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From a unique perch at the intersection of IT market analysis, online content production, and social influence, I deliver powerful digital business transformation insights.
After 20 years of tracking IT advances and disruption -- and 35 years of interviewing some of the smartest people in their fields -- the combination means the creation and exposure of compelling digital content on what works best as businesses struggle with transformation. That rich experience also generates process innovation and efficiency to produce a continuous stream of narratives – now at 650-plus over 12 years on how-to success stories – quickly and affordably.
But high-quality content on target and on budget alone are not enough in 2018 for meaningful business outcomes and impact. By adding my global social media audience of 17,700 Twitter and 163,800 LinkedIn followers to my sponsors’ audience and omnichannel marketing prowess, we together attain the needed distribution requirement of the modern influence equation.
Beginning as a journalist and editor in global technology industry news, over time I developed into a research and analysis specialist with practical insights into the rapidly advancing world of internet infrastructure and related software platforms. By 2005, I was eager to entrepreneurially apply this expertise by founding a project-based media concern, Interarbor Solutions, LLC, that pioneered a sponsored multi-media content development business model, specifically for social media distribution of IT success stories.
Today my competencies span the areas of content planning and production, penetrating interviews, marketing, and social distribution, along with technology and software productivity insights. Specifically, my services include market analysis, content strategy consulting, and rapid and steady full-service production of on target digital B2B content.
Contact me at (603) 528–2435, (617) 548–0564, dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com, and @Dana_Gardner.
Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking Travels From: Boston
Speaking Topics: Cloud datacenter DX
President and Principal Analyst
Interarbor Solutions
July 01, 2005
At Interarbor Solutions, I combine my expertise in IT and AI analysis with innovative content creation to deliver valuable insights and user testimonials to IT specifiers and architects. My role encompasses the full spectrum of planning, production, and distribution of high-quality media, including podcasts, video, and social media short-form content. I have successfully established a profitable business model and have been recognized as a leading influencer in the IT industry.
HPE accelerates its sustainability goals while improving the impact of IT on the environment and society
LinkedIn
June 22, 2022
The ways that companies, along with their partners, suppliers, and employees best manage and govern their resources and assets speaks volumes about their place among peers. And it allows them to take a leadership position as stewards and protectors of the future. The sooner the world’s industries develop a commitment to reach a net-zero carbon emissions posture, for example, the better for everyone in gaining environmental sustainability.
It’s official—flexible and remote work are here to stay, say empowered employees
LinkedIn
March 14, 2022
The world’s office workers have more clout and influence now than ever over where and how they do their jobs. Those who have worked from home and want to continue are spurring on their employers to do more than just embrace hybrid work. They’re seeking to reinvent the very nature of employment.
How API security provides a killer use case for ML and AI
LinkedIn
June 04, 2021
While the use of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for IT security may not be new, the extent to which data-driven analytics can detect and thwart nefarious activities is still in its infancy.
Securing APIs demands tracing and machine learning that analyze behaviors to head off attacks
LinkedIn
May 05, 2021
The burgeoning use of application programming interfaces (APIs) across cloud-native computing and digital business ecosystems has accelerated rapidly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Enterprises have had to scramble to develop and procure across new digital supply chains and via unproven business-to-business processes. Companies have also extended their business perimeters to include home workers as well as to reach more purely online end-users and customers.
Rise of reliance on APIs brings new security vector -- and need for novel defenses
LinkedIn
April 21, 2021
Such a cybersecurity perimeter, it turns out, was only an illusion. A far more effective extended-enterprise strategy protects business assets and processes wherever they are -- and wherever they might reach.
Creating business advantage with technology-enabled flexible work
LinkedIn
April 19, 2021
As businesses plan for a future where more of their workforce can be located just about anywhere, how should they rethink hiring, training, and talent optimization? This major theme for 2021 and beyond poses major adjustments for both workers and savvy business leaders.
