Pedro Hernandez

Enterprises are flocking to technologies that help them capitalize on the cloud’s scalability and comparative ease of management while maintaining the data security, privacy and compliance standards that govern how they conduct business. In fact, nearly 80 percent of large organizations (1,000 or more employees) “already have a hybrid cloud strategy and over half [51.4 […]

Spiceworks today released the results of its latest survey, which reveals that the gender pay gap also affects women with careers in IT. The IT management software provider and network of technology professionals recently polled 600 IT workers in the U.S. and found that 82 percent of female respondents have a college degree, having completed […]

Most Americans are bullish about the potential good that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can do for society, according to a recent survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). A majority of the (63 percent) of the 2,500 consumers and business decision makers in the U.S. that were polled by the accounting and professional services provider said they believe […]

Chinese smartphone makers helped breathe new life into the smartphone market during the first quarter (Q1) of 2017. Global smartphone shipments reached 347.4 million units in Q1, a 4.3 percent year-over-year improvement, according to IDC’s latest analysis of the market. The research group had originally forecast a 3.6 percent gain. Although the buzz surrounding flagship […]

Amazon is the number one cloud provider, and barring some major and unforeseen market shifts, the company will remain number one for a very long time. After analyzing the first quarter 2017 financial results of the leading cloud companies, Synergy Research has once again crowned Amazon Web Services the champion. “While AWS remains in a […]

A new study from Conversica, an artificial intelligence (AI) software maker, reveals that more than half of all people want a virtual assistant to help them get through the workday. Siri, Cortana, Alexa and Google Now are some examples of AI-enabled virtual assistants that learn from their users and adapt their recommendations and ability sets […]

Gartner’s latest CEO survey shows that top executives are still fixated on growth, but IT initiatives are factoring more heavily into how they run their businesses. Fifty-eight percent of the 388 CEOs surveyed by the analyst firm said growth was their number one business priority, followed by technology. “IT-related priorities, cited by 31 percent of […]

Like its consumer counterpart, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is full of potential. But realizing that potential is currently a struggle for business leaders, according to a new study from the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network. The professional networking organization, along with CMO Council, Penton’s IoT Institute and software specialist The Nerdery, recently surveyed […]

It should come as no surprise that, given the interconnectedness of the global economy, digital transformation is not a phenomenon that’s unique to American companies. What may raise some eyebrows is the speed in which it has taken hold across businesses worldwide. Eighty-nine percent of the 1,614 mid-sized and large enterprises polled by Fujitsu for […]

A new study from container data services company Portworx, released on the eve of Dockercon 2017, bodes well for container vendors. Docker and other application container platforms are rapidly gaining traction in enterprise IT environments and spending is following suit. In its survey of 491 IT professionals, Portworx discovered that nearly a third (32 percent) […]