Storage for unstructured big data should be part of a company's strategy

For many IT organizations, data storage is an afterthought and not a strategic concern. However, when it comes to big data management, storage should occupy center stage.

Unstructured data is used to pictorially document key events, capture paper-based documents in a digital free-form format and report on company operations through sensors and other Internet of Things devices. Yet, a 2020 survey of C-level executives conducted by NewVantage revealed that only 37.8% of companies surveyed felt they had created a data-driven culture, and over half (54.9%) felt that they could not compete with other companies in the areas of data and analytics. 

Blockchain: Regulatory Trends

Enterprises work within the privacy rules governed by regulation and customers trust them with their sensitive information but with blockchain, the data is not private. The slow-paced approach of regulators in enforcing regulations for new technologies such as blockchain creates barriers to their adoption.

Listed below are the key regulatory trends impacting the blockchain theme, as identified by GlobalData.

Regulatory clarification

A substantial lack of regulatory clarity exists regarding the underlying blockchain technology, which acts as a significant barrier to broader adoption. Regulations have struggled to keep up with advances in technology, which is particularly true with blockchain. 

How Africa can lead the financial and crypto revolution

With its mass adoption of new technologies, Africa has the opportunity to create the next disruptive startups and the global leaders of tomorrow.

The effects of the fourth industrial revolution in Africa have been taking everyone by surprise. While all eyes were turned to the US, Europe, and China, Africa was silently growing much faster than anyone anticipated, especially in financial technologies.

The combination of mass adoption of recent technologies in the region, without big monopolies nor outdated infrastructures, creates a never-seen-before opportunity for Africa to create the next disruptive startups and the global leaders of tomorrow.

Linux at 30: 5 Ways Linux has Changed the Software Engineering Model

From programmer teams to app stores, Linux has had a huge impact on the software engineering model.

When we talk about the impact of Linux, the kernel that turned 30 this summer, we tend to focus on its technical outcomes--how it formed the foundation for a diverse array of operating systems for servers, desktops, mobile phones, cloud computing and beyond. 

But, arguably, Linux’s ultimate importance lies not in any of its technical benefits, but in the way it changed how developers work. Without Linux, the way many programmers programs--indeed, even the way they think about the software engineering model--would likely be quite different.

How AI will reshape software development

How AI will reshape software development

The impact artificial intelligence will have on the digital universe should not be understated. Not since the development of the electrical grid have humans faced such a radical shift in their relationship to the natural world.

And while many leading experts tout the ways AI will alter key functions that we all take for granted — everything from transportation to buying new shoes — it appears the first realm to face a new AI-driven operating paradigm is the one that created AI in the first place: software development.