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Florida Crystals concentrates SAP in hosting sweet spot

CIO Business Intelligence

Kevin Grayling, CIO, Florida Crystals Florida Crystals It’s ASR that had the more modern SAP installation, S/4HANA 1709, running in a virtual private cloud hosted by Virtustream, while its parent languished on SAP Business Suite. One of those requirements was to move out of its hosting provider data center and into a hyperscaler’s cloud.

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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Private cloud providers may be among the key beneficiaries of today’s generative AI gold rush as, once seemingly passé in favor of public cloud, CIOs are giving private clouds — either on-premises or hosted by a partner — a second look. The excitement and related fears surrounding AI only reinforces the need for private clouds.

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Cybersecurity On Call: Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018! Top Five Tips from 2017

Cloudera

It was truly an honor hosting amazing guests as we explored the world of cybersecurity. Below are the full episodes, if you want to listen to just the top tips please skip down to the “Top Five Tips from 2017” episode below. The post Cybersecurity On Call: Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018! Cybersecurity in Government with Dr. Ron Ross.

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Leveraging Data Analytics in the Fight Against Prescription Opioid Abuse

Cloudera

Every day in the US thousands of legitimate prescriptions for the opioid class of pharmaceuticals are written to mitigate acute pain during post-operation recovery, chronic back and neck pain, and a host of other cases where patients experience moderate-to-severe discomfort.

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Essential Productivity Hacks in Cloud-Centric Workplaces

Smart Data Collective

One study shows spending on cloud services doubled between 2017 and 2020 from $30 billion to $60 billion. Some companies have resorted to using the cloud to host meetings instead of using them in person. The problem is that this might make them tempted to host meetings more often that are needed, because they are easier to setup.

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5 things to know: IBM Cloud’s mission to accelerate innovation for clients

IBM Big Data Hub

We are bringing the power of foundation models with the availability of a GPU as a service on IBM Cloud offering to help organizations tap into artificial intelligence (AI) in a secured environment while aiming to mitigate third- and fourth-party risk.

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The history of ESG: A journey towards sustainable investing

IBM Big Data Hub

1 Slowly but surely, institutional investors started to recognize that companies could potentially improve financial performance and risk management by focusing on ESG issues like greenhouse gas emissions. The total—$639 billion—shed light on how shareholders were starting to invest out of principle versus strictly profit.