The Application Network
We are in the “fourth industrial revolution” where the forces of digital disruption deeply affect businesses of every size and in every industry. It’s an era where all parts of …
Protect Your APIs
APIs have become a strategic necessity for your business. They facilitate agility and innovation. However, the financial incentive associated with this agility is often tempered with the fear of undue …
Application Integration in Distributed Retail Environments
Integration is the lifeblood of retail environments. Distributed businesses with non homogeneous systems at the edges are unable to function without application integration. However, too many solutions are ill-suited to …
Developing a Data Integration and Lifecycle Management Strategy for a Hybrid Environment
Cloud-based data and processing services present too much opportunity for business users to ignore, and IT is charged with maintaining the integrity of internal, on-premises transactional and reporting systems. Hybrid …
Why NoSQL?
The continual increase in Web, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications — alongside emerging trends, shifting online consumer behavior, and new classes of data — are causing developers to …
Becoming a Cognitive Business with IBM Analytics
Developments in data, analytics, cloud, mobile, social media, and the Internet of Things have enlightened business leaders to embrace new forms of business value by becoming data-driven. With this foundation …
Cost of Ownership Comparison: DBaaS vs Do-It-Yourself DBMS
Cloudant is a fully managed NoSQL database as a service (DBaaS), built on open source technologies and monitored, secured, scaled, and operated for you 24×7. Beyond the primary, technical-fit criteria …
Connectivity Drives Hospitality Innovation and Success
The hospitality industry has embraced leading-edge technologies to better serve its guests and react to changing market conditions. These new technologies will enable improved customer experiences, resulting in higher loyalty …
Modern Telesales: The Inside Sales Transformation
Looking to beat the competition? In the ever changing world of the Cloud, that can sometimes be easier said than done. So the real question is, how …
5 Secrets for Success: Growing Cloud Revenue
Traditionally, the approach to achieving growth in technology sales has been aimed in one direction: grab as much market share and as many customers as possible. With …
