Information Technology

Research from the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) shows that over 50% of Web traffic is now encrypted, since 2016. As the amount of encrypted traffic mounts, enterprises are being forced into difficult decisions, choosing between visibility and data privacy. An all-together new approach to inspecting encrypted traffic, without exposing sens...

The pressing need for fast, yet comprehensive, decision-support calls for automated analytics tools. Yet, the complexity appears to daunt even software providers. Although several companies have introduced platforms that compare costs among cloud service providers, few extend their purview into the enterprise data center—and almost none consider ...

If 2016--the base year for our 2017 CSP monetization solution supplier market share and forecast assessment--saw some change from the status quo, 2017 and beyond will provide a much larger redirection in the way CSP monetization and business management solutions are purchased and used. This report is essential reading for not only understanding the...

Industries are flocking to the IoT because of the potential benefits; and falling prices on compute power, bandwidth, connectivity, and sensors are only accelerating the effect. As a result, and as this report will show, those deploying the IoT are thrusting ordinary objects that were never designed with the Internet in mind out onto the front line...

The best catalog-based solutions for CSPs will be those that perform incredibly complex acrobatics on the inside; yet, take usability to a new level of simplicity on the outside; and extend that usability to a broad set of traditional and non-traditional stakeholders. Leveraging analytics will be a big change to building and operating catalogs; but...

This insight examines advanced analytics, with its dependence on big data, from the perspective of those preparatory activities that need to take place in order to successfully deploy such solutions. We also outline our practical six-step guide for data preparation. This insight will be of interest to those companies considering applying analytics ...

The Agile Fractal Grid and its role in managing the US rural electric grid will be discussed in this report. Also discussed is why the XaaS monetization model is a good first step in realizing the influence of digital services, and the improvements these services bring to the customer experience. Under this mindset, the report also shows why new bu...

This report examines the state of weather-aware business processes and the effect of AI on business processes. We then discuss how IBM is applying AI technology advances, IBM Watson and The Weather Company, to optimize the business processes of its clients. This will be of interest to any business that is weather-dependent: that is, all businesses.

IT and security professionals face a challenging balancing act. First, they are tasked with facilitating user access in support of business requirements and aspirations (productivity, agility, innovation, and speed). Yet, unbridled access is inherently risky, as it unduly exposes sensitive and critical resources (data, applications, and systems) to...