Information Technology

In this buyer’s guide, we provide an overview of the hybrid cloud management market, including key drivers and restraints for businesses seeking hybrid cloud management services. We also identify and define three main areas of hybrid cloud management: service management, access management, and service orchestration and optimization. Within each c...

Not only is data protection a challenge; the level of concern in protecting data, and protecting the privacy of data subjects, impacts enterprise decisions on the adoption and use of big data and analytics (BDA) and cloud services. Ironically, a primary objective of BDA and cloud services is to assist enterprises in extracting greater value from da...

Current SD-WAN vendor offerings focus on branch site connectivity and optimized cloud connectivity over hybrid WAN links. Remote and mobile workers, who comprise a significant percentage of the employee pool, are often ignored in SD-WAN deployments. In this paper, we look at the challenges with securely and cost-effectively connecting remote users...

Stratecast’s fourth BDA survey data indicates that nearly all companies, regardless of vertical, are considering implementing BDA, are in the process of implementing BDA, or have implemented BDA solutions. In fact, most respondents surveyed consider BDA the most important technology, compared to other technologies in their organizations. However,...

Privacy regulations can shut down most of the benefits of big data, leaving organizations ill-equipped to compete in the global economy. Nowhere is that more true than in the EU. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), intended to protect the privacy of EU citizens, threatens the viability of business initiatives in the region—all o...

This report looks at the application of advanced analytics on business process optimization; and suggests an infrastructure framework for ensuring that advanced analytics are utilized successfully. Key Highlights: --Advanced Analytics: A Primer --Predictive Analytics: The Holy Grail of Advanced Analytics --Analytics and AI --From Data to Insigh...

The EU Parliament approved the GDPR in April 2016. To allow the region and the world to adjust to the sweeping changes it contains, the EU established a two-year acclimation period, and will begin enforcing the GDPR on 25 May 2018. This Stratecast report offers our assessment of the content and impact of the key provisions of GDPR, in the EU and a...

To gauge the changing perceptions and behaviors regarding cloud services, Frost & Sullivan conducted its seventh annual Cloud User Survey of U.S.-based IT decision-makers, via Web, in March 2017. A total of 410 valid responses were returned, providing a +/-5% margin of error at a 95% confidence level. In this SPIE, Stratecast|Frost & Sullivan pre...

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...