Every year on Black Friday (the post-Thanksgiving shopping day that ushers in the Christmas buying season), millions of people wake up at 3 a.m. and drive to malls and big-box stores. For hours, they stand outside in the dark and the cold, hoping to score incredible deals. But they’re not really there to save money….

There’s a lot for organizations to like about hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). To start with, it creates an environment where IT staff can easily automate and manage deployments, upgrades and updates. These types of capabilities, delivered with scale and flexibility, provide the kind of agility and responsiveness that the lines of business within companies expect from…

Misery loves company. If you want plenty of both, don’t bother developing a disaster recovery plan. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about a quarter of businesses do not reopen after suffering a disaster. That’s a lot of closures when you consider how many hurricanes, wildfires and floods have swept the country over the past couple…

Manufacturers favor “just in time” over “just in case” across the entire supply chain because it minimizes overhead expenses and fattens margins. But manufacturers, their suppliers and their customers are still leaving a lot of money on the table because they don’t have deep, real-time visibility into all of the factors that affect supply, demand…

Banks and other financial institutions collect a significant amount of data about their customers. Often, a customer will have checking and savings accounts with the same bank, as well as debit and credit cards and perhaps even a mortgage or a car loan. The customer may also use the bank’s website and mobile app. With…

Digital transformation occurs when enterprises fundamentally change their business model, creating a shift in technology that affects IT culture and how value is being delivered to customers. Scale, referring to additional connected devices increasing data growth, is one of those technological changes. The Internet of Things, for example, is often a key component of digital…