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By: Terri Schlosser

October 24, 2019 12:58 pm

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Why Lifelong Learning is Intrinsically Linked to Digital and IT Transformation

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Those are words of timeless wisdom. Each of us must make the most of every day of our life.  But we should also recognize the value of learning something new every day. Now, more than ever […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

September 17, 2019 1:00 pm

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Top 10 Technology Predictions for 2019 Revisited – Here’s my Personal Performance Appraisal

At the beginning of the year, I posted a blog outlining my top 10 tech predictions for 2019 and promised to check back later in the year to see whether my predictions were on the money. We’re now well past the mid-point in the year, so how did I do? For the first 4 […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

August 22, 2019 1:00 pm

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5 Arenas Where Open Source is the Undisputed Champion

  Open source software has come of age. It has now reached a level of maturity and capability where it simply cannot be ignored. Recent research[1] suggests that 82 percent of large organizations are more receptive to open source than they were five years ago and that C-level IT executives are now most likely […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

July 29, 2019 1:00 pm

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The Digital Transformation Journey – Are We There Yet?

It’s an intriguing question. Amazingly, 21% of companies think their digital transformation journey is already finished[1]. Spoiler alert: it most definitely is not! Rather, we all remain in a state of “CONSTANT CHANGE”. While that may sound like a glib oxymoron, it perfectly describes the fast-moving, technology-driven world that surrounds us. One thing […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

June 12, 2019 1:00 pm

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Are We Ready to Ditch the Data Center?

I think this is a really intriguing question, to which curiously the answer is "yes" and "no". As with many things in business the answer is not straight forward, so let me explain. Over the past few decades, organizations have come to rely on their own data centers to run business applications, network […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

May 9, 2019 1:00 pm

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3 Reasons why the Open Infrastructure Summit in Denver was Simply Outstanding.

This was not my first rodeo. I’ve attended most of the OpenStack Summits since my first one in Atlanta, Georgia back in May of 2014. They have always been a highpoint in my working calendar and I look forward to each of them with tremendous enthusiasm. The first-ever Open Infrastructure Summit in Denver was […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

April 23, 2019 2:00 pm

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Why Hybrid Cloud is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier

  It seems like analysts, vendors and IT decision makers have been talking about “hybrid cloud” for the longest time. The concept has been around for at least a decade – and that’s a really long time in the IT industry. Is it still important? Absolutely. Almost every piece of cloud market […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

April 15, 2019 3:46 pm

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The World has Changed Since Tiger Woods First Won the Masters!

What a story! On Sunday, April 14th, Tiger Woods won his fifth green jacket at the Augusta National Masters at the age of 43. Even if you’re not a golf fan, you can’t fail to have been impressed. It has been an astonishing comeback and this was his first major win in 11 […]

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By: Terri Schlosser

March 14, 2019 1:00 pm

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Is 2019 the Year IoT and Edge Computing Comes of Age?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the hottest technology topics of the moment – and for very good reasons.  We all know we’re living in an increasingly interconnected world and are constantly looking for new ways to take full advantage of it. On a more personal level, our mobile smart devices […]

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