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Challenges of building and operating a Microsoft Private Cloud

A Microsoft Private Cloud enables businesses to balance the benefits of cloud computing with the benefits of a private data center. Building and maintaining a Microsoft® Cloud Platform environment can be challenging, though, and most organizations don’t have the resources to effectively manage the environment. This white paper examines how businesses can address those challenges and leverage the benefits of a Microsoft Private Cloud by using Rackspace to host and manage their Microsoft Cloud Platform environment.

IoT Upsets Application Development

Before IoT, applications worked using a "request and response" design where information flows in one direction. Now with the emergence of IoT, applications need to be able to flow data both ways and be able to learn from the incoming data to make improvements on-the-fly.

This report will provide you with insight into how applications must now be developed to cater to an IoT world and how you can incorporate machine learning to facilitate IoT data interpretation.

Evaluating and Choosing an IoT Platform

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming how we do business, and the challenge for many companies is to know where to begin. This report examines various features organizations should expect in an IoT platform, as well as the key attributes you should be looking for when choosing a platform vendor.

The author, Matthew Perry, explains what an industrial-grade IoT platform ideally should include, from bidirectional connectivity and distributed computing to availability, scalability, and reliability. You’ll also learn how to assess your IoT strategy and find a vendor that can fulfill your specific needs.

Company Overview

PTC has the most robust Internet of Things technology in the world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998 were first to market with Internet-based PLM. Now our leading IoT and AR platform and field-proven solutions bring together the physical and digital worlds to reinvent the way you create, operate, and service products.

The Platform Transformation: How IoT Will Change IT and When

IoT is here to stay. In fact, the IoT platform market is projected to hit $1.6 billion by 2021. IoT makes it possible for businesses to connect to things, people, and locations, manage those connections and harnesses data that can provide insight for businesses.

This report explores key considerations for future-proofing elements of your IT stack and smoothing the transition to IoT components for your business.

Foundational Elements of an IoT Solution

IoT may seem like a wide array of technologies arranged in a bewildering set of combinations, which is true, but reading this eBook can thankfully break things down for you into clear layers that you can use to inform your mental model of IoT to create your own IoT application. This eBook will teach you how to:

Break down IoT into a mental framework to think about your solution
Connect, secure and interact with things in the cloud
Design and implement with key cloud technologies in mind
Wrap up all the information into an application quickly and effectively

Gartner Critical Capability

Growing investments in Mode 2 IT projects and cost reduction efforts in core enterprise workloads are driving the demand for object storage. Here, we compare 12 object storage products against seven critical capabilities in use cases relevant to infrastructure and operations leaders.

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The Need for Hybrid Cloud Object Storage

This executive brief discuses how to manage exponential, largely unstructured, data growth for business advantage. In a new world of data that must be accessible and collaborative, hybrid cloud object storage delivers a flexible, scalable and simple approach to efficiently manage exponential growth.

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Contact Centers Must Go Digital Or Die

Consumer preference for customer service channels is changing across all ages and demographics. Adoption of digital customer service channels, with an emphasis on self-service channels such as web and mobile, is exploding as consumers expect relevant and seamless omnichannel customer service. However, firms' technology and staffing plans are not keeping up with consumer demand for digital customer service. This report outlines communication channel customer use and major gaps in contact center technology and operations. It also provides data that will help application development and delivery (AD&D) pros align operations with customer expectations to garner their satisfaction and long-term loyalty.

Effectively Manage Application Security Risk in the Cloud

Learn how to effectively manage application security risk in the Cloud.

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Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Accelerating government innovation, supporting government missions

Public-sector leaders at every level are embracing a vision of government that is transparent, accessible, and responsive to citizen needs. However, this vision often runs up against the reality of existing IT infrastructure. Too often, legacy middleware is locked into proprietary software and systems that do not integrate well or scale effectively across the enterprise.

Is an open source business process management solution right for you?

Increased availability of highly functional enterprise open source business process management (BPM) technology is bringing the benefits of BPM solutions within reach of more companies and projects. If you are considering deploying BPM solutions, but have been daunted by the cost, footprint, risk, lack of flexibility, or complexity of proprietary options, an enterprise open source approach may be just what you are looking for.

The Business Value of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

The ability to integrate systems and share data across the enterprise is a common datacenter need.

"Integration bus" is a common term that describes the technology used for middleware-based integration. Integration bus needs can vary in complexity, data volume, and required performance.

Download this paper to discover how both Red Hat and IBM offer multiple products that can help customers develop and deploy middleware integration solutions.

Deploying Java EE Apps in Cloud and Container Environments

Keeping your Java organization up to speed means delivering new applications and updates in days or weeks, grappling with application deployment in different environments, and struggling to keep application reliable and performing smoothly.

Successful leaders are turning to DevOps methodologies, microservices architectures, and containers to meet these requirements. But without the right application development platform, these infrastructures may not be properly supported.

Access this product overview and learn how you can best support your on premise infrastructure by employing the right application development platform.

the Power of Integration

Organizations in manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, construction, and media are connecting their enterprises with Red Hat® JBoss®Fuse. With standard, proven integration patterns and more than 150 ready-to-use connectors, Red Hat JBoss Fuse lets organizations integrate applications, services, processes, and data to gain competitive advantage, reduce time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership.

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Helping government innovate faster, work smarter

Government innovation isn’t an oxymoron. Agencies at every level of government are responding to expanding mission requirements and rising citizen expectations by developing new applications and services that take advantage of mobile, cloud, data analytics, and other emerging technologies. They are also looking for ways to automate processes, so they can work smarter and deliver services more efficiently, despite constrained budgets.

But today’s applications and services, and the ways they are consumed, are significantly different than in the past. They must be adaptable and integrate with new and existing applications more efficiently. They must be developed faster, and seamlessly scale across heterogeneous environments that include physical, virtual, mobile, and cloud resources. Unfortunately, the middleware infrastructure used in the past is simply not agile, productive, or cost-effective enough to deliver on these new requirements, causing many agencies to struggle in their efforts to streamline operations and improve services.