Security Tools Help Bring Dev and Security Teams Together

Software development teams are increasingly focused on identifying and mitigating any issues as quickly and completely as possible. This relates not only to software quality but also software security. Different organizations are at different levels when it comes to having their development teams and security teams working in concert, but the simple...

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APM Solutions Venture into AI and DevOps

For a market segment as stable as application performance monitoring (APM), for individual vendors—even mature established vendors—to stand out requires a unique approach or feature set. At the very least, APM tools must now keep tabs on applications running in myriad locations, whether on-premises, on public or private cloud platforms, distributed...

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How cloud data warehouse vendors can benefit from a price benchmark

Why use a Field Test/Price Benchmark? Over the past few years, the requirement for low-cost cloud solutions has risen, with more organizations choosing to work from home since the Covid pandemic. Services that allow organizations to be managed remotely, such as Cloud Data Warehouses, have become an integral part of the business strategy, but this...

Dec 2021

The Benefits Of A Performance Benchmark For API Management

Introduction Application programming interfaces, or APIs, are now the standard infrastructure for communication software. Popular infrastructures, such as containers and Kubernetes, have increased the demand for high-performance, lightweight solutions, and organizations are selecting API management as a preferred option, avoiding the costs of custom...

Dec 2021

The Benefits of a Price Benchmark for Data Storage

Why Price Benchmark Data Storage? Customers, understandably, are highly driven by budget when it comes to data storage solutions. The cost of switching, upkeep and upgrades are high risk factors for businesses, and therefore, decision makers need to look for longevity in their chosen solution. Many factors influence how data needs to be handled within...

Dec 2021

Assessing Providers of Low-Power Wide Area Network Technology

Blog Title: Assessing Providers of Low-Power Wide Area Network Technology Companies are taking note of how Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) can provide long-distance communications for certain use cases. While its slow data transfer rates and high latency aren’t going to be driving any high intensity video streaming or other bandwidth-hungry situations,...

Dec 2021

Defeating Distributed Denial of Service Attacks

It seems like every day the news brings new stories of cyberattacks. Whether ransomware, malware, crippling viruses, or more frequently of late—distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. According to Infosec magazine, in the first half of 2020, there was a 151% increase in the number of DDoS attacks compared to the same period the previous year....

Dec 2021

Hands On Tech: Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the management of infrastructure (networks, virtual machines, load balancers, and connection topology) through machine-readable definition files, rather than a physical hardware configuration. GigaOm Analyst Michael Levan is currently conducting research on IaC testing, an emerging sector that brings the benefits of software...

Sep 2021

Evolution of Hybrid Cloud Data Protection

In June we published updated versions of our Hybrid Cloud Data Protection Key Criteria and Radar reports. This year we decided to split most of our Radars in two to give a better view of the market landscape to our clients. In fact, categorizing solutions for either SMBs or Enterprises makes it more likely you will find a solution that is well-suited...

Aug 2021

Introducing the GigaOm Sonar Report

I love working for Gigaom because we don’t settle. Ever. The Gigaom Key Criteria and Radar reports have gotten a lot of attention lately, because they focus on technology, execution, and roadmaps, instead of vendor revenue and market share. It’s an approach that is really appreciated by decision makers and our subscribers. GigaOm subscribers know that...

Jul 2021