Disaster Recovery to Cyber Recovery--The New Best Future State
LinkedIn
April 18, 2021
The clear and present danger facing businesses and governments from cybersecurity threats has only grown more clear and ever-present in 2021. As the threats from runaway ransomware attacks and state-sponsored backdoor access to networks deepen, too many businesses have a false sense of quick recovery using traditional business continuity and backup measures.
Rethinking employee well-being means innovative new support for the digital work-life balance
LinkedIn
April 14, 2021
The tumultuous shift over the past year to nearly all-digital and frequently at-home work has amounted to a rapid-fire experiment in human adaptability.
While there are many successful aspects to the home-exodus experiment, as with all disruption to human behavior, there are also some significant and highly personal downsides.
How HPE Pointnext Tech Care changes the game for delivering enhanced IT solutions and support
LinkedIn
March 30, 2021
The next BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation discussion explores how services and support for enterprise IT have entered a new era.
For IT technology providers, the timing of the news couldn’t be better. That's because those now consuming tech support are demanding higher-order value -- such as improved worker productivity from hybrid services delivered across many remote locations.
Work from anywhere unlocks once-hidden productivity and creativity talent gems
LinkedIn
March 10, 2021
Now that hybrid work models have been the norm for a year, what’s the long-term impact on worker productivity? Will the pandemic-induced shift to work from anywhere agility translate into increased employee benefits -- and better business outcomes -- over time?
How to gain advanced cyber resilience and recovery across the IT ops and SecOps divide
LinkedIn
March 04, 2021
Cyber attacks are on the rise, harming brands and supply chains while fomenting consumer and employee distrust -- as well as leading to costly interruptions and service blackouts.
At the same time, more remote workers and extended-enterprise processes due to the pandemic demand higher levels of security across all kinds of business workflows.
How HPE Pointnext ‘Moments' provide a proven critical approach to digital business transformation
LinkedIn
February 18, 2021
The next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation video podcast series explores new and innovative paths for businesses to attain digital transformation.
Even as a vast majority of companies profess to be seeking digital business transformation, few proven standards or broadly accepted methods stand out as the best paths to take
How consistent storage services across all tiers and platforms attains data simplicity, compatibility, and lower cost
LinkedIn
February 10, 2021
This BriefingsDirect Data Strategies Insights discussion series, Part 2, explores the latest technologies and products delivering common data services across today’s hybrid cloud, distributed data centers, and burgeoning edge landscapes.New advances in storage technologies, standards, and methods have changed the game when it comes to overcoming the obstacles businesses too often face when seeking pervasive analytics across their systems and services.
How storage advances help businesses digitally transform across a hybrid cloud world
LinkedIn
February 05, 2021
Decades of disparate and uncoordinated storage solutions have hindered enterprises’ ability to gain common data services across today’s hybrid cloud, distributed data centers, and burgeoning edge landscapes.
How Capgemini optimizes contingent workforce agility using SAP Fieldglass
LinkedIn
January 14, 2021
The next BriefingsDirect digital business innovation discussion explores the growing importance of contingent workforces. As more businesses look to external workforces and services to satisfy their skills and information technology (IT) needs, the ability to manage those workers and services is lagging.
