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Eric J. Bruno With the Internet of Things (IoT), many people think of sensors, devices, and web communication. But they often miss something just as important: the holistic convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT). OT encompasses a wide range of components such as infrastructure, monitoring systems, and other system enablers.
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Eric J. Bruno Monitoring in general may not always be viewed as a differentiator, but transaction monitoring and tracing can become a critical requirement. The world isn’t perfect, and even the best development practices may not be able to prevent all data integrity issues. Being able to reconcile with good monitoring and reporting can be the difference between staying in and going out of business, or even life and death.
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Eric J. Bruno According to IDC, business demand for cloud has grown and will continue to grow significantly for the next few years, and well beyond. However, the cloud space has become so competitive, it’s becoming more and more difficult for cloud service providers (CSP) to find or sustain profitability. After cutting costs and driving out inefficiencies, where do you turn for growth? In a word: Innovation.
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Eric J. Bruno (Hint: Yes!) By now, the advantages of microservices—like more agility, modularity, scalability, reliability and so on, are probably familiar to you. But like all new technologies, microservices present new challenges in addition to new benefits. For that reason, you may be asking yourself whether the challenges associated with microservices outweigh the benefits.
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