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Making sure your data isn’t leading you astray Good data and good governance drive good decisions With the use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) growing across many businesses, leaders at all levels are asking how they can get useful insights and responsibly use AI-based systems to make rapid, effective decisions. As leaders are increasingly being pressured to ensure that their own decisions are fair and unbiased, understanding how...

Delivering applications to enterprise customers is a perennial challenge, but software vendors face greater demands than ever as customers expect new capabilities to be delivered on a regular basis. In May 2017, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate adoption and usage trends of cloud-enabled operating systems among software vendors. Forrester conducted an online survey of 308 IT decision makers at medium to large software vendo...

SIEM (security information and event management) software offers a lot of promise, but legacy SIEMs simply can't keep up with the rate and sophistication of today's cyberattacks. Learn how to dramatically improve your security posture, advanced threat detection and incident response. ...

Hunting for an unknown threat or investigating an alert or breach can prove challenging and time-consuming for anyone—whether that’s a dedicated analyst or a person that plays multiple roles. While having visibility across data silos is a great starting point, detecting and addressing threats over the long term requires a more comprehensive approach: the security analytics cycle. ...

Application complexity, emerging architectures and siloed IT infrastructures bring new challenges—and opportunities—to application management. Just as IT needs a management tool that addresses overall service availability and performance, application managers need a platform that transcends the silos—incorporating and analyzing data from the various sources that influence performance and availability. ...

Turning big data noise into valuable IT and business information follows a predictable pattern—what Splunk calls the path to Operational Intelligence. With Splunk as your platform for Operational Intelligence, moving from reactive problem solving to real time, data driven insights is not only within reach, it’s easier than you think. ...

IDC, a leading provider of global IT research and advice, has published its estimate of market sizes and vendor market shares for the rapidly growing ITOA software market. In the report, learn who shaped the year for ITOA, market share, market context and significant market developments for ITOA and principal benefits of ITOA for IT organizations. ...

Cloud-based database management provides organizations with database expertise when it is needed, where it is needed, and at the scale needed. Having experienced database professionals continuously available, both for ongoing issues and urgent projects, provides organizations with cost-effective solutions and valuable flexibility. While using an external provider for remote database administration services may be new for some, employing cloud-based, r...

Nearly all companies need database administrators–but not all companies need a full time DBA. Sometimes you might need “half a DBA.” Sometimes it’s for a one-time need, such as during a transition to a new platform or a surge in overflow work. Other times there’s a persistent need for such fractional services, such as providing overnight support, or covering for DBAs on vacation or family leave. Many companies also maintain databases that do...

Microsoft SQL Azure and Amazon RDS are marketed in remarkably similar ways. Both companies claim that their cloud database product makes it easy to migrate from on premise servers to their database-as-a-service cloud offerings; simply migrate your schema and data to the cloud, and then change a connection string in your application. They also emphasize that the same management tools used with an on premise database can be used in the cloud. The emphas...