When SiliconANGLE Media Inc. was founded Dave Vellante and John Furrier set out to create a new kind of company, one that would combine research (Wikibon), real-time reporting (SilconANGLE.com), and live video event coverage (theCUBE). The result was a unique and highly targeted formula for delivering high-quality information in real-time using advanced technology tools combined ...

Cisco Systems Inc. has a plan to become the digital assistant for the company meeting room. By connecting its hardware and software to its collaboration suite, Cisco Spark, the company aims to position itself at the center of enterprise communication. “Spark is a digital assistant, just like Amazon Alexa or Apple Siri, but built for the enterprise ...

As customers ask pointed questions about how their data will be stored, accessed and managed, companies are increasingly having to come up with satisfactory answers. This dialogue is raising the distinct possibility that business may soon be declaring the value of data on company accounting statements, especially when high-profile breaches can have a significant monetary ...

One billion of anything is a large number, yet that’s the number of connected devices that Cisco Systems Inc. hopes to reach with its Jasper and Kinetic “internet of things” platforms. That might be a tall order given that the company’s technology is currently connected to only 60 million devices, with a growth estimate of 100 million ...

Talk with any company involved in autonomous cars, and it’s likely to insist that it wants to take the driver out of the car, full stop. One startup is taking a different approach. It wants to keep the human driver — just not in the car itself. Phantom Auto has begun piloting technology for autonomous ...

Aside from driving spell checkers (and editors) crazy, the new wave production company m ss ng p eces has positioned itself as an important player in the evolution of creative entertainment using technology. The company started out developing original video programming for major clients, such as Wired Magazine and TED in the mid-2000s, but its ...

For most companies, a sale delayed means money lost, and now data privacy can be added to the list of holdups that hit the bottom line. According to a recently released study by Cisco Systems Inc., customer concerns over how data is captured, stored and deleted are causing sales delays ranging from two to 16 ...

Large-scale data gathering and quantum leaps in processing power have set the table for major advancement in artificial intelligence. Yet there’s a growing body of evidence that the field of AI is poised to move into a whole new dimension, one where AI not only imagines the real world, but can begin to make accurate ...

Mercedes Soria (pictured) knows what it’s like to beat the odds. Growing up in Ecuador, she heard about an exchange program between her native country’s school and Middle Tennessee State, so she decided to apply. Out of 5,000 applicants for the opportunity, Soria was one of only 20 selected to study in the United States. ...

In the evolving spectrum of virtual reality companies, Baobab Studios Inc. stands out as an early, significant player in the creation of high-end VR-animated experiences. With nearly $31 million in financing from companies such as Samsung, HTC and Twentieth Century Fox, the fledgling studio has already released immersive experiences called “Invasion!” and “Asteroids!” The key, as ...