Arthur Cole

Productivity software is one of the best ways to boost the performance of business applications and the people who use them. But it is also turning into a vulnerability for the enterprise as hackers find new ways to worm their way into sensitive data infrastructure. One of the latest attempts was made against Office 365 […]

Office productivity software has been around for quite a while – long enough, in fact, that most enterprises look at it as just another routine aspect of the knowledge workflow. But that might be about to change as new technologies and new ways of working make the selection and deployment of office suites more critical […]

Office productivity suites have been a facet of the modern enterprise for so long that it’s hard to see how they can contribute any more to the business process. But the newest wave of solutions appears poised to launch another generational shift in the business world in the form of intelligent processes and smart digital […]

Whenever the enterprise contemplates a new IT solution, security is a top concern. While it is true that ensuring a secure environment does not always precede the deployment, since techies are always itching to put the latest and greatest into production, it does tend to emerge as a key consideration fairly early in the product […]

The market for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is set to soar in the coming years as the enterprise strives for greater scale, resource density and cloud-like flexibility while keeping both cost and complexity of data systems under control. But not all HCI platforms are alike, and in some circumstances it might be better to deploy more […]

In enterprise circles, much of the talk regarding converged infrastructure (CI) and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) centers on which approach is appropriate for a given use case. HCI, of course, has the benefit of massive modularization, which enables rapid deployment and fairly easy maintenance and support, while CI offers a more gradual transition from traditional infrastructure […]

Many enterprises are opting for converged infrastructure (CI) either alongside or as a prelude to fully hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). The difference lies largely in the need for a more flexible hardware footprint in which compute, storage and networking still retain some semblance of independence vs. a tightly integrated appliance-style model. For this reason, the decisions […]

The ongoing question when it comes to converging data center hardware is whether to adopt simple convergence or gravitate toward full hyperconvergence. Naturally, different solutions will offer different features, but the general rule-of-thumb is that converged infrastructure (CI) is fairly loosely integrated so that each component (compute, storage, networking) can be deployed and managed independently […]

Converged Infrastructure (CI) is one of those things that is easy to understand but rather difficult to define. Unlike traditional data center environments, convergence breaks down the hard lines between compute, storage and networking to create a more flexible, federated data environment. This not only lowers costs but provides for simpler deployment and management of […]

Much of the focus surrounding DevOps is on the tools, technologies and platforms that strive to produce better products in a shorter timeframe. But at its heart, DevOps is about getting people to work together more effectively and efficiently. This is easier said than done, however, especially considering that DevOps replaces the linear “waterfall” style […]

Collaboration is emerging as a top priority for the enterprise heading into the next decade, but as with all technology initiatives, it is important to address its weaknesses before organizations become too dependent on it. The perennial weakness for nearly all IT technologies, of course, is security, and the fact that collaboration is designed to […]

Automation is widely considered to be the key to DevOps. The more systems can take care of themselves, the more productive the newly combined development and operational environments can be. But this is only part of the equation. Equally important is getting today’s disparate IT professionals to work together as a team. When development does […]