Amazon Web Service as a Data Lake
“Cloud,” “Machine Learning,” “Serverless,” “DevOps,” – technical terms utilized as buzzwords by marketing to get people excited, interested, and invested in the world of cloud architecture.
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The Right Partner is Better than a Crystal Ball
I’ve found that the greatest benefits are realized when an enterprise and their provider partner together on the solution.
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The Reality of the Cloud and Company Culture for Financial Services – Part 2
Preparing your teams for potentially radical culture changes are especially critical for financial services organizations, which have historically been hesitant to adopt new and innovative technologies due to the heavily regulated nature of the FinServ industry.
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The Reality of the Cloud for Financial Services – Part 1
The growth of cloud adoption in this sector is driven by a simple truth: Financial services are being transformed by the cloud.
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Adopting DevOps Methodology
The successful adoption of DevOps is about much more than accepting a new methodology – it means embracing a new culture.
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DevOps: Defusing Interdepartmental Tension
Knowing the source of interdepartmental tension isn’t enough.
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Bridging the IT Skills Gap
One of the most difficult challenges facing businesses today is bridging the “Skills Gap” in IT.
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Embracing DevOps to Solve IT Tension
Tension. It can be uncomfortable, disconcerting, even a bit scary.
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Cloud, All In or All Out?
I recently spoke with a good friend of mine who is a Finance SVP with a publicly traded North American manufacturer.
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IT Revolution, not Evolution
21st Century IT is a revolution – not an evolution of what we have been doing for decades. The skills required to transform through this revolution are different than those required to operate the existing state, which are different still from those required to operate the new state.
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How to Tell Ahead of Time If Your IT Transformation Project is Going to Fail
We’ve started using a phrase in my office that encompasses all of the various migrations, reorganizations and modernization trends going on in IT departments today: “21st century IT transformation.”
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