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The cloud gives an enterprise power, flexibility, scale and control. It's an enormous computing power created by an interconnected, global information technology infrastructure. It surrounds businesses and individuals and empowers them. It binds the global economy together. Similarly, the Force gives a Jedi its power, making it possible to perform tremendous feats and amplify abilities. It is an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and binds the galaxy together.
 Why You Need to Know: Enterprises can and should have a clear and comprehensive understanding of the threats – both internal and external – to their cloud infrastructure and data, and use the tips mentioned as a guide to address them with the most effective IT security approaches and technologies. |
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"Don't talk the talk, if you can't walk the walk." This phrase might sum up best how 2016 is shaping up to be when it comes to the customer. In 2015 we saw a lot of talk about how important focusing on the customer is for businesses and how putting an Omnichannel plan in place was vital. But in 2016, its time to "face the music" and put those words into action.
Why You Need to Know: Failing to do so, Chris du Toit, Chief Marketing Officer at Jacada says, will risk companies falling behind their competitors. |
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The day is finally here, Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters today. The marketing campaigns for this movie have been in full force for quite some time though, raising excitement and aiming to get more diverse audiences pumped up about the galactic franchise's return to the silver screen.
Why You Need to Know: The franchise has been working toward marketing to a female audience to off-set its largely male dominated following. Walt Disney Co. is that by growing a larger female audience it will help ensure the $4 million spent in the making of the movie will be returned in box office sales. |
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It has become clear, even to the most causal enterprise IT observer, that the major cloud providers are in a relentless battle to win customers. These "cloud wars" are marked not only by increasingly similar feature sets across clouds, but also relentless price cutting.
Why You Need to Know: The benefits of containers are becoming clearer every day. Not only do containers allow organizations to become more agile in their software development process, they put enterprises in a great position to take advantage of the competition between the major cloud vendors. |
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Like all computing revolutions (thus far), the semiconductor is the backbone of the IoT. It allows all the other computing functions and facilitates the analytics upon which all of the Big Data collections processes rely upon for intelligent value.
Why You Need to Know: We spoke with Maurizio Paganini, EVP at MegaChips, at IoT Evolution Editor's Day in Silicon Valley, where we discussed the company's "living room solutions", all under the Bluechip product umbrella. |
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