Profile of Charles Babcock
Editor at Large, Cloud
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Charles Babcock is an editor-at-large for InformationWeek and author of Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution, a McGraw-Hill book. He is the former editor-in-chief of Digital News, former software editor of Computerworld and former technology editor of Interactive Week. He is a graduate of Syracuse University where he obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism. He joined the publication in 2003.
Articles by Charles Babcock
posted in May 2017
5/31/2017
Shutterstock grew so fast it needed to convert applications and move them into the Amazon cloud quickly; API-based development followed.
5/30/2017
It's practical, not theoretical. Developers who rely on cloud resources will be among those producing the software 'eating the world.'
5/26/2017
Cloud Security Alliance sees danger, issues guidelines for how we'll need to secure the connected vehicle environment in the future.
5/25/2017
A group of major backers has formed the Project19 Foundation to support standardized gear and networking across cloud data centers.
5/23/2017
In its 19th annual survey, Harvey Nash/KPMG found CIOs preoccupied with making companies more digital, and expected to fill more strategic role.
5/22/2017
Lines of business want services fast; IT will need an investment budget that allows it to try to achieve desired solutions and sometimes fail.
5/19/2017
Three-and-a-half years ago, Cisco launched DevNet to prepare developers for the programmable network, accessed through APIs. A Cisco exec provided an update in an Interop ITX keynote.
5/18/2017
CTO of MTM Technologies Bill Kleyman says your future customers will reach you over the Internet of Things.
5/18/2017
Nemertes analyst says research shows lower cost for cloud for some types of workloads; results are less clear for predictable, steady-state apps.
5/15/2017
GE spent several years trying to effect its own digital transformation; now it's issued a playbook on how it's done.
5/11/2017
A new Magic Quadrant looks at platforms for the high-productivity building of applications, including mobile apps; Salesforce scores.
5/10/2017
At Interop May 18, Cornelia Davis will describe the elements of cloud-native software, the type that's designed to be change-tolerant.
5/9/2017
In the midst of a rush to the cloud, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd told Fortune 'real estate' is not much of a factor. He may learn otherwise.
5/8/2017
At Interop, Mark Tonsetic of CEB will discuss how your view of the digital future should start guiding IT investments.
5/5/2017
Interop speaker Bill Kleyman sees security as one component of the Internet of Things, which all companies are going to have to embrace.
5/3/2017
In its annual survey, the Uptime Institute finds enterprise cloud usage flat, even while the server footprint shrinks.
5/2/2017
State of IT in 2017 shows stresses of expectations of the 'customer era,' need for advanced skills sets on beleaguered staffs.
5/2/2017
In the third quarter of 2016, IBM bid for a larger share of the enterprise market in the cloud by dropping storage prices; AWS, other bigs followed.