Gary Hilson

Gary Hilson is a Toronto-based freelance writer who has written thousands of words for print and pixel in publications across North America. His areas of interest and expertise include software, enterprise and networking technology, memory systems, green energy, sustainable transportation, and research and education. His articles have been published by EE Times, SolarEnergy.Net, Network Computing, InformationWeek, Computing Canada, Computer Dealer News, Toronto Business Times and the Ottawa Citizen, among others.

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IBM partners with Bell to secure connections to its cloud

Collaboration follows a year of many cloud computing giants setting up shop in Canada to address data residency and compliance of large organizations, including the public sector

Rocana looks to make big data analysis for IT operations more affordable

Many organizations have to be selective of what data they review, due to pricing models that make analyzing all data cost-prohibitive

Packets still rule when it comes to useful network traffic analysis

Savvius updates OmniPeek monitoring tool to support real-time analysis as packets become more useful to glean information

Panzura pinpoints files with Google Maps

Primary storage via cloud provider leverages popular interface to help customers understand distributed data infrastructure

ServiceNow adds identity management to the mix through Centrify integration

Popular ITIL platform expands reach with ability quickly and easily provider users across the organization with secure access to service and applications

Enterprises eye the cloud as a testing sandbox as they make the transition toward iterative software deployments

Complex applications require the ability to mimic the production environment with heavy QA, something the cloud can feasibly replicate without negatively affecting customers or live operations

Did 2015 unfold as Forrester Research predicted?

Every year, analysts at research firms (as well as vendors) make bold forecasts as to what technologies and trends will affect organizations over the course of the year. Here’s some thoughts on a few of Forrester’s major predictions made for 2015

Mobile device management goes broader, more application focused

Company unveils cloud edition of its MDM software, which provides IT administrators an on-demand service they easily scale to manage devices across the organization

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