How The Open Group Portfolio of Digital Open Standards Supports Digital Business Transformation Journey
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August 04, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect enterprise architecture (EA) discussion explores how a comprehensive portfolio of open standards and associated best practices powerfully supports digital business transformation. As companies chart a critical course to adopt agility using artificial intelligence (AI)-drive
How The Open Group Portfolio of Digital Open Standards Supports Digital Business Transformation Journey
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August 04, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect enterprise architecture (EA) discussion explores how a comprehensive portfolio of open standards and associated best practices powerfully supports digital business transformation. As companies chart a critical course to adopt agility using artificial intelligence (AI)-drive
Make AI Adoption a Strategic, ROI-Focused, and Sustainable Transformation, Says HPE
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May 15, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect expert interview podcast explores best practices for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on sustainability and strategic business benefits. As AI rises as an imperative that impacts companies at nearly all levels, proper concern for efficiency around energy
Make AI Adoption a Strategic, ROI-Focused, and Sustainable Transformation, Says HPE
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May 15, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect expert interview podcast explores best practices for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on sustainability and strategic business benefits. As AI rises as an imperative that impacts companies at nearly all levels, proper concern for efficiency around energy
How a Minnesota Law Firm Brings Mission Critical Security to Myriad Mobile Devices
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February 12, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect mobile devices security and privacy discussion examines how a new balance needs to be struck between giving users at the remote edge all the productivity they want, while protecting the most sensitive information. Listen to the podcast. Subscribe to it on iTunes. Read
How a Minnesota Law Firm Brings Mission Critical Security to Myriad Mobile Devices
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February 12, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect mobile devices security and privacy discussion examines how a new balance needs to be struck between giving users at the remote edge all the productivity they want, while protecting the most sensitive information. Listen to the podcast. Subscribe to it on iTunes. Read
How IT Security Teams Do More with Less When Economies Rapidly Change
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January 18, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect IT security best practices discussion examines how a leading German home builder has adjusted to a major economic market disruption. Germany's home building demand has recently reversed, putting pressure on builders to reduce IT costs while remaining secure. Subscribe to th
How IT Security Teams Do More with Less When Economies Rapidly Change
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January 18, 2024
The next BriefingsDirect IT security best practices discussion examines how a leading German home builder has adjusted to a major economic market disruption. Germany’s home building demand has recently reversed, putting pressure on builders to reduce IT costs while remaining secure. Subscribe to
How Accounts Payable Automation and Agility Drive Long-Term Business Productivity
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November 13, 2023
The next BriefingsDirect business modernization discussion focuses on how optimizing and automating accounts payable (AP) functions gives businesses improved insights and levers to better transform. We'll examine how improved control and management over cash flow, payables, and related fiduciary f
How Accounts Payable Automation and Agility Drive Long-Term Business Productivity
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November 13, 2023
The next BriefingsDirect business modernization discussion focuses on how optimizing and automating accounts payable (AP) functions gives businesses improved insights and levers to better transform. We’ll examine how improved control and management over cash flow, payables, and related fiduciary
How Dashboard Analytics Bolster Security and Risk Management Insights Across IT Supply Chains
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September 28, 2023
The next BriefingsDirect security enhancement discussion examines how innovative managers are increasingly benefiting from interactive dashboard analytics. The resulting actionable knowledge elevates security situation awareness to the higher order value of overall business risk assessment and m
How Dashboard Analytics Bolster Security and Risk Management Insights Across IT Supply Chains
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September 28, 2023
The next BriefingsDirect security enhancement discussion examines how innovative managers are increasingly benefiting from interactive dashboard analytics. The resulting actionable knowledge elevates security situation awareness to the higher order value of overall business risk assessment and m
How WFH Accelerated IT and Security Transformation at Global Publisher HBG
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July 11, 2023
The next BriefingsDirect security innovations discussion examines how the rapid shift to remote work has accelerated a rethinking of security and IT processes at a New York-based publishing organization. Rearchitecting the security posture of a business means adjusting work patterns and IT in wa
How WFH Accelerated IT and Security Transformation at Global Publisher HBG
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July 11, 2023
The next BriefingsDirect security innovations discussion examines how the rapid shift to remote work has accelerated a rethinking of security and IT processes at a New York-based publishing organization. Rearchitecting the security posture of a business means adjusting work patterns and IT in wa
Why today's hybrid IT complexity makes 'as a service' security essential
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April 24, 2023
Amid rapidly growing IT security costs and the added complexity of distributed workforces, the challenges facing IT services providers are clearly outrunning past practices. That's why more automation, integration, and acquiring security "as a service" are in hot demand. Subscribe to the podcast on?
