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In the digital transformation era, multicloud data protection turns smoking hot

Peter Burris — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 05:58:44 +0000

This analysis is from Wikibon, SiliconANGLE Media Inc.’s market research firm. There’s much more analysis and research at Wikibon.com. Premise. Enterprises moving to the cloud must sustain necessary information technology capabilities. At the same time, digital business transformation increases the importance of some IT capabilities. Data protection, in particular, is an IT capability that becomes […]

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The journey to multicloud must include high-value legacy apps

Peter Burris — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 23:24:16 +0000

Enterprises have embarked on a journey to cloud computing and, more than that, to multiple clouds. But how can they make sure their existing mission-critical applications don’t get left behind? Wikibon conducted an Action Item digital community event Nov. 1 to discuss the journey to multicloud. In a digital community event, we gather practitioners to […]

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After IBM buys Red Hat, will you trust Big Purple?

Peter Burris — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:01:27 +0000

Following IBM Corp.’s surprise acquisition of Red Hat Inc. announced Sunday, is “Big Purple” in your future? Well, that depends on what you think are the answers to these questions: By some estimates, the volume of data increases 10 times every two years. How fast is the volume of software code – which creates all […]

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IBM storage takes another step into multicloud

Peter Burris — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 22:08:09 +0000

In recent years, IBM Corp. has become the James Brown of the storage industry: supertalented and incredibly hardworking, with a loyal, if targeted, following. But the papa of the storage industry has a brand new bag, and it’s leading to an important resurgence in IBM’s storage fortunes. What’s the new bag? Multicloud. Why can IBM […]

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Artificial agency: the ‘action’ side of artificial intelligence

Peter Burris — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:22:20 +0000

Artificial intelligence is all the rage. Today, computing can perform feats that appear similar to stuff humans might do, if we were smarter –that is, if we had more computing power. But just because a computing system can do something, should it? What actions do we want computers performing on our behalf? We can treat […]

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Oracle helps users curate their way through the growing open-source cloud stack

Peter Burris — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:51:13 +0000

This post is sponsored by Oracle Corp. The mission of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation is to build sustainable ecosystems and foster communities around a set of high-quality open-source projects that orchestrate containers as part of a microservices architecture. The deepening CNCF cloud-native stack As the centerpiece of CNCF’s efforts, Kubernetes has been implemented by […]

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Google Cloud Next 2018 trip report: The sleeping giant stirs

Peter Burris — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 05:35:44 +0000

Premise: Google LLC has been the sleeping giant of the enterprise cloud market. Users and competitors wondered if and when it would wake up. At Google Cloud Next 2018, we saw the first impressive signs that the giant is stirring. Put 25,000 attendees and 3,000 Google engineers in one place for three days and a […]

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What Google Cloud needs to show enterprises at Next

Peter Burris — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:36:09 +0000

Years ago, a friend attending medical school decided to forego being a clinical physician. His reason? “Medicine would be great if it weren’t for the patients,” he told me. Many of today’s technology companies – especially cloud-based outfits – seem to possess a similar concern. Based on their go-to market strategies, one could easily infer […]

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IBM Think 2018 trip report: Big Blue makes the data leap

Peter Burris — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:50:17 +0000

For years, IBM Corp. has described a “smarter planet” and the role that technology could play in solving big problems. At its recent flagship conference IBM Think 2018, the company initiated an effort to shift the conversation to “Let’s put smart to work.” It’s the right call-to-action for customers in the digital business era. But […]

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Wikibon trip report from Big Data Silicon Valley: Big data lives!

Peter Burris — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:27:06 +0000

Here’s what my analyst colleague Neil Raden said to me at our recent annual Big Data Silicon Valley community gathering in San Jose: “I spent the day on the floor of Strata Data Conference, and I heard the term ‘big data’ maybe three times.” What’s going on? Have so many failed so often at big […]

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The future of converged infrastructure is now

Peter Burris — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:02:19 +0000

This is a sponsored post commissioned by Dell EMC. Sponsored posts are paid content that appear on all pages of SiliconANGLE.com, supporting editorial efforts. For pricing and inquiries, email sponsor@siliconangle.com. Premise The tie between business strategy and infrastructure investments has been tenuous at best. But that’s changing with digital business transformations. New converged infrastructure solutions are […]

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HCI: A foundation for cloud computing

Peter Burris — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:17:36 +0000

This is a sponsored post commissioned by Dell EMC. Sponsored posts are paid content that appear on all pages of SiliconANGLE.com, supporting editorial efforts. For pricing and inquiries, email sponsor@siliconangle.com. Premise As enterprises gain experience with cloud computing, the practical limits with public cloud options become more obvious. Hybrid cloud is the necessary response, but enterprises […]

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Through thick and thin: Gauging supplier priorities during industry transitions

Peter Burris — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:32:49 +0000

Periods of significant transformation and disruption like the move to digital business currently underway create enormous uncertainty for every company. How well a company deals with that uncertainty, that stress, in stormy business weather says a lot about the company’s culture and leadership. Does it take a longer-term view and reposition? Does it look for […]

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Wikibon’s 2018 predictions: Data and the cloud will transform every business

