Should Europe compete for technological world domination?
The United States is in the process of increasing their dominance in the world. It does this by arguing with other countries, starting trade wars and by banning companies, products and services. The technology sector plays a major role in their attempt to stay in the lead. The trade war is focusing...
Enthusiasm but also doubts about Dell’s strategy change
Analysts applaud Dell Technologies' plans to sell its subsidiary VMware. However, the remarkable shift in strategy also creates uncertainty and could have negative long-term effects for both companies.
After weeks of speculation, Dell Technologies confirmed it is exploring a possible spinoff of ...
Qlik BI switches to end-to-end data platform
Qlik aims to play a bigger role in the data analytics journey of enterprises. This means addressing both Business Intelligence (BI) and data integration. A unified approach which Qlik calls an end-to-end data platform, ultimately leading to 'Active Intelligence'.
The BI industry is experiencing ...
Appian continues to specialize in low-code automation and adds RPA
Appian wants to become the absolute leader in workflow automation using low-code, and if possible no-code. No matter what kind of business processes, Appian will automate them. At least that's the vision the company wants to spread. We spoke to Michael Beckley, Appian's CTO.
It's been over a yea...
What does SAP’s Intelligent Enterprise mean?
Christian Klein has been appointed as sole CEO of SAP, which will also mean the Intelligent Enterprise will take on a more prominent role. Klein served as COO and was heading the Intelligent Enterprise Group, prior to becoming CEO. This experience will help him and be part of his vision. But what d...
Axis operates as an IT company again with a focus on solutions
Axis' transition phase seems to be in its final stage. It was once a real IT company, then profiled itself more as a specialist in security cameras and now the company is heading back towards its roots as an IT company. Developments at the company follow each other rapidly, but the most important t...
What’s in Store for ServiceNow with McDermott at the Helm?
ServiceNow recently completed its six-week virtual conference. Not just one or two days, but a whole six weeks of sessions about the ServiceNow’s solutions and various customer stories. We were looking forward to the keynote from ServiceNow’s new CEO, Bill McDermott, the former CEO of SAP.
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HPE Intelligent Data Platform as storage foundation for hybrid cloud
Today, Modern data solutions require a storage foundation based on several things. You want cloud readiness, high availability, processing large data volumes, possibilities for fast data analysis and management that is preferably automated as much as possible. HPE wants to address all of these with...
What is Google Anthos? Is this the modern cloud infrastructure you’re looking for?
Google Anthos was presented at the beginning of 2019 as the platform for modernising applications and indirectly the underlying infrastructure. At that time, Google was talking about unlimited possibilities. Now that a year has passed, it is time to do a deepdive into Anthos. For what purposes shou...
Microsoft Teams worthless for companies with multiple clients
Companies sometimes manage to bring an excellent product to market, but then fail to take the right steps forward. Microsoft suffers from this with Microsoft Teams. Many companies have been waiting for that single feature for years now.
Microsoft Teams in itself is a very good tool, with which y...
Network monitoring at the heart of hospitals
How do you make sure you keep your organisation's IT infrastructure up and running? An important topic within companies and even more so in critical sectors. Errors can cause certain activities to come to a complete stop, and this can have serious consequences. A crucial role is reserved for networ...
Nutanix Frame lets any application run from your browser
Frame was developed seven years ago as a stand-alone solution and was later acquired by Nutanix. At its introduction, Frame was revolutionary, because it lets any application run from your browser, without any plugin or extension. Nutanix Frame has conquered a position in the modern workspace marke...