Innovation Today

Securing Sensitive Big Data

Lonne Jaffe — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

The term “Big Data” actually dates at least as far back as 1997, when it was used in a NASA paper to describe data sets that were so large they would stretch the capacity limits of computer memory and disk storage. Since that time, there’s been an explosion in the quantity of data that’s being generated and analyzed. We already have more than 2.5 billion terabytes (more than 2.5 zettabytes) of...

5 Top Disruptive Trends and the Tie That Binds Them Together

Jackie Kahle — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Over the last two months, CA Technologies Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy Lonne Jaffe sat down for a series of fascinating podcasts on four of the biggest technology trends today – Big Data, Mobility, SaaS and DevOps – and a capstone trend called the Changing Role of IT. For those who would rather read about these insights than listen to them, they have recently been published as...

The Top 5 Sofware-as-a-Service Risks: And How to Mitigate Them

Lonne Jaffe — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

You may have heard that cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models can turn software technology into a pay-as-you-go utility that businesses can “plug in to” and use like electricity? Perhaps — however, software technology is far more varied, nuanced and diverse than electricity. You don’t win customers by having better electricity than your competition. Software, by contrast,...

A Technologist’s Look at "Disconnect" the Movie

Jacob Lamm — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

This is not your typical movie review. I am not a movie critic. But someone has to stand up for social technology, which has been unjustly maligned in the movie Disconnect. As a technologist and social media user, I guess that job falls to me. Released in April 2013, Disconnect was directed by Henry-Alex Rubin and written by Andrew Stern. Its ensemble cast includes Jason Bateman, Hope Davis and...

DevOps: Gaining Speed and Reducing Risk in a New World of Disruptive Technology

Lonne Jaffe — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Deploying software in a high pressure production environment can be very risky and can threaten the very existence of an enterprise. Last year, the global financial services firm Knight Capital accidentally committed itself to billions of dollars worth of trades by inadvertently activating test code on their trading system at the New York Stock Exchange, costing the firm hundreds of millions of...