James Maguire

The advance of emerging technologies enabled by cloud computing has been dizzying over the last several years. In some cases, these new technologies have been created by cloud companies specifically for the cloud; for instance, serverless. In other cases, a technology has advanced by its close relationship with the cloud; for instance, machine learning and […]

Clearly, artificial intelligence is now rapidly seeing adoption in the enterprise. Examples of AI abound, from image recognition to natural language processing to robotics. To shed light on this major transition in the enterprise, I spoke with Sam Charrington, founder of TWIML. Charrington hosts This Week in Machine Learning & AI, an influential podcast that […]

In the collaborative world we live in, the enterprise meeting/webinar solution plays a key role. Using online meeting software, teams of staffers can work together closely even though they are geographically separate. The key players in this market include Zoom, Webex, GoToWebinar and others. To shed light on the topic, I spoke with Oded Gal, […]

While examples of artificial intelligence are numerous across business, AI is still often perceived to be a nascent, still emerging force. In fact, AI is widely deployed. It is critical to the tech platforms of many businesses, across finance and retail and healthcare and media. AI and deep learning examples are so myriad, in fact, […]

Clearly, managing a data center is much harder than it used to be. Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and Big Data and IoT have increased the workload, boosting expense and complexity. To provide guidance on these trends, I spoke with Jeff Klaus, General Manager, Data Center Software at Intel. We discussed: Why it’s harder to […]

It’s a core challenge facing many companies: how do we choose the best enterprise software, based on our needs and budget?  Confusion abounds. The enterprise software market offers a blizzard of choices – including plenty of tools with overlapping capabilities. Adding pressure, the decision is critical. Making the best choice offers major competitive advantage. To shed […]

Data blending merges Big Data from a variety of sources, creating a single data set that allows for great speed and insight in data analytics. Data blending – think of it as a data mash up – addresses a difficult issue that faces many companies. Since companies have now been gathering data for several years […]

As we run our businesses, what do we trust more: Big Data or our own gut instinct? Big Data is awesome in its capacity to digest reams of complex information. But it is weak in its ability to weigh nuanced variables. Human instinct is frail and biased in computational power. Yet it is amazing in […]

In a sign of how vitally important cloud computing has become to today’s businesses, a Datamation survey revealed that companies are greatly concerned with cloud costs – yet most still plan to boost their cloud budget. Entitled State of the Cloud, 2019, the wide-ranging cloud survey provides an in-depth portrait of how companies are approaching cloud […]

Enterprise data integration vendor Talend has unveiled major updates to its Data Fabric platform, including faster machine learning, a data catalog, and advanced API development tools. Talend Data Fabric is a unified platform for data integration across multicloud and on-premise environments. It includes the Talend Data Management Platform, listed in Datamation’s Top ETL Tools. Also […]