Peter Burris — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:18:43 +0000

One prediction in today’s tech universe is easy: Digital transformation will remain near the top of 2018 corporate strategies. But what issues will shape the directions transformations take in the next few years? To answer these questions, analysts at Wikibon, the sister research company of SiliconANGLE, convened recently for our annual predictions webinar. Of the 24 predictions […]

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Here’s what to expect at Amazon Web Services’ big re:Invent conference this week

Peter Burris — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:30:51 +0000

In between meeting with customers, crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the research team at Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE, finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at topics from the standpoints of business, the Internet of Things, big data, […]

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Open, with an opinion: Trip report from Dell EMC 2017 Analyst Summit

Peter Burris — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:35:41 +0000

The Dell EMC Analyst Summit in New York City during the week of Oct. 9 was attended by four Wikibon analysts. After spending the better part of a year-and-a-half discussing integration plans and scale opportunities (e.g., “look at all the markets in which we’re #1!”), the company has pivoted to focus on customer problems and […]

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Businesses must develop a data taxonomy for edge-related systems

Peter Burris — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:53:04 +0000

In between meeting with customers, Crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the research team at Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE, finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at topics from the standpoints of business, the “internet of things,” big data, […]

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Deep learning must happen at the edge, too

Peter Burris — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 20:53:06 +0000

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Wikibon’s VMworld 2017 trip report: What a difference two years makes

Peter Burris — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 04:46:58 +0000

As we have every year since 2010, Wikibon and SiliconANGLE Media’s video unit theCUBE descended on VMworld in force. After a few days of an analyst summit, 50 briefings, and close to 130 interviews on theCUBE, we left thinking, “What a difference two years makes.” Way back in 2015, VMware Inc.’s license revenue was flattening, […]

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What to look for at VMworld 2017 this week: the rise of the true private cloud

Peter Burris — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 04:14:28 +0000

Every August, infrastructure professionals make a pilgrimage to VMworld – temporarily in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay because of construction in its usual venue in San Francisco – to hear what the leaders of VMware Inc. have to say about the future of computing platforms. What started out as a clever way to greatly increase server […]

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Learning to do distributed big data

Peter Burris — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 06:03:47 +0000

In between meeting with customers, crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the research team at Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE, finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at things from the standpoints of business, the Internet of Things, big data, application, cloud […]

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Food for thought: How is software going to eat the edge?

Peter Burris — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:06:48 +0000

In between meeting with customers, crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the research team at Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE, finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at things from the standpoints of business, the Internet of Things, big data, […]

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Edge centers: hyperconverged technology for IIoT&P

Peter Burris — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 22:24:04 +0000

This is a Wikibon Voice of the Community Report, sponsored by Dell EMC. Voice of the Community posts are identified paid posts that appear on all pages of SiliconANGLE.com, supporting editorial efforts. Premise IIoT&P edge computing is gaining traction in business. New hyperconverged infrastructure technologies can be employed to add scale and flexibility to most […]

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UniGrid: an emerging True Private Cloud architecture

Peter Burris — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:37:27 +0000

In between meeting with customers, Crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the Wikibon research team finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at things from the standpoints of business, Internet of Things, big data, application, cloud and infrastructure modernization. We use the results […]

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The technology leadership imperative in digital business transformation

Peter Burris — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:11:37 +0000

This is a Wikibon Voice of the Community Report, sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Voice of the Community posts are identified paid posts that appear on all pages of SiliconANGLE.com, supporting editorial efforts. Premise Firms must transform crucial digital business capabilities, but most struggle with the concept. Without information technology leadership, the struggle will […]

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The Wikibon Research Meeting: True Private Cloud will lead technology evolution

Peter Burris — Mon, 22 May 2017 23:19:57 +0000

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Amazon Web Services Marketplace: ecosystem by API?

Peter Burris — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:43:16 +0000

The concept of business-by-API has been around for a few years now. At Wikibon, we’ve written about it in some depth, noting that in digital businesses, an application programming interface and the product are pretty indistinguishable. It’s a powerful concept: Publish an API, let customers engage it, use it to exchange value. To do it […]

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The executive role in digital business technology decisions

Peter Burris — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 21:38:13 +0000

This is a Wikibon Voice of the Community Report, sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Voice of the Community posts are identified paid posts that appear on all pages of SiliconANGLE.com, supporting editorial efforts. Premise Businesses know that they must invest in digital capabilities because customers are demanding digital engagement. However, most businesses struggle to […]

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Wikibon report preview: How big can Amazon Web Services get?

Peter Burris — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 01:48:09 +0000

In Wikibon‘s semiannual review of the cloud industry, my colleagues David Floyer and Ralph Finos and I study events and trends in public cloud, true private cloud and X-as-a-service market segments. We’ll soon deliver our overall cloud report, but as we delved deeper into recent cloud events and trends, we kept returning to a single […]

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Chief Information Officers: Get your data moving!

Peter Burris — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:00:59 +0000

The value of data increases as the time to use it consistently decreases. What does that mean? Technologies capable of moving data across domains fast are gaining favor in the market. This blog post, sponsored by WANdisco, will explore the relationship among data value, data consistency and time. Do you remember playing “telephone,” the game […]

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