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Etsy tested many cloud providers before settling on Google cloud
For the past 13 years, Etsy Inc., the online marketplace for handmade or unique arts and crafts items, was perfectly content to run its content on-premises. While most of Etsy’s users do not need to concern themselves with much beyond locating an item they want to buy and how to buy it, there’s actually a ...
For robust smart parking, Google Cloud delivers in real time
While most of us think about finding a parking spot in urban areas as, at best, a small annoyance, the advent of the internet of things and the “smart city” concept to generate data is leading to better solutions for those who are looking to park their cars. Interestingly enough, this same data is also ...
How Google hopes to lead in cloud native security with automation
For some companies, the considerations of securing business data as they move into public cloud computing services can be an afterthought. For Google LLC, a company that started online as a search engine, it was born in the cloud, where security has been a part of its DNA. From the design of Google data centers to the methods for retiring ...
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Secure the data rather than the perimeter, says US Army CDO
For the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army, how to secure precious, mission-critical military data is the name of the game. With high-profile data leaks and cyberattacks happening almost continuously, the traditional battlefield has extended into the internet. The time-honored way of protecting data was at the hardware level, making sure that the hard ...
Fintech looks to cloud for scale and computing power
With the advent of around-the-clock banking and equity trading no longer halted by the closing bell, financial technology has witnessed the perks and challenges of modern computing. Investors increasingly want access to all of their money all of the time, and they don’t have a great deal of patience for financial companies that aren’t leading the vanguard. Six ...
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Deloitte consultant: ‘Show me the IoT value’ in enterprise tech
Consumers are increasingly interacting with more devices in our daily lives that are “smart”: smart phones, smart appliances and even smart cars. And as consumers drive their smart cars, they’re using apps to listen to music, get driving directions or locate the nearest coffee shop, and that connected data goes into a cloud repository that can ...
Hitman 2 takes sniping to a new level of play with ‘hyper-detailed sandbox’
Hitman 2, the much-anticipated sequel to the stealth video game Hitman 1, comes out on November 13, 2018. One of its new features is a “hyper-detailed sandbox,” where rather than players following a standard linear path through the game, they will get an open sandbox in which to explore and expand their characters and scenarios ...
Pitch perfect: Why honing your elevator speech is a big deal
For any technologist who’s job hunting, any app engineer who needs funding for a project, or any start-up entrepreneur with a great new idea, having a well-honed and well-practiced elevator speech is a critical skill to master. Being able to convey your ideas, abilities, and talents in a concise way can be the difference in ...
Grassroots efforts grow programming training for girls
Though we are living in the 21st century, school systems in the U.S. and many other countries are still based on 19th-century methods of learning. Sometimes called the “factory model,” this system came about during the Industrial Revolution. The emphasis was on training children to be good future factory workers, emphasizing things such as sitting still for ...
Designing tech that captures diverse perspectives
To create technologies that capture the full range of human experience, it’s crucial that all sorts of different people are involved in creating and evolving that technology. Many tech companies and their representatives attend conferences like the Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference to seek out prospective female employees to equal out their male/female ratio, as well ...