Category: Innovations

February 21, 2018

Microsoft is teasing big things for its work in the social VR and AR space this year. Last year, as the company launched its new line of Windows ‘Mixed Reality’ VR headsets, Microsoft acquired social VR app, AltspaceVR, which had […]

February 20, 2018

ZeroStack, Inc. today introduced new management and control features that improve IT governance of cloud resources while further reducing cloud operations and management overhead. The services are: Network sharing, which allows IT administrators to take gold images of networks and […]

February 14, 2018

Social media is the marketing tool of choice for most companies these days. With the growing number of social media channels, social media influencers, and the explosion of content everywhere, marketers can well find it hard to cope with this […]

February 12, 2018

Stratus Technologies, a global leader in continuous availability solutions for mission-critical applications, today unveiled the new Stratus ztC Edge at the ARC Industry Forum, taking place Feb. 12-15 in Orlando, Florida. The first product of Stratus’ recently announced edge vision […]

February 12, 2018

Enterprise investments in machine learning will nearly double over the next three years, reaching 64% adoption by 2020. International Data Corporation (IDC) is forecasting spending on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will grow from $8B in 2016 to $47B […]

February 9, 2018

Last month, IBM put out its most recent earnings report – and one statistic stood out. For the first time in more than five years, revenue did not decline from the previous year’s quarter. Cloud revenue was $17 billion for […]

February 8, 2018

Symantec, the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced it is working with Microsoft to bring applications that provide an added layer of protection to Microsoft Azure, making it easier for customers to adopt a hybrid cloud infrastructure. Leveraging the […]

February 7, 2018

Look out Box, Dropbox and Google – Microsoft is offering free OneDrive to customers of its cloud storage rivals in an attempt to poach them. The move was announced on an official Microsoft blog yesterday. The company will offer free […]

February 6, 2018

If you want a board close the size of the Raspberry Pi but with a bit more oomph under the hood you’re spoiled for choice. The latest souped-up, single-board computer to be announced is the Odroid-N1, which packs similar specs […]

February 2, 2018

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just secured $5 billion in quarterly revenues – but what are its most popular products? According to 2nd Watch, a managed cloud provider and AWS partner, the fastest growing AWS products used by their customers […]

January 30, 2018

Robots are making a big impact everywhere. Engineers have successfully created robots that can gather information about their environment, learn from it, and make informed decisions. Some robots can even work themselves through a simple obstacle course. Despite all these […]

January 29, 2018

Simply put, a blockchain is just a list of digital records (blocks) that are chained together using cryptography. The financial industry today contains all types of middlemen – payments processors, banks, and credit card companies are just a few. These […]

January 24, 2018

Fancy a trip to Venice without the flight? The Smithsonian has you covered. The famed museum’s travel program, Smithsonian Journeys this week launched Smithsonian Journeys: Venice in partnership with The Great Courses. As you’d expect, then, this isn’t just a […]

January 23, 2018

The paradox with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is that despite (or because of) the hype, it’s still hard to find practitioners who understand how to use those approaches. Perhaps the best way to characterize the AI paradox […]

January 19, 2018

IBM and Salesforce announced Friday an expansion of their strategic partnership that brings more data integration to companies so they can better interact with customers. Under the extended partnership, IBM will build a Watson app for Salesforce’s Quip Live Apps, […]

January 18, 2018

“Machine learning is so tantalizing for most every day developers and scientists. Still, there are a lot of constraints for builders….How do we turn machine learning from a capability of the few, into something that many more people can take […]

January 17, 2018

A new study from Amdocs has found that a select number of communications and media providers are rapidly adopting cloud-native technologies, giving them first mover advantage and greater opportunities for innovation. The study, which was conducted by Analysys Mason, argues […]

January 12, 2018

We’re recovering today from the mad dash that was CES 2018 in Las Vegas. We weren’t able to see everything running back and forth between the Las Vegas Convention Center, The Venetian, and elsewhere in the city, but we nonetheless […]

January 11, 2018

During much of 2017, it was possible to read many articles that predicted the end of cloud computing and favour edge computing instead. However, there is also the view that believes edge computing and cloud computing are extensions of one […]

January 9, 2018

Google has announced the launch of GPUs attached to preemptible VMs, offering a 50% discount – but with a catch. As with the preemptible VMs, first announced in 2015 but with prices significantly lowered in August last year, resources can […]