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Google looks to drive progress in automotive technologies
In a keynote address at Google I/O 2019 on Tuesday, Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Sundar Pichai declared that his company’s goal was “to build a more helpful Google for everyone.” One area of daily life where Google LLC clearly has big plans to help: driving a car. Car technologies, among numerous others, were on full display ...
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New logo, same hat, same soul: IBM’s Rometty promises Red Hat will stay intact
Red Hat Inc. unveiled the latest iteration of its trademark red fedora logo this month. Yet when IBM Corp.’s chief executive officer, Ginni Rometty (pictured, with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst), took the keynote stage at the Red Hat Summit on Tuesday afternoon, she went out of her way to reassure the audience that after acquiring the open-source ...
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Latest RHEL release and federal approval propel Red Hat along its enterprise path
Red Hat Inc. made news on two major fronts in less than 48 hours this week. On the product side, the open-source company released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 today. It was notable for a redesign to accommodate the hybrid cloud era. “People today have multiple clouds, and they have a lot of different ways they ...
Customer feedback shows early promise for Dell Technologies Cloud Platform
The new on-premises hybrid cloud platform that Dell Technologies Inc. unveiled in Las Vegas last week is an antidote for buyer remorse. It’s designed to solve a problem when a business moves workloads to the public cloud, decides it was the wrong move, and wants to move it back without having to now deal with two ...
DXC Technology sees impact of Millennial workforce on digital transformation
Millennials, typically defined as the generation born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s, have been reshaping everything from economic spending and eating habits to real estate and healthcare. As firms such as DXC Technology Co. work with clients to provide end-to-end information technology services, Millennials are becoming a key part of enterprise digital transformation as ...
Under Armour uses Dell EMC solution to protect its new gold
Most consumers know Under Armour Inc. as an American manufacturer of footwear, sports and casual apparel. Yet, the company also relies on a lot of data behind the scenes to power its popular brands, and that’s where Dell EMC has stepped in to help protect increasingly valuable virtual assets. Under Armour backs up approximately 2.6 ...
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In gambling mecca, Dell’s founder offers evidence that big bets on multicloud, AI and edge will pay off
There could probably have not been a more appropriate setting for Dell Technologies Inc.’s annual conference last week than Las Vegas. The company’s founder and chief executive officer, Michael Dell (pictured), has spent most of his career making big bets on his firm’s future and the computing industry’s direction. Over 35 years, he has taken Dell ...
With new data protection products, Dell EMC seeks to put customers on path to power
Among the many announcements from Dell Technologies Inc. this week was the introduction of the Dell EMC PowerProtect Software platform and Dell EMC PowerProtect X400 multi-dimensional appliance. The news was part of Dell EMC’s interest in cementing its role in data protection management well into the foreseeable future. “We’re at this pivot point where we’re ...
Halliburton teams up with Dell to move oil industry into the hyperconverged world
The history of oil excavation goes back to 374 A.D. when workers in China drilled the first wells. And while oil drilling is an industry that goes back centuries, its adoption of technology has not been as rapid as other fields. Halliburton Co., one of the largest providers of products and services in the energy ...









