As the director of User Experience at Rocket Software, I spend most of my time thinking about how people interact with technology. And as cognitive computing becomes more and more prevalent I find myself trying to figure out how cognitive – essentially human thought done by a computer – will interface with actual humans. What […]
Last week, I wrote about the exciting new release of Rocket Servergraph Professional v7.8, as well as a high-level overview of “what Servergraph is & how it works.” Today, I’d like to drill down to the REAL BENEFITS: the day-to-day IT and business value customers get out of Servergraph. Well, allow me to start with […]
— PROACTIVE and AUTOMATED Backup Monitoring/Reporting Enables Transformation from Reactive Data Protection to Agile Business Continuity Rocket® Servergraph Professional is all you need to ensure optimal performance and results for your data protection investments. Servergraph proactively monitors and reports on your entire backup environment, providing a real-time, in-depth, and holistic view for you to efficiently […]
Most companies have now embraced the “consumerization of IT” trend to improve employee productivity. As part of this consumerization, BYOD encourages employees to bring personally owned mobile devices to their workplace, and to use those devices to access privileged company information and applications. This year, consumers can get their hands on a number of virtual and […]
As an aspiring jazz guitarist with a lot of musician friends in the software industry (including many at Rocket), I often reflect on the parallels between software design/development and music. For example: how the “workflow” of product design should be harmonious and keep a relationship “to the tonic,” i.e. the objective of the tool or […]
Each new year is always an exciting new beginning for us at Rocket, and today is no exception. We’re already in high gear getting ready for the next 12 months, but even as we introduce new products, expand our partnerships, and continue to grow our business in each local geography, one thing remains constant at […]
A few months ago, I ended up installing Linux on a few of my computers, leaving Windows on the others. This isn’t the first time, either, having tried various distributions of Linux time and time again since about 2007. Each time, I’d learn a bit more about the particulars of the OS as someone must […]
We just wrapped up our annual Rocket Leadership Summit last week in Boston. This year’s event involved 370 Rocketeers, five parallel tracks, dozens of customers and partners, an entire day dedicated to Community, and a Music Festival. You can get a flavor of our week by checking out our @Rocket Twitter feed and reading some […]
You are waiting to be seated at a restaurant. There are three ways you might be left waiting. You can see that everyone is busy serving customers but no one tells you how long you might have to wait. The maître d’ comes and tells you that it will only be a few minutes but […]
Like them or hate them, advertisements aren’t going away any time soon. Companies want to spread the word about their products or events, and ads are one of the most visible ways to do this. This week at Insight, we’ve heard a lot about intelligent analytics that can be generated out of big data. Analytics […]
