We’re at a major inflection point in enterprise IT—and the future, we believe, is open, and in the cloud. More specifically: Enterprises today are sit…
Enterprise IT
Insights about enterprise technology, including sectors such as big data, security, DevOps, cloud computing and open-source technology.
Navigating Market Uncertainty with Efficient, Cloud-Native, Go-to-Market Models
The sudden market movement in the wake of COVID-19 has been surprising to many businesses, and we wish the very best to companies navigating these unc…
Security 2020: Why We See Big Opportunity for Founders Building Developer-Centric Security Startups
Cybersecurity remains a huge pain point for many organizations: Last year, a study by incumbent security provider Palo Alto Networks found security te…
How to Keep a Security Breach Out of your Internet-Connected Stocking this Christmas
With every passing holiday season, the number of Internet-connected, electronic devices that fill our homes continues to grow, from smart assistants l…
Looking to Shake Those WeWork-Induced IPO Doldrums? Look Up—Into the Cloud
If you’re a late-stage tech company under pressure from your investors to go public sometime soon, you (and your investors) might be freaking out righ…
Forget Self-Driving Cars and Scary-Smart Robots—Your Company Needs “Boring AI” to Avoid Becoming Obsolete, says Databricks Chief Ali Ghodsi
The Powered by Battery podcast features guests from inside and outside the Battery ecosystem discussing major tech issues of the day. Guests from the …
Cloud Marketplaces: Providing Less Glamorous, but Valuable Services You Can’t Touch and Feel
Every day we interact with a variety of online marketplaces that impact how we travel, shop and dine. Companies like Uber, Airbnb and Netflix have red…
More Proof That Silicon Valley is Still About Silicon
Two years ago, we wrote about how the explosion of new big-data and artificial-intelligence technologies was spurring a renaissance in an old Silicon …
Can’t We All Just Get Along? Enter OpenCloud, Where Modern IT Embraces Open Source and the Cloud
In the last two years, well over $50 billion in equity value has been generated by a handful of companies selling “open-source” software. This is tech…
Can You Hear Me Now? AI Tackles Voice and Video
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that artificial intelligence is a big business trend right now. Corporate America is agog at the poss…