Modern business is inextricably linked to the technology that powers it. While business transformation and digital transformation are terms frequently used in the technology sector, rarely do we understand where this intersection lies. For nearly all organizations, digital transformation is driven by the applications that drive the business. These are the means by which all organizations generate revenue, engage customers, expand into new markets, and make employees not just more efficient, but more effective at serving their markets. And incre ...

The cloud is not simply a destination for workload migration that also somehow solves IT operational problems. The organizations that are most successfully tapping into the power of cloud have recognized that running IT operations for cloud-based service delivery is different than traditional IT operations required for infrastructure-oriented service delivery—and they have operationalized for cloud.

For these organizations, this means integrating new processes and tools to enable IT teams responsible for code, performance and control functio ...

Anyone who works with external partners will stress the importance of face time. From creative agencies hunkering down at a company’s headquarters for a week of brainstorming to salespeople stopping by their customers’ offices, these interactions are a staple of business as usual ... and business in 2020 is anything but usual.

How do you move work and relationships forward when these types of meetings are no longer possible? More than 32,000 Slack customers rely on shared channels to bridge those in-person gaps. A shared channel allows separ ...

Applications touch nearly every aspect of the modern company. And the dependency on using applications to streamline business processes and drive new revenue sources is only growing stronger. Thanks to new tools and platforms, more developers, agile development methods, and lots of code reuse, IDC predicts that from 2018 to 2023, 500 million new logical apps will be created, equal to the number built over the past 40 years. Organizations must decide how to optimize, manage, and support this expanding portfolio of applications.

The range of ...

Containers and cloud technologies play a key role in helping organizations capitalize on the opportunities of the digital world. With a jointly engineered and supported solution, Red Hat and Microsoft have come together to enable digital businesses to accelerate time to value and create a unified approach to application development. ...