In the rapidly evolving world of technology, businesses increasingly turn to cloud computing for its benefits. However, these advantages often come with a significant challenge: the cloud skills gap.
The urgent need to progress in modernization, digitization, and security has increased the focus on technical debt.
Technology is evolving at an accelerated rate, and companies have become increasingly dependent on it, resulting in a growing need for an evolved managed services framework.
Not long ago, IBM introduced their “Smarter Planet” initiative, and not long since, this has had significant impact on consumers. Marketing and advertising campaigns started to appear in markets across the globe provoking thought and innovation. IBM has been leading the way with a host of other innovators to help transform the way in which businesses operate; Innovation has made terms such as Ondemand, sensors IoT common place, paving the way for products and services to enter into the most safe-guarded sanctuaries of society…our homes. The question is however, at what point does this begin to infringe on consumer privacy and begin to sacrifice security for convenience?
In IT Security, or any aspect of IT, we often refer to products as “best of breed”. I’ve always wondered how a phrase that traditionally refers to animals got added to the IT lexicon. Dog shows award prizes for best of breed and best of show. Typically, the same dog does not win the next year. So, best of breed is really only a single year award. Are IT best of breed one year products?
A comforting phrase when we need help. In many cases it is a matter of life or death. Whether it’s a fire & rescue, police or medical emergency services, precious seconds can seem like hours to those in a crisis situation and rightfully so... Rightfully so.
I have worked with Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) for many years, way back when it would run on an AS400 using PASE. Even after all these years, retention is a HUGE part of TSM. TSM retention can be somewhat confusing whether you are a seasoned TSM admin or a customer just trying to understand what the TSM admin is telling you about retention.
For some, yes, but I believe it is more. I believe it is the rare occurrence when a shift in technology corresponds with a shift in critical/business thinking. It is the idea that a unified, collaborative and informed effort can make a real and impactful difference globally. Today, we have the ability to move beyond a confining thought process. No longer does a tragic “event” have to occur for everyone to rally and design a solution, only solving problems of the past. It is time to start solving for the future...future opportunities like determining which cancer clinical trial out of 190,000+ trials has the best likelihood of being successful for the patient in need.
