James Maguire

Over just a few years, Kubernetes and container technology have grown from an emerging trend to an established mainstream technology. Some reports indicate that more than half of Fortune 100 companies have deployed containers. Other reports indicate far higher adoption rates. Kubernetes, as the leading container orchestration engine, is growing at a similar pace. 451 […]

Also See: IT salary numbers from prior years, 2009-2018 As IT salary increases have continued over the years, the IT profession has become increasingly lucrative. At this point, experienced IT pros enjoy an income bracket not far behind (or even rivaling) law and medicine and business. As you’ll see from the IT salary numbers below […]

In an enterprise IT world in which everything seems to change every six months – or faster – virtual machines have had a remarkably long run. Depending on when you count the start date, VM’s have been around some 20 years. Virtual machines have remained a mainstay of enterprise IT, even as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, […]

The good news about multicloud management: it will get easier as the years roll forward. After all, most companies use multiple cloud platforms for different tasks. So combining all these clouds using a single multicloud management system is something that IT managers will get used to with time. The bad news about multicloud management: it’s […]

As data analytics shapes business, the trends that shape data analytics become ever more important. Clearly, data analytics software is now a core tool set for managing a business. Today, the constantly updated apps from Big Data companies are the every engine the runs the enterprise. Given the importance of data analytics, it’s essential that […]

Zoom, a leader in cloud-based business meeting solutions, is promoting its Zoom Phone as key aspect of its overall unified communications portfolio. First launched into general availability in January 2019, the software-based Zoom Phone now touts significantly expanded service. As announced at the company’s Zoomtopia annual event, Zoom Phone is now in a handful of […]

In an era that requires massive data storage – necessitated by data analytics and even routine operations – cloud storage is now an unquestioned foundation for many businesses. But while cloud storage offers a big helping hand, it’s not without its own complexities. Among the several: the data is stored remotely, but we need the […]

The best business intelligence software offers a full complement of competitive advantages: snappy visual reports, deep data mining, automation, help with forecasting and other key tools. As artificial intelligence and machine learning have become the buzzwords du jour, business intelligence might not seem quite as sexy as it once did. Yet there are still many […]

Among the many examples of Artificial Intelligence, AI in healthcare is clearly one of the leaders. AI is already reshaping medicine in many ways, and its influence will only increase in the years ahead. To shed light on this major shift, I spoke with Dr. Krishnan Nandabalan, founder and CEO of InveniAI, an AI healthcare […]

Cloud storage, once a straight-forward commodity, has increased in complexity as companies rely on it more heavily. As cloud computing itself has become the dominant model, cloud storage is now expected to perform tasks ranging from disaster recovery to artificial intelligence pipeline. To discuss the current state of cloud storage, I spoke with Andres Rodriguez, […]