About Brian Pereira

Brian Pereira is an Indian journalist and editor based in Mumbai. He founded Digital Creed in 2015. A technology buff, former computer instructor, and software developer, Brian has 29 years of journalism experience (since 1994). Brian is the former Editor of CHIP India, InformationWeek India and CISO Mag. He has served India's leading newspaper groups: The Times of India and The Indian Express. Presently, he serves the Information Security Media Group, as Sr. Director, Editorial. You'll find his most current work on CIO Inc. During his career he wrote (and continues to write) 5000+ technology articles. He conducted more than 450 industry interviews. Brian writes on aviation, drones, cybersecurity, tech startups, cloud, data center, AI/ML/Gen AI, IoT, Blockchain etc. He achieved certifications from the EC-Council (Certified Secure Computer User) and from IBM (Basics of Cloud Computing). Apart from those, he has successfully completed many courses on Content Marketing and Business Writing. He recently achieved a Certificate in Cybersecurity (CC) from the international certification body ISC2. Follow Brian on Twitter (@creed_digital) and LinkedIn. Email Brian at: [email protected]

Blogs by Brian Pereira

INDUSTRIESIT/ITES/BPO/KPOTRENDING

Gartner: Global IT Spending to Grow 0.6% in 2019

By | Jul 12, 2019

Global cues such as fears of a recession, the on-going trade wars, tariffs, and sanctions--and of course Brexit, have impacted IT spending this year. According to Gartner, Growth in global IT spending this year is almost flat as compared to last year. Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.74 trillion in 2019, an increase of 0.6% from 2018, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. This is slightly down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 1.1% growth.

IT Spending, Technical Debt
BIG DATA & ANALYTICSINTERVIEWSTECH NEWS

‘Measuring the value of the data is a prerequisite for business success’

By | Jul 10, 2019

Ted Friedman, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner has interacted with several organisations and observes that data analytics leaders and Chief Data Officers are not directly measuring the financial value of data & analytics. He says that the value of data could be included in the valuation of the company in future. He also talks about the models that Gartner offers to help organisations assess the economic value of their data.

data-driven decisions, Data Analytics, data Integration
OPINION

What determines your success in an organisation?

By | Jul 9, 2019

What are the attributes you look for when you join an organisation? Look beyond the salary, perks, and designation because there are other critical things that can determine your success or failure. This blog post discusses what you really should be looking for.

culture, collaborations, teams
CLOUD & DATA CENTEROPEN SOURCETECH NEWSTRENDING

RHEL 8: Simplifying the Management of Multiple Clouds

By | Jul 8, 2019

In the third and concluding part of our Red Hat series, we outline the features and enhancements of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. These features are aimed at simplifying the management of hybrid, multicloud environments. Enhanced support for containers means developers can build applications once and run them anywhere – without worrying about the underlying hardware or the runtime environments.

hybrid cloud architecture, multiple clouds, cloud computing
OPEN SOURCETECH NEWSTOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

Red Hat Open Brand Project: New Hat, Same Soul

By | Jul 1, 2019

The Red Hat brand was once overshadowed by more prominent IT brands in a monopolistic technology industry. The brand is more prominent today and plays a vital role in the datacentre – so the brand logo had to keep up with that, and it was time for change. To do that, Red Hat announced the Open Brand Project at the end of 2016. In keeping with the open source community spirit of sharing and collaborating, it invited partners, customers, analysts, and media to participate in the redesign of its logo. Here’s how Red Hat worked with the community to make its old shadowman logo more prominent and vivid.

Red Hat logo
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