Feature Articles

December 10, 2019

Enterprises with services operating in the cloud are overspending by millions due to inefficiencies with their apps and runtime environments, according to a poll conducted by Lead to Market, and commissioned by Opsani. 69 Percent of respondents report regularly overspending on their cloud budget by 25 percent or more, leading to a loss of millions on unnecessary cloud spend ...

November 19, 2019

Unexpected and unintentional drops in network quality, so-called network brownouts, cause serious financial damage and frustrate employees. A recent survey sponsored by Netrounds reveals that more than 60% of network brownouts are first discovered by IT’s internal and external customers, or never even reported, instead of being proactively detected by IT organizations ...

November 13, 2019

Research conducted by ServiceNow shows that Gen Zs, now entering the workforce, recognize the promise of technology to improve work experiences, are eager to learn from other generations, and believe they can help older generations be more open‑minded ...

November 05, 2019

Humans and manual processes can no longer keep pace with network innovation, evolution, complexity, and change. That's why we're hearing more about self-driving networks, self-healing networks, intent-based networking, and other concepts. These approaches collectively belong to a growing focus area called AIOps, which aims to apply automation, AI and ML to support modern network operations ...

October 30, 2019

Enterprises depending exclusively on legacy monitoring tools are falling behind in business agility and operational efficiency, according to a new study, Prevalence of Legacy Tools Paralyzes Enterprises' Ability to Innovate conducted by Forrester Consulting ...

October 24, 2019

More than 92 percent of US respondents agree that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) will become important for how they run their digital systems ...

October 23, 2019

Progress has been made with digital transformation projects, however technology leaders are finding that running their digitally transformed organizations is challenging and they are under increased pressure to prove business value, according to a survey from New Relic ...

September 30, 2019

Digital transformation, migration to the enterprise cloud and increasing customer demands are creating a surge in IT complexity and the associated costs of managing it. Technical leaders around the world are concerned about the effect this has on IT performance and ultimately, their business according to a new report from Dynatrace, based on an independent global survey of 800 CIOs, Top Challenges for CIOs in a Software-Driven, Hybrid, Multi-Cloud World ...

September 12, 2019

Multichannel marketers report that mobile-friendly websites have emerged as a dominant engagement channel for their brands, according to Gartner. However, Gartner research has found that too many organizations build their mobile websites without accurate knowledge about, or regard for, their customer's mobile preferences ...

September 05, 2019

Research conducted by Aite Group uncovered more than 80 global eCommerce sites that were actively being compromised by Magecart groups, according to a new report, In Plain Sight II: On the Trail of Magecart ...

August 28, 2019

Data modernization and cloud migration are reaching a tipping point among large and medium-sized businesses as many companies double their data footprints once or twice a year, according to a new Deloitte survey ...

August 21, 2019

For the first time, a majority of companies are putting mission critical apps in the cloud, according to the latest report by Cloud Foundry Foundation ...

August 08, 2019

IoT adoption is growing rapidly, and respondents believe 30% of their company’s revenue two years from now will be due to IoT, according to the new IoT Signals report from Microsoft Corp ...

August 06, 2019

Despite significant investment in AI, many companies are still struggling to stabilize and scale their AI initiatives, according to State of Development and Operations of AI Applications 2019 from Dotscience ...

August 01, 2019

Even large companies are not yet realizing the potential of digital transformation, according to a new study from Cherwell Software, The Power of Process Integration in the Information Age ...

July 25, 2019

Despite techies having argued for years that having a second computer screen is a great way to improve productivity in the workplace, a new study from Gigamon revealed that many people today use their additional monitor to stream music and watch sporting events — and companies are struggling to cope with the extra internet bandwidth ...

July 23, 2019

More than half (67 percent) of IBM i users admitted to keeping legacy IT applications running simply because the historical data they hold is still useful according to new research SoftLanding Systems ...

July 18, 2019

Organizations that are working with artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) have, on average, four AI/ML projects in place, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. Of all respondents, 59% said they have AI deployed today ...

July 16, 2019

Confidence in artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to enhance network operations is high, but only if the issue of bias is tackled. Service providers (68%) are most concerned about the bias impact of "bad or incomplete data sets," since effective AI requires clean, high quality, unbiased data, according to a new survey of communication service providers ...

July 09, 2019

Shoppers won’t wait for retailers, according to a new research report titled, 2019 Retailer Website Performance Evaluation: Are Retail Websites Meeting Shopper Expectations? from Yottaa ...

June 27, 2019

Customer satisfaction and retention were the top concerns for a majority (58%) of IT leaders when suffering downtime or outages, according to a survey of top IT leaders conducted by AIOps Exchange. The effect of service interruptions on customers outweighed other concerns such as loss of revenue, brand reputation, negative press coverage, or the impact on IT Ops teams.

June 25, 2019

Employees at British businesses rate computer downtime as the most significant irritant at their current workplace (41 percent) when asked to pick their top three ...

June 20, 2019

Almost two-thirds (63%) of organizations now allow technology to be managed outside the IT department, a shift that brings both significant business advantages and increased privacy and security risks, according to the 2019 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey ...

June 18, 2019

Three-quarters of organizations surveyed by Gartner increased customer experience (CX) technology investments in 2018 ...

June 13, 2019

Establishing a digital business is top-of-mind, even more so than last year, as 91% of organizations have adopted or have plans to adopt a digital-first strategy, according to IDG Communications Digital Business Research ...

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