Why today’s hybrid IT complexity makes 'as a service' security essential
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April 24, 2023
Amid rapidly growing IT security costs and the added complexity of distributed workforces, the challenges facing IT services providers are clearly outrunning past practices. That’s why more automation, integration, and acquiring security “as a service” are in hot demand. Subscribe to the podca
For UK MSP, Optimizing Customer Experience is Key to Successful Security Posture and Culture
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March 30, 2023
For managed service providers (MSPs), making the IT infrastructure as invisible as possible isn't just a "nice-to-have" — it's also elemental to delivering the best customer experience. Securing IT for these tech services and support users is no different. The less complexity and interference with
For UK MSP, Optimizing Customer Experience is Key to Successful Security Posture and Culture
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March 30, 2023
For managed service providers (MSPs), making the IT infrastructure as invisible as possible isn’t just a “nice-to-have" — it's also elemental to delivering the best customer experience. Securing IT for these tech services and support users is no different. The less complexity and interference
Defending the Perimeter Evolves into Securing the User Experience Bubble for UK Cancer Services Provider
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March 01, 2023
An underappreciated aspect of enhancing IT security is the impact on an end user's comfort and trust in the services provided. In the case of health care services and support, making the patient feel welcome and safe can be a game-changer as they seek access to needed services and care. The next
Defending the Perimeter Evolves into Securing the User Experience Bubble for UK Cancer Services Provider
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March 01, 2023
An underappreciated aspect of enhancing IT security is the impact on an end user’s comfort and trust in the services provided. In the case of health care services and support, making the patient feel welcome and safe can be a game-changer as they seek access to needed services and care. The ne
A-Core Concrete Sets a Solid Foundation for Preemptive Security
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January 25, 2023
A special breed of company -- even though it has a relatively small number of employees -- does very big jobs with those lean and often distributed workforces. A perfect example of such a concentrated and efficient business is A-Core Concrete Specialists, which builds large and complex structures a
A-Core Concrete Sets a Solid Foundation for Preemptive Security
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January 25, 2023
A special breed of company -- even though it has a relatively small number of employees -- does very big jobs with those lean and often distributed workforces. A perfect example of such a concentrated and efficient business is A-Core Concrete Specialists, which builds large and complex structures a
Hybrid Work is the Future, and Innovative Technology Will Define It
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September 28, 2022
We're all now part of a massive worldwide experiment about the very definition of work. Remote, in-office — or tightrope walking along some sliding scale between the two? How each business and each worker finds the next new work-life balance remains an ongoing "work in progress." In the post-rapi
Hybrid Work is the Future, and Innovative Technology Will Define It
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September 28, 2022
We’re all now part of a massive worldwide experiment about the very definition of work. Remote, in-office — or tightrope walking along some sliding scale between the two? How each business and each worker finds the next new work-life balance remains an ongoing "work in progress." In the post-ra
How Deep Observability Forms the Gift that Keeps Giving for Hybrid IT Security, Performance, and Agility
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September 13, 2022
For those tasked with delivering unwavering performance of their apps and data, there have never been more unknowns to account for and manage. That's because today's hybrid clouds and mixed-network environments come with a multitude of dynamic variables -- and an unprecedented degree of complexity.
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HPE accelerates its sustainability goals while improving the impact of IT on the environment and society
It’s official—flexible and remote work are here to stay, say empowered employees
How API security provides a killer use case for ML and AI
Securing APIs demands tracing and machine learning that analyze behaviors to head off attacks
Rise of reliance on APIs brings new security vector -- and need for novel defenses
Creating business advantage with technology-enabled flexible work
Disaster Recovery to Cyber Recovery--The New Best Future State
Rethinking employee well-being means innovative new support for the digital work-life balance
How HPE Pointnext Tech Care changes the game for delivering enhanced IT solutions and support
Work from anywhere unlocks once-hidden productivity and creativity talent gems
How to gain advanced cyber resilience and recovery across the IT ops and SecOps divide
How HPE Pointnext ‘Moments' provide a proven critical approach to digital business transformation
How consistent storage services across all tiers and platforms attains data simplicity, compatibility, and lower cost
How storage advances help businesses digitally transform across a hybrid cloud world
How Capgemini optimizes contingent workforce agility using SAP Fieldglass
