Special Features

A multicloud approach has been talked about for years within enterprises, but few companies have gone that direction. Now it's easier to go multicloud and AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform all share customers. Here's a look at managing multiple cloud providers, how to play them off each other and what vendors and tools can help you manage multiple clouds.

Today's security threats have expanded in their scope and seriousness. There can now be millions -- or even billions -- of dollars at risk when information security isn't handled properly. And beyond that, cybersecurity will define many of the international conflicts of the future.

Analytics has evolved from the basics--visualizations, historicals and dashboards--to the more complex with recommendations and predictions of outcomes. Now it's time to step it up and get prescriptive. How do you set up an analytics infrastructure that sees around corners and gives you options to avoid a head-on crash?

New technologies from wearables to AI and robots could have a huge impact on the health service. We take a look at the opportunities ahead.

When AWS Lambda launched, it came with an interesting concept: enterprises would buy business functions and the compute, storage and networking tasks would be managed in the background. What returns does serverless computing deliver for the enterprise, and which vendors deliver the best options?

Microsoft's free upgrade offer makes Windows 10 adoption more attractive for many enterprises. But how does it affect your organization's plans for a hardware refresh?

As far and fast as cloud computing is embedding itself into the enterprise, there remain many cloud-resistant applications and services. We dive into the practical approach for integrating public cloud applications with private cloud services in a well-integrated hybrid cloud.

The cloud is disrupting traditional operating models for IT departments and entire organizations. In this compelling series, business leaders sit down with ZDNet and TechRepublic editors to discuss how they're embracing cloud services, innovating more rapidly, and driving success for their companies.

The AI and ML deployments are well underway, but for CXOs the biggest issue will be managing these initiatives, and figuring out where the data science team fits in and what algorithms to buy versus build.

Infrastructure around the world is being linked together via sensors, machine learning and analytics. We examine the rise of the digital twin, the new leaders in industrial IoT (IIoT) and case studies that highlight the lessons learned from production IIoT deployments.