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by Alessandro Perilli, General Manager, Cloud Management Strategy, Red Hat Source: Red Hat. Perilli. Without public cloud computing, we wouldn't be able to face the pandemic in the way we are. On-premise data centres have never scaled this fast, and not even the most rigorous capacity planning in the world would have forecast the resource consumption we face today. News outlets covering the outbreaks would have not been able to cope with an entire planet constantly refreshing the home page in the hope of reading good news (that’s what I do). Hospitals and research facilities publishing dashboards full of virus-spread statistics would not have been able to acquire the massive datasets they have as fast as they did. Videoconferencing and streaming platforms wouldn’t be able to serve, exceptionally so far, the enormous amount of the human workforce suddenly forced to work from home. And what is public cloud computing in the end? An astonishing, unprecedented, disciplined, met...

TIBCO Software , a global enterprise data specialist, has announced that TIBCO Spotfire and TIBCO Data Science now support Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services. The announcement demonstrates the strengthening relationship between TIBCO and Microsoft to deliver solutions to organisations looking to accelerate their digital business transformation. The partnership means that businesses can use visual analytics and data science to make sense of sensor data and log data at the edge, including the ability to detect anomalies within reams of data and alert case managers to take preventive actions. TIBCO's solutions, which empower customers to connect, unify, and confidently predict business outcomes, extend Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services to analyse multivariate anomalies and add root-cause analysis by using input from Azure 's Key Phrase Extraction cognitive skill to render decisions and automate actions like anomaly detection. “Increasingly, customers performing predi...

SMEs and microenterprises* undergoing forced isolation measures and restrictions during the Circuit Breaker (lockdown) period have turned to the use of new technologies – primarily in remote working, meetings and collaboration – in their business processes, revealed SGTech after surveying companies which attended the tech association’s Isolation Economy webinars in April. A total of 235 companies responded to the survey, with SMEs and microenterprises representing 92% of participants. The survey polled responses from participants based on their experience during the first three weeks of the Circuit Breaker (lockdown) from April 7 to April 27, 2020. Among the industries represented, 20% came from IT and related services, 13% were in manufacturing, 12% from the wholesale trade and 11% in retail. Two-thirds of respondents are business owners or directors of their respective firms. In terms of working from home (WFH) arrangements, 37% of SMEs and microenterprises said they did not al...

Organisations in the Asia Pacific region require solutions that are flexible, scalable and cloud-native. For many of them, the choice has been open-source-based. They include the following companies, which were recognised at the recent Red Hat Innovation Awards for their creative use of open source technologies. Vodafone Idea (VIL) VIL is a major Indian telecom operator. Its pan-India telecom operations cover more than 1 billion people and reach more than 700 districts in India, providing connectivity to more than 300 million mobile customers and leading enterprise clients. It led one of the world's largest telco network integration efforts bringing together two large Indian networks, spanning 180,000 radio towers, network deduplication network at 90,000 sites and almost doubled the population under coverage for the two brands. Now, VIL has been cited as the fastest 4G network across large parts of India. To expand its digital services and accommodate growth, VIL established...

Source: Epicor. Tang. by Vincent Tang, Regional VP, Asia, Epicor The cloud is overused but misunderstood. Unlocking the true potential and value of this technology can remain a significant challenge. The manufacturing industry might have been slow to adopt cloud-based technologies, but the benefits are now widely recognised, with many companies relying on it to automate processes and drive efficiencies. In fact, you can’t move in today’s technology-driven world without hearing the term ‘cloud’. It provides the foundation for the way we run our lives both at work and at home—so much so that the term itself is almost redundant. Although cloud is an accepted part of everyday operations within the manufacturing industry, making the most of it can still be a challenge, and leading to many businesses using it, but not necessarily unlocking its true potential. According to recent research, a staggering 84% of those within the manufacturing industry view investment in the cloud as hu...

TrustRadius , a site for B2B software reviews, has named several SolarWinds products as 2020 Top Rated award recipients. In addition, TrustRadius has certified SolarWinds as part of its new TRUE programme , which recognises vendors for the way they source and use customer reviews. “SolarWinds has been helping tech pros solve their IT management challenges for more than 20 years, so these distinctions represent the most validating recognition possible because of the source–end users from organisations of every size, region, and industry,” said Lee McClendon, SVP, product, IT operations management, SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software. “Now more than ever given the current economic conditions, IT pros need to trust they’re making the right investments for their businesses. We believe these peer-validated products, combined with SolarWinds commitment to making our products accessible for nearly any budget, will help ease the decision-making process for IT pros looking ...

Source: Fujitsu. The LIFEBOOK U7310/D. Fujitsu and Fujitsu Client Computing have launched new mobile products in support of remote work as part of the customers' workstyle transformation. Nine models of FUJITSU Notebook LIFEBOOK have been launched, together with four models of Fujitsu Tablet ARROWS Tab (Windows tablet), and a model of Fujitsu Workstation CELSIUS all featuring the latest CPUs and the latest operating systems (OS)*. LIFEBOOK U Series The 13.3" LIFEBOOK U7310/D, 14" LIFEBOOK U7410/D and 15.6" LIFEBOOK U7510/D models are easy to maintain with replaceable batteries. They also have common port replicators. The webcams are also equipped with a new privacy camera shutter function that physically covers the camera lens, preventing unauthorised hacking and access. In the ultra-lightweight 13.3" mobile format, Fujitsu has the LIFEBOOK U9310/D, and the convertible LIFEBOOK U9310X/D featuring a 360-degree LCD screen and pen input. All five LIFE...