Andy Patrizio

In the cloud computing era, it’s clear: managed services providers hold a critically important position. Many firms jumped on the cloud computing bandwagon on their own and came to the painful realization they need a little help. It usually came after the first month’s bill arrived, when they found out just how much compute, storage […]

I know you’re not surprised by the emergence of blockchain as a service. Two of the hottest terms in IT these days are “blockchain” and “x as a Service,” where the X can be anything from Software to Big Data. So it was inevitable that the two would merge. The on-demand world has yielded quite […]

Big Data is no longer an experiment, it is an essential part of doing business. IDC estimates that worldwide revenues for Big Data and business analytics (BDA) will reach $150.8 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.4% over 2016. By 2020, revenues will be more than $210 billion. Much of that is in hardware and […]

Clearly, this is a need for consultants in the cloud computing sector. There is tremendous growth in the cloud, both on-premises and especially the public cloud. Gartner predicts the worldwide public cloud services market will from $246.8 billion in 2017 to $287.8 billion this year and reach $383 billion by 2020. Cloud Storage and Backup […]

Technology tandems aren’t very common but occasionally you do find two techs that can’t live without each other. The relationship between operating systems and CPUs is entirely co-dependent because they both need each other. Another example of that is the simultaneous growth of edge computing, sometimes called fog computing by people trying to be clever, […]

Many of the promises of Big Data are being felt in the healthcare profession as real-time processing and data analytics is allowing for faster and more comprehensive decision-making and actions on the part of the medical field. The field is slowly maturing as industry-specific Big Data software and consulting services come to market, but there is […]

The term cloud computing is now as firmly lodged in our technical lexicon as email and Internet, and the concept has taken firm hold in business as well. By 2020, Gartner estimates that a “no cloud” policy will be as prevalent in business as a “no Internet” policy. Which is to say no one who […]

Also see: Top 10 Augmented Reality Apps And: 5 Augmented Reality Trends And: IDC: Commercial Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Products Gaining Ground Augmented reality, to be sure, has enjoyed its far share of hype – and emerging technology thrives on hype. Problem is not every nascent technology can match its hype. The landscape is […]

For those looking to the future of artificial intelligence on the smartphone, it’s clear that this combination holds limitless potential. True, on one level, a decade into the smartphone revolution, innovation has slowed down significantly. Each new phone brings a faster processor, prettier screen, higher resolution camera, the usual new features. But quantum leaps in […]

For DevOps engineers, one aspect of getting hired is like any other job. Getting attention when applying for a job often means your resume, or LinkedIn profile, needs to be what some call “buzzword-compliant.” You have the right words that hiring managers are looking for. But one thing is different for DevOps engineers: few words […]