Matt Asay, Author at TechRepublic

Matt Asay

Bio

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software companies.

Latest from Matt Asay

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Networking

Cilium Mesh: A new way to extend Kubernetes benefits across on-premises and cloud networking

Commentary: Networking has long been the holdout for enterprises looking to go cloud native, but Cilium Mesh promises to seamlessly blend legacy infrastructure with cloud-native infrastructure.

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Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT is coming for your job. Why that’s a good thing

Commentary: Though a new report claims artificial intelligence could replace some jobs, the reality is that people in these roles and others can use AI to do their work much more effectively than before.

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Big Data

Data democratization tips for your business

The data talent pool is not keeping up with data project demand. With these tips, learn to combat the shortage with business data democratization.

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Big Data

Best practices for data center migration

If you're planning a large-scale data center migration, use this guide to plan for a successful move.

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Big Data

Top 5 data migration trends

Review the top data migration trends that could impact your organization in 2023 to ensure you're in the know.

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CXO

Fix tech staffing with rightsizing, not layoffs

With the latest downturn in the tech industry, analysts urge for rightsizing rather than laying off IT staff.

Cloud

Taming troubleshooting at the cloud-native ‘connectivity layer’

Diagnosing the health of connections between modern API-driven applications is a beast. Isovalent and Grafana Labs are working to give platform teams simpler options.

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Big Data

Best practices for data preparation in machine learning

These best practices are designed to help your data preparation initiatives in machine learning.

Big Data

A guide to the 10 most common data modeling mistakes

Data models are used to represent real-world entities, but they often have limitations. Avoid these common data modeling mistakes to keep data integrity.

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Software

How open source is disrupting video and making it friendlier for developers

After decades of proprietary stovepipes for media players and back-end video infrastructure, a new open source abstraction from Mux may liberate developers.

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Matt Asay

Cilium Mesh: A new way to extend Kubernetes benefits across on-premises and cloud networking

ChatGPT is coming for your job. Why that’s a good thing

Data democratization tips for your business

Best practices for data center migration

Top 5 data migration trends

Fix tech staffing with rightsizing, not layoffs

Taming troubleshooting at the cloud-native ‘connectivity layer’

Best practices for data preparation in machine learning

A guide to the 10 most common data modeling mistakes

How open source is disrupting video and making it friendlier for developers

Personnel Screening Policy

New User Education Checklist

ACH Payment Process Policy

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