Mark Albertson
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PTC, HPE bring digital twins to the intelligent edge
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 ...
Tech unites veterans, first responders in Team Rubicon disaster relief
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 ...
Cisco consultants provide aspirin and vitamins for network health
As enterprise reliance on information technology systems continues to grow by leaps and bounds, the state of a network’s health at any given time becomes critical to routine functioning of the business. Are there frequent hiccups (downtime), feelings of sluggishness (latency), or as in the nightmare scenario — is there a serious disease (computer virus)? ...
CES 2018
CES 2018: Tech devices are ready to get personal with us
If there is a single image that sums up what can be expected in consumer technology over the coming year, it appeared barely three hours into the press conference cycle Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: Steve Koenig, senior director of market research at the Consumer Technology Association, flashed an image on a ballroom ...
HudsonAlpha’s developer-centric approach transforms IT operation
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, a non-profit genomics organization, built one of the world’s first end-to-end medicine programs with the mission to diagnose rare diseases. The Institute’s work demands a data-driven information technology infrastructure that can handle the genomics applications and algorithms needed for accelerated research. HudsonAlpha relies on Hewlett Packard Enterprise Inc. to provide ...
HPE focuses on data consumption models, software and services for 2018
When the dust settled following a flurry of announcements from the HPE Discover EU conference in Spain last November, customers and analysts were left with a clearer understanding over how Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. was going to answer questions about its future direction. The conversation begins and ends with data, specifically the applications needed to ...
Google found success with Kubernetes, but that’s only part of the story
It’s often a common theme in the tech world that the rich get richer. Amazon.com Inc., an already successful online merchandiser, starts a cloud business (Amazon Web Service Inc.) that becomes an enterprise colossus. Apple Inc., a household name in personal computers, decides to enter the smartphone space and ends up poised to become the ...
Pharma startup combines AI with cell images to target disease
For centuries, modern medicine has grappled with the problem of finding the right drug treatment for the correct disease. While incremental progress is made every year, the lag time and expense of bringing a drug successfully to market has frustrated doctors, scientists and patients. In search of a potential solution to this problem, one startup ...
Carnival Cruise Line relies on analytics, AI monitoring to keep booking levels high
Two seconds. Sometimes, that’s all it takes to make a difference in the competitive cruise line business where booking volume fuels profits and growth. Which is why Carnival Cruise Line, a division of Carnival Corp., spends a considerable amount of time monitoring network performance and resolving issues fast. “If our home page loads in five ...
AWS partners focus on continuous, real-time analytics for cloud security
Last year, Accenture Plc mistakenly allowed four Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 databases containing customer information and confidential application program interface data to be exposed to public download. Fortunately, the exposure was caught in September and the assets were secured, but the incident was a sharp reminder that the cloud carries cybersecurity risks of its own. ...









