Software Contract Solutions We’ve collected some of the most salient points about the upcoming Windows 11, the ones enterprise IT admins will most need to know. So much for that promise. You know, the one Microsoft made six years ago when it told customers that Windows 10 was “the last version of Windows” they’d see. Instead, Windows 10 … Read more
Overloaded and overcomplicated cloud solutions are 2021’s silent epidemic. Overengineering is the process of designing a product with more features than necessary. When deployed for its intended use, the product is unnecessarily complex, inefficient, or both. The increased costs, risks, and/or complexities of the system will eventually result in its failure. Here are three signs of … Read more
With Oracle Support Rewards, the company hopes to tempt existing on-premises customers to move workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. In its ongoing push for the cloud, Oracle is willing to cut CIOs a deal, offering to hand back up to one-third of new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) spend to existing customers as part of a program … Read more
As companies embrace flexible work models, unified endpoint management can help IT departments manage all kinds of devices used in the office, at home, and out in the world. The push toward unified endpoint management (UEM), a technology strategy that emerged a few years ago and became especially vital during the COVID-19 pandemic and shift … Read more
Support for the OS ends in four years. And while that date raised eyebrows this week, it’s important to remember that before Windows 10’s 2015, launch, Microsoft declared it would only offer updates for 10 years — until October 2025. Microsoft will shut down support for Windows 10 in just over four years, in October … Read more
Menial tasks rob workers of time they could spend on more productive activities. Done right, RPA can banish bucketfuls of mindless chores. Here’s how to select the right RPA solution for the job. RPA (robotic process automation) promises to rescue business users from performing boring, repetitive tasks. Hence the term “robotic”: The nature of the jobs … Read more
AWS, IBM, and Microsoft, with the capacity to handle massive data sets, machine learning, and AI in the cloud, have created managed services to support IoT, but is that best for enterprises? Eager to cash in on the massive potential for IoT-based data storage and analytics, public-cloud vendors are diving headlong into the IoT market, … Read more
Just when we thought cloud computing could take a post-pandemic victory lap, we now face the largest challenge to date. In the latest Agents of Transformation report, Agents of Transformation 2021: The Rise of Full-Stack Observability, 77% of global technicians report experiencing a higher level of complexity as a result of accelerated cloud computing initiatives during the … Read more
In two weeks, Microsoft, plans to unveil the “next generation” of Windows. But isn’t Windows 10 supposed to be the last generation of the ubiquitous OS? Oh, great. Microsoft is going to upend Windows again. Just great. Come June 24, according to Microsoft, the company will unveil or display or reveal all or something or … Read more
More competition and commoditization in the public cloud’s marketplace may create a model more like Netflix and Apple TV. Streaming services, the kind we use from Apple TV, Roku, smart TVs, mobile devices, or other systems are beginning to look a lot alike in terms of the content that they offer—no matter if you’re paying … Read more
