Kurt Marko, diginomica

Kurt Marko

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Boise, ID, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • diginomica
  • TechTarget
  • Channel Partners
  • Forbes

Past articles by Kurt:

Blockchain without tears - Oracle takes best of distributed ledger tech to improve database security

The foundational technologies underlying Bitcoin are a secure, distributed transaction ledger, timestamp server and proof of work algorithm implemented as a blockchain ledger. As Satoshi put it his seminal paper, these make it "computationally impractical for an attacker to change if honest nodes control a majority of CPU power" on the Bitcoin network. While Satioshi didn't invent blockchain… → Read More

Blockchain without tears - Oracle takes best of distributed ledger tech to improve database security

The foundational technologies underlying Bitcoin are a secure, distributed transaction ledger, timestamp server and proof of work algorithm implemented as a blockchain ledger. As Satoshi put it his seminal paper, these make it "computationally impractical for an attacker to change if honest nodes control a majority of CPU power" on the Bitcoin network. While Satioshi didn't invent blockchain… → Read More

Cloud storage best practices in the work-from-home era

Cloud storage provides a range of advantages to optimize remote worker productivity. Discover cloud storage best practices to help you choose the right data and applications, design considerations and cloud service offerings. → Read More

Pivotal acquisition foreshadows strategic shifts at VMware; VMworld announcements confirm them

VMware's Pivotal acquisition and other announcements. → Read More

Future of Oracle Cloud could and should be SaaS rather than IaaS

Will Oracle cloud evolve to become like Salesforce as a SaaS business than AWS as an IaaS business? We think so as we analyze services. → Read More

Deloitte survey on strategic risk management offers important recommendations

Strategic riosk management is not top of mind among business leaders. Or when it is, the repsonse is often tactical rather than strategic per Deloitte → Read More

Purported server sabotage illustrates potential risks of Chinese supply chains

In our second story about the purported Chinese hardware hack, we consider the Chinese supply chain issues. There are plenty of things to bear in mind. → Read More

Bandwidth Alliance targets an insidious form of cloud lock-in

The Bandwidth Alliance - an essential step towards multi-cloud integration within an organization? Kurt Marko reckons there's potential. → Read More

Cloud repatriation - the latest push back to public cloud is analyst vaporware

Cloud repatriation is the latest analyst inspired taking point among on-premise diehards. But is it real? We review the landscape → Read More

Bringing cloud services to the edge

Kurt Marko gets closer to the Edge with a look at new developments around Vapor IO and likes what he sees. → Read More

VMWare NSX – network virtualization as VMware’s secret weapon?

VMWare NSX looks set to be its next growth engine. We assess the potential and the impact along with competitive threats both known and unknown. → Read More

VMware’s vision – your multi-cloud substrate for enterprise applications

VMWare's vision aspires to be your one-stop shop for managing complex cloud infrastructure deployments with AWS focus. Does it make sense? → Read More

VMworld 2018 Roundup: AWS Integration, SD-WAN, Endpoint Security Lead Agenda

VMWare used its VMworld 2018 stage to lay out a vision beyond server virtualization and extending into security, virtual infrastructure and management software for endpoints, edge devices and multiple cloud services in a multi-cloud world → Read More

SD-WAN Offers Expanding Market and Partner Opportunities

SD-WAN is a dynamic field and both the market and technology have subsequently evolved, as small, pure-play startups have been acquired by traditional IT vendors and early SD-WAN users have increased their understanding and usage of the technology, prompting demands for new features. → Read More

Understanding Intel's multipath data-centric high wire act

Intel's data-centric strategy is extraordinarily broad. Is it enough to convince the market that the company is on track to restored glory? → Read More

Computer Economics finds enterprise DevOps is more aspirational than reality

Computer Economics shatters the myth that DevOps is mainstream at large enterprise. At best, DevOps adoption and maturity is low. → Read More

Google Cloud Platform sets the scene to remove barriers between IT and business

Google Cloud Platform with containers, serverless functions and other infrastructure removes burdens from IT which serve to bring it closer to the business. → Read More

Climb the five steps of a continuous delivery maturity model

When it comes to continuous delivery, there is a level for everyone's amount of experience with the process. There are five stages in the continuous delivery maturity model, and they detail a pathway for organizations to progress from a mostly manual base level, all the way to hourly deployments. → Read More

Nicholas Carr was right IT died, but was resurrected

The 'does IT matter' meme has resurfaced. It's an important discussion. → Read More

Containers and serverless functions

Viewing serverless and containers as a binary choice for enterprise application development is folly. Developers need a lot more than that. → Read More