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In the last few months, workers across the globe have moved from a traditional office setting into the home. This has created new challenges for businesses and placed new strains on the networks that support them. IT organizations are now working to adapt to the new reality of the hyper-distributed workforce and they’re seeking solutions that can improve how they manage connectivity in this new environment. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies have brought several benefits to the traditional office, ranging from reduced…
It’s no surprise the vast majority of organizations are using multi-cloud, according to a survey A10 Networks held with Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network. Multi-cloud architectures leverage the capabilities of both public and private clouds. They offer benefits, including expanded access to best-of-breed services, performance optimization, reduced costs, high availability and low latency. However, multi-cloud also comes with challenges. Applications delivered via diverse environments with diverse capabilities often suffer from performance inconsistencies, creating management headaches and jeopardizing the user experience. In addition, companies struggle to…
“We were making cars without any brakes or seat belts.” That’s how moderator Keith Shinn, SVP, Head of Infrastructure of Caliber Home Loans, Shinn described DevOps during the ONUG virtual event this past spring. Joining his discussion were Shannon Lietz of Intuit, Pat O’Neil of FedEx and Chris Zanelli of Citihub. The group addressed challenges and possible solutions to institutionalizing DevSecOps in the Large Enterprise. IT business leaders are under pressure to deliver digital revenue streams at speed. DevOps makes that possible by improving agility…
Forward by Nick Lippis, Co-Founder and Co-Chair ONUG In the past six months most of the requirements and assumptions IT executives, architects and designers made about the IT systems they built to support their businesses have changed. There is a massive pivot for all corporations to be digital enterprises supporting consumers, partners and suppliers digitally. But in addition, every large corporation now has a massive digital employee pool to support as well. The ONUG community has always championed greater options and choices for IT…
Remote work is the new normal for today’s enterprise. Alec Pinkham, Director of Product Marketing at AppNeta, addressed issues related to this new dynamic at the Spring 2020 ONUG Virtual Conference. AppNeta is a leader in scalable solutions that monitor network performance from the end-user perspective. They provide real-time, actionable insights from remote offices, over internal networks and across the internet. AppNeta solutions allow companies to get to the bottom of performance issues regardless of where they occur. Pinkham brings his expertise and answers the…
The digital business landscape was already changing rapidly before the COVID-19 crisis. The emergence of the pandemic, however, has forced companies to shift into high gear. Now more than ever, having the right people, processes and technology are critical to success. An impressive panel of top female executives shared how they are meeting these new challenges at the recent ONUG Digital Live event. Paola Saibene of Quartus Fact moderated the discussion with Shannon Lietz of Intuit and Abby Kearns of Puppet. Watch their discussion here,…
“Cloud is the greatest transformation of all time,” said Daniel Conroy, VP and CTO at Raytheon Technologies. The journey to the cloud helps organizations increase productivity, get digital products to market faster and improve customer experiences. However, it also creates an environment where security and compliance have a hard time keeping up, often slowing down the process. How can we have all the benefits and meet the challenges? That’s one of the topics a collaborative of various organizations got together to discuss. Their first project…
While digital transformation is not a new concept, the COVID-19 crisis has forced it to “take on a new level of importance,” said Daniel Lawson of Verizon, one of the participants in a midday keynote at ONUG’s Spring conference, ONUG Digital Live (ODL). Lawson spoke with Brian Silverman of McKesson about each of their experiences in this changing environment, emphasizing the need to pivot and be able to react. “Digital transformation used to be about personalization, being flexible, and able to react to new demand…
Collaboration yields results. At the ONUG Digital Live event this past spring, leading contributors to the ONUG Security Working Group presented a reference architecture for container security, which was then followed by an open reference solution that matched the outlined architecture. Years of work and input from industry leaders yielded a solution that ensures confidentiality, integrity and availability for container-based workloads. Forrest Bennett of FedEx served as moderator, while Bob Wysocki and Anmol Kulkarni of Microland, Michael Clark of Renaissance Technology, and Adam Hughes of…
Automation in the Age of the Remote Workforce: Terracon and Gluware Show the Way Throughout the years at ONUG, Gluware has consistently shown how it partners with customers. It is unique in that its customers advocate for Gluware in public, which is a difficult internal process to undergo. But time and time again, Gluware’s customers do. They do it because they are delighted with the outcome, because Gluware delivers what it promises. Jamie Hughes, Infrastructure Architect at Terracon, delivered a keynote during ONUG Digital Live this…
