Google is heading towards a monopoly in online ads
Tracking cookies have been a hot topic for debate for years. Ever since advertising companies first used them to build up a profile of Internet users, privacy activists have been calling for something to be done about it. Most browsers now block these cookies by default, but the largest of all, Goo...
EVBox uses Salesforce as cement in IT strategy
The Dutch charging station manufacturer, EVBox, has gone through exponential growth and is now ready to stop. The company is growing so fast that it needs to scale up further, and traditional SME solutions are no longer sufficient. The company is focusing on enterprise IT solutions to accelerate it...
NetSuite improves platform and seizes momentum in ERP market
NetSuite will be hosting the virtual event NetSuite on Air in the coming days. Before this event, we spoke with the founder and executive vice president at NetSuite, Evan Goldberg. He explained that NetSuite is grown significantly, that there are new features within the platform on its way, and a m...
Celosphere 2021: Celonis aims to rapidly expand ecosystem
During Celosphere, Celonis made several announcements around expansions of the Exucution Management platform that the company offers. However, the main focus was on the company's bigger plans. The Celonis ecosystem is 'on fire', as co-CEO Alexander Rinke called it in a call with press and analysts ...
Passwordless: how will it change the future of authentication?
According to some security professionals, passwords will disappear as an authentication mechanism. Instead, we're heading to a passwordless future. However, a group of security professionals don't believe in passwords disappearing that quickly. What direction are we heading?
For many, the passwo...
AWS increasingly replacing Intel Xeon chips with self-made ARM chips
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still the largest hyperscaler with the widest cloud offering. The development of its cloud portfolio started with standard Intel Xeon server chips (x86), but in recent years AWS has been rapidly developing its own ARM chips that more or less replace Intel.
A while ag...
IFS Cloud is completely new, yet familiar
As a supplier, you have to stay current in your market. This means you need to update and adapt your offer a little every now and again. Sometimes you need to do this a little more rigorously. At IFS, they pulled out all the stops, and basically changed their entire offering from the ground up. Tha...
Anyone can automate with MuleSoft Composer for Salesforce
With MuleSoft Composer for Salesforce, the CRM company wants to convey that anyone can automate a business process. With MuleSoft Composer, Salesforce brings the ability to automate to the normal business user (citizen developer) without technical knowledge.
We spoke with Shaun Clowes, SVP Produ...
Rackspace Technology and AWS make cloud accessible to European researchers
Research institutions and universities can benefit greatly from deploying cloud environments for their scientific objectives. In practice, however, it is not so easy for such institutions to make the transition to the cloud. That's where OCRE will play an important role, if it's up to GÉANT. Racks...
Privacy is about more than data and compliance
Recently, we published a report on the Data Privacy Benchmark Study by Cisco. The main theme of the results of that study is that the events surrounding the corona pandemic have led to a higher appreciation of the concept of privacy among organisations worldwide. We spoke with Michel Schaalje, Secu...
‘Industry 4.0 nearby as presence of 5G and edge computing grows’
In the first months of the year, various IT vendors predict important trends. Tech company Lumen is one of those suppliers. The company expects several existing trends to play a more prominent role in 2021. These trends include 5G and edge computing, which will shape 'Industry 4.0'.
Lumen Techno...
Does a best practice for hybrid cloud exist?
The cloud has defined itself in recent years. Defined with possibilities, opportunities, features, pitfalls and security issues. Meanwhile, there are many best practices, but one stands out head and shoulders above the rest. Most companies want a hybrid cloud, but how do you do it? We spoke with De...