A host of companies converged at the recent Samsung Developer Conference to showcase their latest technology in consumer electronics. Harman International Industries Inc., an audio technology company acquired by Samsung Electronics America Inc. earlier this year, unveiled two new developer-friendly audio products that may have future augmented reality-oriented applications. “… This is our first conference, kind ...

Next-generation transportation startup Hyperloop Technologies Inc., aka Hyperloop One, is ambitiously taking on Elon Musk’s brainchild and turning it into a reality. With a successful demo of a revolutionary transportation pod on a test track completed earlier this year, the team has been leveraging the latest in agile methodologies to quickly develop prototypes and launch themselves into ...

As competition for the cloud computing market heats up, companies look to expand their value propositions by offering products that address more of the technology stack. Enterprise computing company Nutanix Inc., known for it’s strength in hyperconverged infrastructure, aims to grabs more market share by branding as a complete enterprise cloud company rather than an ...

Enterprise computing has traditionally seen customers buying their own equipment and integrating the systems themselves. With the software as a service model becoming the new industry standard, channel partners accustomed to reselling and distributing equipment, virtual or otherwise, are getting caught flat-footed shifting toward a services approach. “The channel’s stuck in between here, trying to ...

The impending General Data Protection Regulations coming out of the European Union expand to all global companies that service customers in Europe. As a result of the regulations, severe sanctions will be issued for any mishandling of data. One core tenet of GDPR is requiring companies to only use data that is legally relevant to conducting business. This ...

The enterprise computing industry has historically been focused on two separate technology vectors, refining traditional data center architectures and service-based cloud computing. The next-generation data center that combines scalable cloud technology with on-premises control is now at the forefront of technology development, according to Tim Pitcher (pictured), vice president of the Next-Generation Data Center business unit at NetApp Inc. “There’s ...

At the inaugural CyberConnect event in New York City, thought leaders in business, government and security gathered to exchange ideas and best practices in combating the latest cyberthreats. The purely security-minded audience at CyberConnect allowed domain name system technology companies — which normally interact with networking infrastructure people — to showcase the latest in DNS security techniques. “I ...

The importance of cybersecurity technology extends beyond personal data and corporate espionage with direct impacts to national security. During the CyberConnect event in New York City, retired four-star U.S. Army General and former Director of the National Security Administration Keith Alexander spoke candidly to a small group of industry leaders and journalists about how the U.S. cybersecurity program needs collaboration from ...

Developing analytics that provide meaningful business insights has been the focal point of innovation in today’s technology landscape, but developing a methodology to replicate at scale can be a challenge of its own. Benefits Science LLC, a data analytics company helping organizations make smarter healthcare decisions, leverages the latest Pentaho platform from Hitachi Vantara to ...

There is misconception that the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, purely focuses on scientific research and experimentation. In reality, CERN’s infrastructure team is hard-pressed to deliver cutting-edge technology to its research scientists, as well as its own business operations teams. “We’re an infrastructure organization who provides all the technology, all the science. And all ...