Pedro Hernandez

It appears that cloud market share numbers have fallen into a steady pattern here in 2018. To be sure, Cloud computing – and cloud computing companies – enjoy a booming demand, and here in 2018 this once nascent market keeps climbing skyward. But the companies at the top are in a familiar holding pattern. The […]

Amazon Web Services cloud platform remains firmly perched at the number one spot, attaining sales in the fourth quarter of 2017 that exceed those of its four nearest competitors, specifically Microsoft, IBM, Google and Alibaba, combined. This is detailed in a recent analysis of the cloud infrastructure services market from Synergy Research. In this case, […]

Continuing Datamation’s series on big data, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence offerings from major cloud providers, it’s time to switch gears from Microsoft Azure to Google Cloud Platform. And given the vast amounts of data that powers the search giant’s services, it’s only fitting to start with big data and analytics. Google Cloud […]

By now, you’re probably well acquainted with Microsoft Azure’s infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) catalog. However, your IT managers and developers may now be clamoring for solutions that can handle more advanced workloads, like big data analytics, complex IoT deployments and AI-enabled applications. Cloud Storage and Backup Benefits Protecting […]

Deep learning is rapidly becoming an Enterprise AI (artificial intelligence) essential, at least according to Gartner. The market research firm predicted that 80 percent of data scientists will include deep learning as part of their AI toolkits in 2018. Next year, the technology is poised to deliver “best-in-class” demand, fraud and failure predictions, all of […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making major inroads into the business world, and for good reason. From automating mundane and repetitive tasks to optimizing business processes, AI is already having an impact on many workplaces. Generally, users are able to reclaim time, focus on high-value activities and unearth opportunities that would otherwise lay dormant in massive […]

Operating under the cloud’s ever-growing shadow, the financial services industry appears to be shedding its technologically conservative reputation. The world’s banks, investment firms and insurance companies are loosening their grips on their mainframes and private centers, entrusting cloud providers with more of their IT requirements and application workloads, indicates a recent IDC forecast. The IT […]

2017 was a landmark year in IT for many reasons, but for many data center operators, it also meant big changes in ownership. Last year, the total deal volume of data center mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached $20 billion, according to Synergy Research Group’s latest analysis of the market. It’s a figure that surpasses the […]

Although they are unlikely to appear on anyone’s payroll, Alexa, Cortana, Google Now, Siri and other virtual assistants will have a big influence on how work gets done over the next several years, suggests a new forecast from Tractica. Worldwide, an estimated 145.2 million users came to rely on virtual assistants to complete some tasks, […]

There’s a lot of buzz is surrounding blockchain in fintech (financial technology) circles, but the securities industry is paying more attention to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, at least over the new few years. In terms of fintech innovations that will have the most impact on their businesses in both the near term (two […]