Andy Patrizio

Open source software firms have made a push for the business world for quite some time now. The idea of running a business on software whose source code is readily available for anyone to tinker with gained considerable validity when IBM announced its full on support for Linux on its hardware, including z Series mainframes, […]

To be sure, the debate about converged vs. hyperconverged is a central one in today’s IT meetings. As advanced as IT technology is these days, it still poses some vexing challenges when it comes to purchasing decisions. Would you, for example, buy a car by purchasing the tires, frame, engine, interior, and body separately and […]

Understanding Azure pricing offers numerous challenges – but it’s well worth understanding it. Microsoft has built up its Azure cloud service with remarkable expedience and rocketed to the number two position as a cloud provider behind Amazon Web Services. It has taken two of its cash cow on-premises applications, SQL Server and Office, and made them […]

This year will definitely go down as the year virtual reality (VR) reached the masses, thanks in part to the explosion in availability of headset. With multiple headsets on the market from Facebook/Oculus Rift, Google, Samsung, HTC, and soon Microsoft, virtual reality and its cousin augmented reality (AR) finally became available to anyone who could […]

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Discussing the pros and cons of artificial intelligence is, to be sure, an emotional topic. People have feared artificial intelligence (AI) almost as soon as it was invented. Hollywood in particular has done a masterful job of stoking those fears with movies like “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Terminator” and “The Matrix” all making AI systems […]

There are times when the tech industry moves so fast that an idea gains significant ground before it’s clearly defined to the masses it’s meant to reach. Such is the case for the benefits of DevOps. The technically-hip may know what understand, but its mass appeal is still a bit limited because we shot right […]

An unfortunate reality about IoT advances is that security has been a lagging concern. IoT security shares this with other emerging tech: Silicon Valley finds a new idea and rushes to advance it, and only later remembers to secure and protect it – after the exploits show up. “The Internet of Things is suffering serious […]

Is virtual reality for business for real? This year could finally be the year virtual reality takes off, after so many failed attempts in the past. There is an abundance of hardware choices on the VR market and VR technology finally seems to be catching up with the concept. However, VR for business is still […]

Two things are clear: augmented reality uses are growing. And augmented reality itself is gaining ground. Virtual reality is making the headlines these days now that the headsets are finally shipping, but VR’s cousin, augmented reality, is riding a similar wave. That’s thanks to the fact that the same hardware powering VR can also make […]

Choosing an enterprise-class cloud managed services provider is no trivial task, as the offerings have grown increasingly complex and detailed as the market has grown. The consequences are also significant. If you are going to take apps, computing, and data out of your data center and put it in the cloud and in the hands […]

Since its launch ten years ago, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has grown into a rich and very complex offering of cloud services designed to fit almost any need, whether it’s a small virtual instance for basic compute work or complex infrastructure integrated with your on-premises services. When the menu gets as complex as AWS, it […]