Panama Canal Offers Savings for Midmarket Firms
In June, the 102-year-old Panama Canal reopened after a $5 billion project to allow bigger larger vessels to pass through the waterway. U.S. companies are recognizing growth opportunities enabled by the so-called Panamex expansion. Q: What significant implications will the Panama Canal expansion have on trade route opportunities for U.S. businesses? Doug Davidson: Trade routes across the United States will experience major shifts as a...

FCC Auction Hits $9.7B, Third Round Still A Flop
The FCC’s long-awaited 600MHz spectrum auction is well underway. The initial reverse portion of the auction has already concluded, but the FCC may end up having to eventually go back to the reverse auction, if a less than stellar third round of the forward bidding is any indication. The iffy third round resulted in missing the target set in the reverse auction. The benchmarks for the various stages of the auction as it moves along...

Hyperledger Announces Sponsorship of the Innotribe Networking Event at Sibos 2016
Executive Director Brian Behlendorf to present project vision at world’s premier financial services event SAN FRANCISCO, CA – (August 18, 2016) – Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, announced today it will sponsor the Innotribe Networking event at Sibos 2016. The conference will be held on September 26-29 at PALEXPO in Geneva, Switzerland. Hyperledger Project will...



DevOps vs. SRE: Ask Me Anything
As we gear up for today’s live Ask Me Anything, we’re poring through the questions submitted about the distinctions, overlaps, and best practices to build high-performing organizations with devops and SRE teams. The ones below represent only a handful of what IT professionals have asked. Questions like these will be answered on the spot by a panel of industry experts including Google SRE Liz Fong-Jones, Chef CTO Adam Jacob,...
DevOps vs. SRE: Ask Me Anything
As we gear up for today’s live Ask Me Anything, we’re poring through the questions submitted about the distinctions, overlaps, and best practices to build high-performing organizations with devops and SRE teams. The ones below represent only a handful of what IT professionals have asked. Questions like these will be answered on the spot by a panel of industry experts including Google SRE Liz Fong-Jones, Chef CTO Adam Jacob,...








