Like all things that become a buzzword, there is some truth and some sizzle to the concept of serverless architecture. When I broach the subject with clients that are unfamiliar with the technology, the first questions are almost always the same: “What do you mean by ‘serverless’?” How does it run? To get beyond the…
When I walk into IoT Envisioning Workshops with customers, they often greet me with wide eyes and excited voices, energized by visions of the Internet of Things with connected campuses where virtually every physical object collects and transmits huge volumes of valuable data. This is understandable, as much of the literature around IoT focuses on…
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we touched on the need for thoroughly planning out an application adoption strategy and some of the key tactics for a successful rollout. This last post will focus on additional considerations for application adoption. Historically, many IT organizations have focused on costs, maintaining system health and…
Big-name data breaches have earned headlines throughout the past 12 months, bringing issues of security and privacy to the forefront of public discourse once again. In May, hackers used malware stolen from the National Security Agency to unleash the global WannaCry ransomware attack. Around the same time, attackers exploited a vulnerability in an Equifax web…
In our previous post, we laid out the strategies that CDW uses to help organizations plan a successful application rollout that will lead to getting the most business value out of your application. Following a high-level process like that, it is important to keep the project on track and accomplish your goals, but the details behind…
It seems like new applications pop up every five minutes, and while some companies have a monopoly on a new type of application, it doesn’t take long before a contender comes along and puts their own spin on the concept. When the new application hits the market, there is always hype around its great features…
