Allan Zander

Allan Zander is the CEO of DataKinetics – the global leader in Data Performance and Optimization. As a “Friend of the Mainframe”, Allan’s experience addressing both the technical and business needs of Global Fortune 500 customers has provided him with great insight into the industry’s opportunities and challenges – making him a sought-after writer and speaker on the topic of databases and mainframes.
Death of the Traditional IT Department

Death of the Traditional IT Department

I’m very lucky in my job. I love it actually. It literally gets me all over the world talking to CIOs and, more frequently now than ever, I find I’m meeting CFOs and CDOs who are asking questions about IT. What is it that I’m seeing? There is definitely a shift...

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Blockchain technology – the hype versus the reality

Blockchain technology – the hype versus the reality

(Forget about the Drugs and Rock & Roll… it’s all about the SECS.) Blockchain technology could change the world as we know it, or so the hype would have us believe.  Is blockchain technology really all that it’s hyped up to be?  Let’s compare the traditional...

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