First, a story. When I returned to being a software industry analyst in 2015 or thereabouts, I had a fair amount…
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Does SD-WAN Have a Future in a SASE World?
In the ever-evolving landscape of networking and security, two buzzwords have been making the rounds: software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) and…
Read MoreAPI Testing: Divergent Roots, Unified Future
In the course of this year’s evaluation into the API functional automated testing space, we found some evolving trends that have…
Read MoreUEBA is Transforming Cyber Defense—Here’s How
Today, we’re diving deep into the world of user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA). It’s one of those catchy acronyms that…
Read MoreWhy You Need a Data Security Platform (DSP)
Data is at the heart of today’s business. It’s an essential business asset, the lifeblood of the modern organization. While essential,…
Read MoreGigaOm Research Bulletin #006
As part of our ongoing process of improvement, we are excited to announce the release of our Online Research Calendar, covering the…
Read More2024 predictions redux: data, storage, infrastructure, and services platforms revisited
In this, the third in our series of predictions blogs, we turn to the increased focus on platforms – that is,…
Read MoreFive security, networking and management predictions for 2024
So, how are the more engineering levels of tech evolving – security, networking, and management? We spoke to some of our…
Read MoreSeven reasons why generative AI will fall short in 2024
Generative AI is a thing. Let’s go further and say it’s a big thing, with lots of promise. But that doesn’t…
Read MoreHeads up: New Research Calendar for GigaOm Radar Reports
We’re excited to announce the release of our online research calendar, covering the scheduling of GigaOm Radar reports. These are practitioner-led…
Read More5 questions for Koby Avital: on business-first transformation and strategic vendor partnerships
Koby Avital is a strategic advisor at enterprise software development company NearForm and a board member of the Linux Foundation –…
Read MoreIntelligent Automation vs Hyperautomation – what’s the score?
One of the challenges we face as analysts is how to categorize technologies. I’m feeling this directly as I work through the…
Read More5 questions for Simon Pilar, Clario: The Business Case for Observability
Simon Pilar has quite the title – Director DevOps & DLC Toolchain R&D Platform Engineering for healthcare technology provider, Clario. We…
Read MoreGigaOm Research Bulletin #005
Welcome to GigaOm’s research bulletin for November 2023 Hi, and welcome back! GigaOm’s partnership with Ingram Micro clearly shows how we…
Read MoreWhat’s the Score?
Why have we been making changes to the GigaOm Key Criteria and Radar reports? We are committed to a rigorous, defensible,…
Read MoreSIEM and SOAR – Will They or Won’t They?
A considerable percentage of SIEM vendors share a vision for how to help security operations centers deal with the high volume…
Read MoreWhat’s the Business Value of AI? A Systems Engineer’s Take
Across four decades, I have worked as a systems engineer in the information technology (IT) industry designing, architecting, configuring computing systems…
Read MoreCase Study: Ingram Micro
“GigaOm and Ingram Micro work with partners to drive strategic growth and deliver more value to technology buyers. GigaOm goes beyond…
Read MoreNDR: a simple acronym describing a complex and dynamic area
As three-letter acronyms in tech go, network detection and response (NDR) has to be one of the clearest – as the…
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Planning for Data Sovereignty in a Multicloud World
With its roots in privacy law emerging from the UK and Europe, data sovereignty has become a global concern. Increasingly, international…
Read MoreThe Cloud-only Era is Done
As ever in this job, it’s by putting multiple conversations together that I start building a picture. Over recent months, I’ve…
Read MoreDevOps efficiency needs to put business goals first
Here’s a quick story. As a business analyst, I worked at a publisher in Oxford. We were interviewing, process diagramming, and…
Read MoreEnterprise MFA is actually really cool
Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a credential verification method that requires the provisioning of two or more authentication mechanisms to gain access…
Read MoreNaaS – enterprise networking as an innovation platform
Network as a service (NaaS) applies a cloud-like provisioning model to enterprise networking, enabling on-demand, scalable connectivity and value-added services via…
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