Do buzzwords have more meaning than we give them credit for?
DevSecOps, IDaaS, Kubernetes, IoT, Digital Transformation, Waterfall… The list of trending words that rise and fall in popularity is ever-changing…
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This year will see big changes in IT, suggests Apptio
From AI to agile, Apptio give their predictions for 2020 AI and…
How to succeed in AIOps
Legacy tools, products, and approaches aren’t well equipped for the sheer volume,…
Demand to release faster is creating “troubling issues”
DevOps teams are struggling with increased downtimes of apps and services, despite…
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Finance
Digital transformation market to reach $2.3 trillion by 2023
Spending on technology and services that enable digital transformation (DX) is expected to reach $2.3 trillion (£1.8 trillion) by 2023, findings from an updated worldwide spending guide reports. The International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Semi-annual Digital Transformation Spending Guide focused on looking at DX within business practices, products, and organisations.…
Multicloud to edge firm celebrates 70% business growth
NoSQL database company Couchbase has announced it has seen record growth in the first half of fiscal year 2020. As part of the growth, the database organisation say they have experienced 100% increase in total contract value, 55% billings growth and a 50% rise in average deal sizes. Increased drive…
GitLab Raises $268M in round E funding
A DevOps based company that is known for delivering on a single application has announced its completion of a $268 million Series E round of funding. This has led to the firm being valued at a huge $2.75 billion. The recent subsidy for the DevOps enterprise, Gitlab, was forwarded by…
Agile market to reach $18.19 billion by 2026
The US agile transformation market has been estimated to reach $18.19 billion (£15 billion) by 2026 according to one report. Taken out by Allied Market Research, the study also predicts that the sector will have a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.9% in the next 7 years. The report…
Public Sector
Why Cassandra has grown so much in popularity
Due to the rapid growth of Apache Cassandra, DataStax, a hybrid, and multicloud firm, is introducing subscription-based support for open source Cassandra. Results from a recent survey by DB Engines have shown that out of the 350 available, the database management system is the tenth most popular. It has also…
“The importance of open source will only keep growing” – SUSE talks trends and changes
After introducing the Linux enterprise back in the ’90s, cloud-based firm SUSE has successfully introduced the open-source system to a range of businesses, governments and retail firms. Recently, the company appointed its first female CEO and so Thomas Di Giacomo, SUSE’s CTO, discusses the importance of diversity as well as…
“We are really agnostic!” Why this US cloud firm is making waves in Europe.
After completing a round of series D funding last summer in which they got an investment of $55 million, CircleCI, a company that builds continuous delivery platform for software developers, announced they will be using part of the money to make an expansion into Europe and be closer to customers…
2020: Change is afoot in everything DevOps
It is officially 2020 and with the new year comes the inevitability of change, fresh trends and original ways of looking at things. DevOps is one environment that is no stranger to rapid changes and more often than not, these can lead to varying opinions and that sets a path…
Smart Cities
IoT market will be dominated by CCTV in the next three years
CCTV using 5G will be the most dominant technology in the IoT solutions market over the next three years, ICT analyst Gartner has predicted However, the firm also believes that after the year 2023, connected cars will be the most prevalent in the Internet of Things market. The figures Next…
What cloud computing means for the future of smart cities
The latest in phone technology, 5G, has been causing controversy since its announcement last year. Some believe that its fast speeds of 10 Gbps will revolutionise the future of mobile tech, whilst others fear for the impact it will have on bandwidth and general signaling issues. However, whatever the opinion,…
