Microsoft Ignite 2020 was testament to everything we have seen from the brand this year - innovative, inspiring and transformative. The content of Microsoft’s annual conference was centered around three main topics: AI, Teams and innovation. However, what was of...
Digital Infrastructure
A Collaborative Approach to Escaping the Doom of Fanatical Process Orientation
“Why does fanatical process orientation seem an almost inescapable doom as an org/business grows? Is it possible to stay results-oriented?” This great question is not simply a perception based upon momentary frustration. It’s a window into a potential anti-pattern...
Team Collaboration Tools Drive Remote Work Productivity
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on businesses worldwide, research indicates that most organizations have experienced little to no loss of productivity. It is hard to imagine how this would have been possible before the emergence of...
Remote Access with VPN Requires Additional Security Measures
Pandemic-driven work-from-home requirements have triggered skyrocketing demand for virtual private network (VPN) services. A VPN creates an encrypted, secure connection to an external server, or gateway, which then routes traffic across the public Internet to the...
Converge TrustBuilder: Why Trust Ecosystems Matter
During our recent Converge TrustBuilder launch, we were frequently asked why trust ecosystems (groups of people and/or organizations that transact digitally in a trustworthy, privacy-preserving context) matter. Trust ecosystems will become a key economic enabler...
Netezza Is Making a Comeback on Netezza Performance Server for IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
For years, IBM’s Netezza proved to be an excellent option for companies to run advanced analytics on a single data warehouse appliance without needing to set up and configure a traditional data warehouse. When IBM decided to replace Netezza with Db2 Warehouse, some...
Telemedicine Is Playing a Critical Role in Healthcare during Pandemic
Telemedicine technologies are seeing a surge in usage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Providers in some states have reported that call volumes have increased more than 500 percent in recent weeks as coronavirus cases have spread. As the name implies, telemedicine uses...
The Importance of Digital Hygiene
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is broadening globally, both the private sector and the public sector have taken action to address its public health impact and to dampen its effect on the quality of life of their citizens and employees. What has been...