SAP wants to offer a best of suite platform with S/4HANA, but still lacks adoption
SAP has been beating the drum for some time now with its "RISE with SAP". We were particularly curious to see whether that message is getting through to customers and what SAP now exactly means with RISE. The goal of RISE is that you can grow your organization by using SAP solutions, where S/4HANA ... Read more
Microsoft gives enterprise SOCs more access to threat intelligence data
Microsoft unveiled two new solutions that give SOCs more access to the threat intelligence data that Microsoft collects on a daily basis. In this way, organizations can better protect themselves and have the same data at their disposal as Microsoft cybersecurity experts.
Earlier this week, Micro... Read more
Only 54% of EU residents have digital skills
The EU Member States are well on track with their digital transformation. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement in many areas, according to the European Commission's Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) report of 2022. Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands are the top three most digi... Read more
PowerStore, PowerMax, PowerFlex, PowerScale, Object Scale; Dell storage has many flavours
"Data is the new gold" is a somewhat hollow statement that you still hear regularly. The message did reach many companies. They realise that if they store and analyse their data correctly, they can achieve more turnover and higher customer satisfaction. But how do you store all your data? At Dell t... Read more
Accenture acquires Dutch cloud MSP Sentia
Accenture has just announced the acquisition of Sentia. The Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria offices will all become part of Accenture. Accenture states that it made the acquisition to bolster its cloud infrastructure capabilities.
With Sentia, Accenture gains a certified cloud MSP with extensi... Read more
Microsoft solves Azure’s capacity problem by using servers longer
Microsoft will replace its data center hardware less quickly. The policy was to replace all network and server hardware after four years, but that period has been extended to six years. This will save Microsoft $1.1 billion per quarter (over €1 billion).
During the presentation of its quarterl... Read more
VMware launches vSphere+ and vSAN+, starting point for cloud management
VMware introduced two new versions of its existing virtualization solutions: vSphere+ and vSAN+. Both solutions aim to reduce the differences between cloud and on-premises environments. There are still some snags, however.
vSphere+ and vSAN+ are multi-cloud platforms that provide centralized man... Read more
Dell Technologies wants to relieve IT-departments with APEX, but will it succeed?
Dell Technologies is undergoing an enormous transformation. Where it previously mainly sold hardware to fill up your data centre or office, it now wants to relieve organizations by taking a large part of the IT management out of their hands. Dell Technologies offers the APEX portfolio for this purp... Read more
Snowflake combines transactional and analytical data with Unistore
Snowflake introduced the Unistore, a new workload that extends the capabilities of the Snowflake Data Platform and provides a modern approach to working with transactional and analytical data.
Unistore makes it easier to develop transactional applications with the Snowflake Data Cloud platform. ... Read more
Snowflake lets developers build and deploy applications on the Data Cloud
Snowflake has released a new Native Application Framework that allows developers to build and deploy applications on the Data Cloud. It is also possible to combine this with a revenue model from the Snowflake Marketplace, so the developed application can also be monetised and used by third parties.... Read more