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Auto-scaled, hyperconverged platform is AutoNation’s ‘ticket to ride’
Many consumers, especially those from the Millennial generation, are much more likely to go online when it’s time to buy a new vehicle. From the comfort of their couch, consumers can perform the initial research on what kind of vehicle will suit them, make a choice, and then decide on financing options. It’s not even ...
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Blockchain visionary sees a robust future for cryptocurrency investment
To some of the long-term investors in the blockchain market, the recent steep rise and precipitous fall of cryptocurrency mirrors earlier boom-and-bust cycles that came about during the infancy of the internet. “I’ve been to this rodeo before; I was trading utility tokens 20 years ago, when they were called something else,” said Bradley Rotter (pictured), a ...
Finding opportunities in crypto’s down market
Given the sharp decline in the value of many cryptocurrencies since last year, including Bitcoin, some participants in the world of blockchain’s encrypted ledger technology are looking with dismay to a future where there is less easy money available in which to invest. Others, however, see stronger, more stable opportunities for future technologies. “It’s during ...
Despite instability and uncertainty, blockchain outlook remains optimistic
There’s nothing sexier than the lure of easy money, and the initial run of Bitcoin cryptocurrency and its supporting blockchain technology for encrypting public transaction ledgers has made millionaires out of several early adopters. But the volatile market swing also made many more unlucky adopters broke, which cast a bit of a pall over both cryptocurrencies and blockchain. ...
Voice-based tech for smarter, more engaged students
Even if you’re looking for information on a smartphone, you will still land on websites or other data sources, digging for the information you need; asking a question from a voice-based virtual assistant can be a much faster process. For students matriculating to Saint Louis University in fall 2018, they will have Amazon Echo Dots in their dorm ...
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Virtual reality fights real fires thanks to girl-powered mobile app
In many countries, such as the State of Palestine, electricity can be spotty or even off for many hours every day, so it’s common to use candles or gas heaters for light and heat — and it’s also common for fires to break out. To help teach people how to put out different types of ...
Serverless tech getting easier, attracting new users
One of the most interesting developments in serverless execution models for cloud-computing is how its ease of use is bringing in a new type of user. It’s no longer necessary to have a degree in computer science to get up and running on serverless and make the most of its quick, agile technology. Many mundane yet necessary ...
Education and certification for the serverless environment
While there will always be literal servers in the cloud, the relatively new concept of serverless computing adds one more layer within the cloud infrastructure stack. It works to take the burden of worrying about server management and capacity planning away from developers, allowing them to focus on code. As a relatively new concept, there can ...
Google is moving compute intelligence to the edge with new offerings
By its very nature, the multitude of devices that make up the internet of things function better on the edge of cloud computing, pushing out analytics and knowledge generation away from the central data center. This allows for much quicker response times and communications, a vital feature in a field always pressing to lower latencies ...
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Coded courage: How Google aims to provide automated tools so developers can take more risks
Google LLC’s Cloud Build, introduced at the company’s Cloud Next conference this past week, helps software developers create the “always on” applications needed on the internet today. Cloud Build essentially will give developers what they need, automating away some of the toil with which developers have had to deal, according to Melody Meckfessel (pictured), vice president of ...