software

Taking Advantage of The Next Wave of Innovation

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As companies digitize and take advantage of technological innovations to fundamentally change the way they do business, IT and business people need to stay on top of emerging technology trends and prepare to adopt those that will enable new business models and contribute to competitive advantage. Software will play a major role in the next […]

May 20, 2016

PARTNER

Partner Rewind and Fast Forward

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Whether you missed something this week or want a sneak peek at what’s to come, we’ve got you covered. This week we’re talking about: Ten amazing women – who are they and what makes them so amazing? Digital transformation (we’re ALWAYS talking about digital transformation) Putting your sales into overdrive with software Making our brand […]

May 17, 2016

PARTNER

Three Ways to Make Money with Software

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Digital Transformation. We hear that phrase a lot these days, and for good reason. Companies are focused on delivering the best digital customer and workforce experiences using technology. Most of the time, this digitization is enabled by software.   As this accelerates, are you prepared to keep up?   More importantly, are you poised to […]

February 22, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Building a Platform for Cloud Profitability

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Demand for cloud services is exploding. The Cisco Global Cloud Index now forecasts that cloud traffic will grow by more than 30 percent in every region in the...

February 18, 2016

CLOUD

OpenStack ASR1000 Plugin: New Features

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In my previous February 2015 blog post, I reviewed a new plugin for the OpenStack Neutron service plugin environment enabling customers to leverage the hardware platform ASR 1000. At that point the plugin was based on the Icehouse OpenStack version with limited feature support. Over the last several months we have been continuing the work on later OpenStack […]

January 25, 2016

COLLABORATION

The Hierarchy of SaaS Testing Needs

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Software testing. For a long time, software testing was one of those dark alleys of the software development process. Often ignored, considered as an afterthought, and staffed by “someone else” who did an important job but was outside of the core development process. Well, that has all changed. In the SaaS world – especially one […]

December 3, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Software and Digitization Are Leading Business Transformation

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Companies are embracing the idea of the digital enterprise as an “inevitable movement toward a ‘digital center’ in which business models, offerings and value chains are digitized to the maximum extent possible.” Digitization offers promising prospects for improved customer experience, closer employee engagement, and more agile IT and business operations. And software innovation is at […]

November 19, 2015

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Software Innovations for Cloud Scale Networking

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Back in 2011, web pioneer Marc Andreessen wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “Why software is eating the world”. I couldn’t agree more! First, let’s have a look at what’s going on in the industry at large. Every company in every vertical industry is facing unprecedented competitive pressure from new players making […]

November 17, 2015

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Introducing Cloud Scale Solutions

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If you’ve been to an industry event over the past five years and heard a service provider speak, it’s pretty apparent that our industry can no longer continue with business as usual. Cost and agility are critical business needs driving major industry transformation. But, things are a bit different this time around, since they are […]