In the cloud era, a compute cluster that once took months to build out can now be created and ready to use in minutes. In this blog post, we will discuss all pieces that come together to make this near-instant infrastructure a reality. From there, we will show how this infrastructure and file system fulfills […]

Azure Blob Storage is a highly-scalable, cost-effective, and secure cloud storage service offered by Microsoft. It’s designed to store and manage large amounts of unstructured data, including text, images, videos, and binary data. This cloud storage solution is ideal for organizations that require a flexible and efficient way to store, access, and process their data, […]

It is a crisp December morning, with frost on every leaf and a warm winter sun amidst blue skies. There may even be a robin or two amongst the trees. Christmas is in the air and there is a hive of activity here to deliver something special—a sofa, fridge, or TV—in time for the holiday […]

It’s now summer in the northern hemisphere, and you can feel it in London where I live. But let’s not get distracted by the nice weather and go through your AWS updates from the previous seven days. Last Week’s LaunchesAnother interesting week with many announcements! Here are some that got more of my attention: AWS […]

Imagine the possibilities of providing text-based queries and opening a world of knowledge for improved learning and productivity. Possibilities are growing that include assisting in writing articles, essays or emails; accessing summarized research; generating and brainstorming ideas; dynamic search with personalized recommendations for retail and travel; and explaining complicated topics for education and training. With […]

While you may have learned about generative artificial intelligence (AI), you may not know what it means for the future of Finance and Accounting (F&A). As the name suggests, it generates images, music, speech, code, video or text, while it interprets and manipulates preexisting data. For F&A leaders, this means that it may have the […]

Imagine the future of Finance and Accounting (F&A). In this future, your F&A function is cutting edge.  Perhaps you are using a next-gen Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and an unmatched F&A planning platform that delivers advanced predictive analytics. You may have also deployed the latest cloud-native innovations and improved your operating expenses in the […]

In today’s educational landscape, there are two critical systems that schools rely on to manage their operations and support student learning: the Student Information System (SIS) and the Learning Management System (LMS). The SIS is responsible for storing and managing data related to students’ academic records, including their grades, attendance, and personal information. On the […]

When IBM Consulting’s Neeraj Manik spoke recently with a large pharmaceutical client about how to streamline and improve its front-office and back-office financial processes, he pointed to a web of interconnected business challenges the organization was facing: “too many invoices, too many suppliers, too much money being paid to suppliers,” as Manik put it. Manik, […]

To provide stakeholders with vital IT services, organizations need to keep their private data centers operational, secure and compliant. Data center management encompasses the tasks and management tools necessary for doing so. A person responsible for carrying out these tasks is known as a data center manager. What is the role of a data center […]