The past few years have seen an incredible rise in cloud computing. Organizations embrace the cloud to address the challenges of an uncertain economy, an increasingly distributed workforce and the pressure to deliver a better employee and customer experience. Gartner experts forecast almost $600 billion in worldwide public cloud spend in 2023. The cloud is no longer an option: nearly 9 out of every 10 IT leaders said it was a “cornerstone” of their digital strategy.

A little over two years ago, Splunk announced a revolutionary feature that would simplify the life of Splunk Cloud administrators by providing APIs that enable self-management and self-administration of Splunk Cloud Stacks. No more waiting for support tickets to be written, emailed, prioritized and then executed.

By 2025, more than 180 zettabytes of data will have been created and captured around the globe. With the influx of data in this digitized world, the process of data aggregation has become an essential tool for businesses. It’s a way to take large amounts of separate data from different sources and combine them into one collective body.

SQL and NoSQL are two database technologies widely adopted by many organizations for different use cases. Both technologies share the common goal of efficiently processing and managing data. Still, there are some significant differences. This article compares SQL and NoSQL, exploring their key differences in terms of language, structure, scalability, properties and support. We’ll also discuss examples, pros and cons and the most suitable application areas for each database type.

In both business and project management, two concepts that you need to pay attention to are the outputs and the outcomes. These help you to measure not only the result — but the impact as well. The two measurements go hand-in-hand, but many people focus on only the outputs, missing the bigger picture from the outcomes.

Business applications can be a powerful tool and streamline almost any business process. As a result, many companies and their team members are requesting mobile apps to reduce costs and enhance efficiency. The problem? There aren’t enough developers to build these apps for them. In fact, more than a third of respondents in a recent survey said that recruiting developers will continue to be challenging in 2023.

In the digital-first business world, developers are under immense pressure to deliver high-quality software in record time. In one survey, 46% of developers reported expectations to build and deploy software faster than pre-COVID. Locked between higher expectations and stalling IT budgets, many developers struggle to keep up with demand. In fact, one study found that 83% of developers were suffering from burnout.

Data integrity is becoming increasingly important as business data competencies mature. From companies leveraging data to drive business decisions to individuals relying on secure data storage — it's clear that having trust in the accuracy and consistency of your data is essential. With the rise of applications using data for business analysis, there's a greater emphasis on having strong data integrity. Therefore, it's critical to understand what data integrity is and why it matters.