John Dix
Editor in Chief
John Dix helped launch Network World in 1986 after chronicling developments in networking and distributed processing first at IDC (1980-1984), then at Computerworld (1985-1986).
Storage tank operator turns to IoT for energy savings
Granular insight into energy usage at the sprawling facility, and emerging predictive capabilities, could lead to savings of up to 25%
BT readies a global dynamic WAN
Bandwidth scalability, exit points to cloud services, virtual network functions, and use of the Internet to augment MPLS all figure prominently in the company’s global plans
LinkedIn pumps water down to its server racks, uses an interesting spine and leaf network fabric
Just two of the interesting innovations in the human network company’s data center strategy
If your data lake turned into a data swamp, it might be time to take the next step
A conversation with Deloitte’s analytic practice leader about common analytic problems and new solutions
Cisco sales tick up, CEO Robbins bullish on data center, security, collaboration
Cisco announced Wednesday that it eked out 1% revenue growth in its fiscal first quarter, compared to the same quarter last year, in what CEO Chuck Robbins described as a “challenging global business environment.”
Self-learning supply chains? The store of the future? A conversation with an expert about what comes next
Suresh Acharya heads JDA Labs, the 50 person research group at JDA Software Group, the supply chain and retail software giant
The scoop on Cisco’s resurgence in collaboration and its long range plans for IoT
A conversation with Rowan Trollope
Engineering firm uses cloud storage to speed file loads, and then unplugs its MPLS net
Moving to Panzura also facilitated the migration from AWS to Azure and helps safeguard against ransomeware
Hotel chain bets big on digital transformation and is seeing great results
Meliá Hotels teams with Accenture to personalize the customer experience using digital tools
Auto parts supplier has big plans for its nascent IoT effort
Early benefits include a better understanding of what is happening on the shop floor, but automation is the goal
Glue Networks wants to be the orchestration platform for the networked world
Uses Cisco Live to announce new platform capabilities, a new development community
Need to integrate a few apps to solve a business problem? There is recipe for that
Workato takes a community approach to app integration that makes sharing data so easy even non-technical users can do it
IoT pioneer announces big contracts with the Department of State, energy leader ENGIE
C3 IoT, led by enterprise software veteran Thomas Siebel, helps large firms make sense out of mountains of data
Health insurer dedicates IT group to work with Digital Experience team
Collaborative effort speeds digital innovation at HealthNow New York
Otis Elevator looking to IoT, digital transformation to provide a business lift
A large infusion in R&D and IT will be used to network field technicians and develop advanced capabilities for newly connected elevator cars
The perils of the public market: Investor reflects on why vendors are going private
A managing partner at Thoma Bravo, which has amassed a large portfolio of software companies, shares his views, and we also talk to a supplier that made the journey
SolarWinds CEO reflects on taking the company private
Kevin Thompson took his company private for $4.5 billion, and the trend is only going to get hotter, says a managing partner at an equity investment firm that has amassed a large portfolio of tech companies
An inside look at Microsoft’s booming cloud business
The ability to host Azure infrastructure on premise in a hybrid role is a key differentiator
Network World teams with IDC on new Cloud Access Security Broker study
CASBs can be on premise or based in the cloud and promise to let enterprise IT shops regulate usage of cloud resources