When Nutanix Inc. added IBM Corp. to its list of hardware partners last May, the move also signaled an offering of the first systems by Nutanix that would not depend on Intel’s x86-based servers. This decision by Nutanix to incorporate IBM’s Power Systems technology for enterprise applications was designed to leverage IBM’s Power chips for the ...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s annual shopping holiday — Singles Day — was held on November 11 and set records once again for sales, generating $25 billion. It is larger than America’s versions of Cyber Monday and Black Friday combined. During the day, Alibaba displayed the latest sales updates on it’s “real-time big screen,” a prime ...

Wandering the trade show aisles showcasing talking robots, large screen TVs and the latest smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week were a Cabinet secretary and commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. All of them proclaimed their love of innovation and a commitment to letting technology thrive. ...

It was a gutsy decision back in 2009. Video distribution pioneer Netflix Inc. was weighing its options on whether to stay with its traditional data center model or move its fledgling movie streaming service to public cloud provider Amazon Web Services Inc. Nine years ago, the cloud service model was not the robust solution it ...

Near the end of 2016, software-defined storage provider Nutanix Inc. added three veteran executives to its Europe, Middle East and Africa team. The company’s renewed focus on this emerging area of the global technology market is beginning to show results, at least in the Middle East. “We were the first [Nutanix] customer in Kuwait, and I ...

Cryptocurrency is suddenly one of the most volatile and fast-moving areas in technology these days, so much so that seemingly no one can agree whether it’s a bubble or a bona fide boom. Investment firms are deluged with coin offering proposals at the rate of 70 per week, legacy institutions such as Kodak are jumping into ...

Updated with Kika Tech Inc.’s Consumer Electronics Show product introduction and award: The development of artificial intelligence has followed a roller coaster path over nearly 50 years. First there was great promise in the early 1970s, followed by stagnation from 1974 to 1980. Then there was hope again in the 1980s as Japan developed new ...

When King Price Insurance Co. Ltd, a short-term insurance firm based in South Africa, opened its doors in 2012, the company had a noble goal to revolutionize the policy-writing industry. Its novel approach ran counter to the common model for car insurance, where premiums increase yearly for vehicle owners. King Price turned that model on ...

When it comes to the product development process, simulation is a big deal, and the ability to integrate simulation with real products in the design phase is even bigger. That’s why Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and its partner PTC Inc. are particularly excited about a new process that leverages real-time “internet of things” edge data ...

When a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian city of Port-au-Prince in 2010, the world was appalled as scenes of dangerous conditions and unstable situations began to circulate around the globe. Galvanized by the need for help, two U.S. Marines assembled a small volunteer relief team to provide much-needed aid. Like Julius Caesar leading his ...