Arthur Cole

5 Big Ways Big Data Is Changing the IT Network Technology solutions come and go in the enterprise, if not in an absolute sense then at least in terms of the dominant roles they play in driving data productivity. At one time, the mainframe was all-powerful, and while many mainframes continue to provide valuable service […]

The Evolution of Business Software: Focus on the Consumer Embracing the future is usually more of a process than an event. Once the initial FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) passes, there is often a complete 180 in which all the problems of today are expected to be swept away. Once actual development and deployment kick in, […]

IT Focus Shifting to New ‘Smart’ Technologies, BPM and Security Apple has set its sights on the enterprise. This is nothing new, of course, as Apple has wanted to play a part in the world of professional data communications for decades. But with its hold on consumer gadgets, and the idea that most knowledge workers […]

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 Some interesting data came out this week regarding the deployment of converged infrastructure (CI) in the enterprise, and while it is too early to say that CI is “taking over” the data center, it certainly is shaping up to be a significant growth area. According to 451 Research, […]

5 VM Routing Mistakes Made in Private Clouds With so many technology initiatives hitting the enterprise these days, it’s getting difficult to see exactly how they will come together to shape the data environment of the future. A case in point is containers and the public cloud. On the one hand, containers make it easier […]

5 Ways to Avoid Video Challenges with Specialty Storage It seems almost ironic that the solid-state storage arrays that are quickly supplanting hard disks in the enterprise are already losing ground to server-side Flash and in-memory storage architectures. But in today’s data environment, latency kills—and even a split-second journey from the server farm to an […]

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 It seems that with each passing day, the software-defined data center (SDDC) becomes more of a fait accompli. Data infrastructure will consist of advanced software architectures resting atop commodity hardware, and all but the largest of organizations will shift their entire data environment to the cloud. This is […]

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 Most people, when asked if they favor or are oppose to disruption, will say they are opposed to it. Disruption is scary, produces a lot of unknowns and generally requires a great deal of work as new processes and skill sets take hold in the workplace. In reality, […]

Amazing Growth in Data Requires Innovative New Solutions Regardless of whether you think the enterprise will retain its own data facilities going forward or simply port everything to the cloud, the fact remains that the data center of today will bear only the slightest resemblance to those in the very near future. Not only will […]

5 Big Ways Big Data Is Changing the IT Network It is widely recognized that Big Data must also be Fast Data if it is to provide any real value to the enterprise. But many organizations are just now starting to realize what a significant challenge this will be. After all, storage capacity is always […]

Improve Internet Performance by Diversifying Your Cloud Portfolio All of the talk surrounding the transition from traditional data centers to the cloud tends to focus on one thing: When will the enterprise feel comfortable about porting mission-critical applications and workloads to third-party infrastructure? This is a valid question, to be sure, but increasingly it seems […]

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 Mergers in the high-tech industry, or any industry for that matter, are usually driven by two factors: financial considerations and market opportunities. When it comes to a mega-merger like the one brewing around Dell and EMC, both factors are kicked into overdrive. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier […]