection of ships cruising across the sea. Modern-day fleets, however, include public transportation, first responders, and service trucks for utilities, ISPs, and equipment or appliance repair.

New HP Wolf Security report shows move to block macros by default is forcing threat actors to think outside the 'box'

As 2023 unfolds, there are five areas of infrastructure technology that will play a big part in shaping the year ahead. Read on to learn why new cloud requirements, platform architectures, essential technologies, controlled automation, and artificial intelligence for IT security need to be on organizations' watch lists.

Athletic-inspired fashion retailer adopts the Oracle retail cloud platform to deliver more personalized interactions that support customer loyalty and sales

New NetSuite MyLearn platform offers comprehensive educational resources to develop skills and gain more value from NetSuite

Get ahead of potential threats with Product Success Accelerator for Cyber Recovery.

A global survey of employees reveals 74% think inefficient IT support affects morale and hinders productivity, while 87% welcome adoption of AI in resolving IT issues with minimal disruption

Many organizations use public or hybrid cloud infrastructure to address issues surrounding the cost of storing data and running applications. Still, infrastructure is rarely optimized for the consumer's specific processes. Poor resource pooling leads to excessive and unnecessary spending, but there are elegant and simple solutions for proper resource planning in your hybrid infrastructure.

Around the world 2.2 billion people have a form of vision disability according to WHO. As disabilities affect people of all ages, it's critical that education is accessible to all and ensures equitable access to children and adults alike.

Minecraft STEM Events and Announcements Did you know we're going back to the Moon? With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon using innovative technology to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before!

Microsoft Power Platform is reinventing software development with AI-powered no-code development. Today, Microsoft Power Platform is announcing Copilot in Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents further democratizing development and enabling even more people to create innovative solutions through natural language.

IBM will support projects that can help improve access to safe drinking water for all, improve water quality by reducing pollution, increase water-use efficiency, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, increase sanitation management, and reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity

For many employees, the traditional workplace has evolved over the past 20+ years into today's work-from-anywhere (WFA) environment.

Malware has a way of grabbing all the attention in the media and keeping companies on their toes.

The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.

Citrix Gateway service now supports Loss tolerant mode (preview), which uses EDT Lossy transport protocol to enhance the end-user audio experience for users connecting through networks with high latency and packet loss.