I was part of a group from CDW that recently attended the biannual Technology & Services World (TSW) 2018 conference in Las Vegas. The Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) puts on the event in part to help organizations such as CDW learn about creating cross-functional strategies for cost-effectively improving their customer engagement model. For myself,…

Hyperconvergence has evolved from a niche architecture to something that most enterprises are either using now or planning to adopt. That’s one reason that dozens of hyperconverged infrastructure vendors are chasing this booming market and refining their products. The broad selection, however, can make it challenging for IT staff to determine which solution matches their…

– Written by Troy Brick-Margelofsky and Stephan Stelter.  It seems like every year the data center conversation turns more and more around the need for IT simplification. Terms such as “data center modernization,” “digital transformation,” “private cloud,” “public cloud,” “hybrid cloud,” “automation” and “orchestration” hold the promise of a simpler, more efficient infrastructure. However, instead…

Businesses, governments and other organizations worldwide were on track to spend more than $4.5 billion on drones in 2018, IDC estimates. That demand won’t plateau anytime soon, with spending continuing at a compound annual growth rate of 36.6 percent through at least 2021. The catch? When technologies are this new and this hot, enterprises typically…

A poultry processing plant is a noisy place full of people, machinery and, of course, chickens. It’s probably not the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of a modern digital enterprise, but the industry relies heavily on technology to facilitate supply chain operations, automate customer interactions and communicate between facilities. I recently…

In May, the digital world was awash in privacy practice notifications that inundated users on websites and in email inboxes. This wave came as companies doing business in the European Union prepared for the implementation deadline of the General Data Protection Regulation. Talking heads fueled a media frenzy of speculation regarding when EU supervisory authorities…