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Reading Time: 3 minutes Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues are increasingly important as organizations strive to build their brand reputations and earn customer trust. ESG encompasses a wide range of principles, from sustainable financing to ethical practices, which go beyond traditional financial…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Enterprises are under pressure to more effectively monitor, manage, and extend their sustainability initiatives. They also need to demonstrate them to customers, partners, and regulators. But just why is data so critical in these “green” goals? IDC data shows that…
Reading Time: 2 minutes A recent post, on the cost and impact of persisted data, got me thinking: If data is the new oil, as some believe, then data virtualization is akin to the electrification of gas/petrol-powered cars. An Inconvenient Truth Cloud migration strategies,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last month, IDC announced that LeasePlan, a car-as-a-service company, was the winner of IDC’s European Data Strategy and Innovation awards, in the category of Data Management Excellence, for LeasePlan’s logical data fabric. This is a testament to the maturity of…
Reading Time: 2 minutes It seems like a strange question, but consider how much energy is consumed by blockchain, and in particular, Bitcoin. According to recent reports by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, Bitcoin consumed about 0.55% of the world’s electricity production in…
