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USA.gov steps into the digital era as Salesforce CRM combines with AWS GovCloud to serve the public sector
It’s widely known that the public sector lags behind the commercial business world in terms of digital readiness. If COVID-19 highlighted companies that weren’t digitally ready, the pandemic beamed a spotlight on the inadequacies of government to adapt to an online world. “We worked with one state agency that experienced a 400% spike in demand ...
Diversity in the boardroom brings more dynamic decision-making
COVID-19 is forcing corporations to tackle digital transformation in record time. But while business operations may be modernizing, the board of directors calling the shots is often a diversity throwback to the 1990s. Sixty-six percent of Fortune 500 board members are still white and male. “You can speak to anybody on a board and they know ...
Q&A: How Nvidia’s BlueField intelligent data processing unit helps optimize computing at data-center scale
The first business computers were huge contraptions that took up rooms. Technology advanced, and computers became boxes that sat on a desk or in a rack. Now, the confluence of artificial intelligence, 5G networks that enable the internet of things, and super-powerful processors is forcing computers out of the box once more. “The new unit ...
Enterprise sales and marketing message changes to help small and medium businesses weather COVID-19
Small and medium-size businesses have been hard hit by COVID-19 restrictions. Concerns about short-term cash flow and employee well-being jostle with long-term fears on if they can survive the slow-down and impending recession. “Seventy-five percent of SMB revenues have been disrupted,” said Sandy Ono (pictured, right), vice president of marketing strategy and eCommerce at Hewlett ...
Bay Area Community Technology Alliance pioneers data-driven solutions that help reduce poverty and homelessness
Data can do more than drive business outcomes or help fulfill the desires of the affluent middle class. It can alleviate the problems facing poor and disadvantaged members of society. Taking a data-driven approach to ending homelessness in San Jose and the surrounding area, the Community Technology Alliance has created an app that provides social workers with real-time information ...
Intel and HPE infuse AI smarts at the server level
Artificial intelligence tops the 2020 technology trend list for good reason. When implemented for appropriate use cases, AI can provide insights and information that boost business efficiency and increase revenue. “At Intel, we look at AI as a workload and a tool that is becoming ubiquitous across all of our compute solutions,” said Monica Livingston ...
HPE offers businesses an environmentally conscious helping hand into the digital era
Switching from physical, location-based operations to a remote workforce means more than handing out laptops to each employee. Companies already strapped for cash flow are having to invest in virtual infrastructure and software, as well as adapt to the new processes and culture required to keep the lights on remotely under COVID-19’s social distancing recommendations. ...
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There’s a $4 trillion edge market up for grabs. Can HPE seize it?
With a new emphasis on software and a strategic partnership with edge computing startup Pensando Systems Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is looking to solidify a reputation as the enterprise choice for edge solutions. After the 2015 split when Hewlett-Packard Co. spun out into HP Inc. and HPE, the goal for the latter was to focus on growth and ...
Software-defined backup and recovery the answer to backup woes, says Veeam
Backup and recovery is an essential service that businesses rely on to save their skin in the event of catastrophic IT failure or data loss. And when a business buys a backup solution, it seems reasonable to expect that it will do what’s on the box. Unfortunately for the industry, a June 2020 survey sponsored ...
Software-defined data backup and management help companies transition to remote operations
Outdated backup and recovery systems became a liability fast when COVID-19 forced work to go remote. Imagine this scenario: Company data is backed up to tape and stored off-site — a simple and cheap old-school solution — until lockdown means no one can get into the office. Or maybe the organization was updating legacy systems ...