Comprehensive Observability

I had the pleasure of producing my first analyst report in one of the hottest categories for GigaOm—cloud observability. Here are my thoughts on the research process, the technology space, and the vendors, as well as some advice for IT decision-makers. For those who have been living under the rock, who have never heard of observability, here’s a helpful...

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Getting Started with Value Stream Management

Getting Started with Value Stream Management Value stream management (VSM) has been one of the hottest buzzwords in DevOps over the last few years—but what does it actually mean in practice, and how can DevOps professionals implement VSM in a way that helps them achieve more without disrupting their existing pipelines? I sat down with Siddharth...

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Gigaom Delivers 70% Record Annual Revenue Growth, Launches New Channel Program to Digital Enterprise and Business Markets

Santa Barbara, CA – February 23, 2021 – GigaOm, the analyst firm enabling smart businesses to future-proof their decisions, today announces record revenue – growing 70 percent year-on-year – and launching its first Channel Program to drive innovative research solutions via a subscription model to partner organizations. Despite the challenging environment...

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The Role of AI in Data Storage

In the past, data storage was one of the most conservative areas of IT. Storage system administrators were typically depicted as grumpy people with limited or no interest in change. Most of the time they wanted to keep it simple. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” was their mantra. It’s hard to blame them.I was a storage sys admin once; solid data protection...

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Storage Options for the Distributed Enterprise

Enterprises are more distributed than ever—and really, a better term now might be dispersed. Large enterprises have operations in multiple sites, regions, and countries while smaller ones are rearranging their organization in response to the pandemic and the changing scenarios in which they operate. As a result, data is created everywhere now, including...

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Object Storage Is Heating Up

If you’ve followed my work in the last few years, you know I’m a fan of object storage. I always thought the entire industry wasn’t excited enough about object storage, but it finally caught on because of the cloud and the resulting data growth. Object storage is now in every conversation and it is becoming a popular option for a very broad set of use...

Feb 2021

What’s New at DRYiCE? How Do They Fit In the Emerging Multi-Cloud Enterprise?

I attended the DRYiCE analyst day to look in on the progress of this relatively young part of HCL. Clearly, no moss is growing on their developers as they push a number of products in the marketplace, including an AIOps offering that is growing in popularity and sales, according to Amit Gupta, EVP and Global Head at DRYiCE. The company has experienced...

Jan 2021

Performance Testing with K6

The problem is not that testing is the bottleneck. The problem is that you don’t know what’s in the bottle. That’s a problem that testing addresses. — Michael Bolton, author, “Rapid Software Testing.” You won’t find a lot of engineers out there who say they get excited about testing. Quality assurance (QA) is the kind of unglamorous chore that developers...

Jan 2021

Talking DevSecOps on the CISO Series Podcast

When GigaOm VP of Research Jon Collins published his latest report, “GigaOm Radar for Evaluating DevSecOps Tools,” it kicked off a discussion on the popular CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast co-hosted by David Spark and Mike Johnson. In that podcast, available here, Spark and Johnson discussed the report with Doug Cahill, vice president and...

Jan 2021

Predictions for 2021 and Beyond

Here at Gigaom we’re looking at how leading-edge technologies impact the enterprise, and what organizations can do to gear up for the future. Here are some views from several of our analysts about what to watch for in enterprise IT in 2021 and beyond. A Time for Reflection – Paul Stringfellow We will see a broad re-assessment of our technology usage,...

Jan 2021