What is a Vertical Cloud… and Why Should You Care?
Don’t get carried away with the concept of a vertical cloud. They are really SaaS, PaaS and even, possibly only IaaS offerings.
The helpful chatbot - And the ethics of your personal digital assistant
IBM talk about “transforming talent and the IT experience”, with “chatbots” that are becoming AI-enabled and evolving into Intelligent Digital Assistants.
Banks vs Financial Services - Tech and regs are creating a demarcation line
Bill Gates was nearly right when he said “banking is necessary, banks are not”. Financial services are necessary, but they don’t have to be provided by banks.
Streaming Analytics 2021
What’s the state of Streaming Analytics in 2021, and how has it changed since Bloor's last market overview back in 2018?
The Games People Will Work at Playing
Computer games have a pivotal role to play in changing the way we work – bringing remote working to a whole new audience.
AI: Baking ethics into the software
David Norfolk sets the scene for a series of articles in which we will be considering the widening impact on organisations of the growing focus on ethics.
Significant changes in the Hybrid Infrastructure Management market
Multi-Cloud and new development and deployment technologies are forcing the pace of changes in the Hybrid Infrastructure Management market.
What does “cloud native” really mean?
Different vendors use “cloud native” to mean different things. What is it really and does it have anything to do with cloud?
IBM spins out services - The next revolution after Gerstner’s?
Revolution in IBM, as it spins out managed infrastructure services into a freestanding company, to concentrate on Hybrid Cloud.
When is a Mainframe not a Mainframe? - When it is an Enterprise Server 3.0 culture, stupid…
Mainframe capabilities are still needed – but let’s refer to Enterprise Server 3.0 today.