Big Data and the Cloud

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A speedy recovery: the key to good outcomes as health care’s dependence on data deepens

Data is transforming health care, but it is also making life-saving treatments far more vulnerable to IT system failures

Responsible retail: treating customer data with care

What retailers now know about their customers is their biggest competitive advantage—as long as they don’t abuse it

Bank battle for innovation and market share needs huge live data crunching

From self-service chatbots to faster loan decisions, next-generation banking needs big data to be crunched in real time or it won’t deliver the level of service customers expect.

How to avoid downtime and disruption when moving data

Increasingly organizations need to move data between data centers and/or the cloud, but the risk of downtime during transition is a sticking point.

Why banks should stay well clear of blockchain

As much as financial services institutions need to innovate, backing the wrong digital platform, such as blockchain, could be their undoing.

The future isn't cloud. It's multi-cloud

Cloud computing was supposed to simplify IT environments. Now, a study by Microsoft and 451 Research shows nearly a third of organizations work with four or more cloud vendors.

The 8 fallacies of distributed computing are becoming irrelevant

Thanks to modern computing, the 8 fallacies of distributed computing are being rendered obsolete.

The democratization of data in the cloud

Data democratization, made possible through cloud computing, puts crucial business information into the hands of those who need it the most.

Banking on the cloud

To compete with disruptors in the market, the big banks must shift their operations to the cloud.

Data gravity: The new KPI for tech companies

Data gravity helps cloud vendors get ahead of their competition by enabling them to accumulate knowledge about customers and understanding their needs.