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ServiceNow is using AI to accelerate customer’s digital transformation efforts
ServiceNow Inc. said today it’s combining artificial intelligence-powered recommendations with expert guidance and support to help customers get a return on their investments in digital transformation much faster than they would do so otherwise. The company believes there will be big demand for the help it can offer, pointing to growing discontent in the enterprise ...
Google calls on U.S. government to do more to secure critical open-source software
After meeting with White House officials today, Google LLC called for the U.S. government to take on a more proactive role in identifying and securing the world’s most critical open-source software projects. The call came from Kent Walker, Google’s president of global affairs and chief legal officer, who said in a blog post that tighter ...
Cloud video surveillance firm Cloudastructure buys smart parking startup Visionful
Artificial intelligence-powered cloud video surveillance firm Cloudastructure Inc. announced today it has agreed a deal to acquire the smart parking startup Visionful Inc. for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of the month, will add license plate recognition and more analytics capabilities to the company’s platform. Cloudastructure sells a cloud-based ...
Despite supply chain constraints, PC shipments surged in 2021
Personal computers were some of the best-selling technology products in 2021, with total shipments for the year rising 15% to 341 million globally, pouring scorn on the suggestion that the pandemic-inspired boom is starting to fizzle out. The data from analyst firm Canalys today includes fourth-quarter PC sales of 92 million units and revenue of $70 ...
VA adopts Google Cloud’s Apigee to help veterans access benefits more easily
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs revealed today that it’s joining with Google Cloud to develop new applications that will help improve veteran’s access to VA services and data. The VA is currently the largest healthcare provider in the U.S., serving more than 19 million American veterans and their families. It has a network of ...
Report: Google lobbies furiously to influence impact of Europe’s coming Digital Markets Act
Google LLC is reportedly stepping up its lobbying efforts in the European Union as it makes a “last-ditch effort” to limit the impact of the proposed Digital Markets Act that’s expected to become law later this year. Google, along with other big tech firms such as Apple Inc., was invited to participate in talks with ...
AWS debuts flexible instances for high-performance computing workloads
Amazon Web Services Inc. Monday announced the availability of a new series of high-performance computing workloads on its cloud that provide what it claims is far superior price performance. The “purpose-built” Hpc6a instances, powered by 3rd Gen EPYC central processing units developed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., make it possible to process HPC workloads with up ...
VMware eases app modernization with official launch of Tanzu Application Platform
Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. is embracing the developer shift to building on the Kubernetes software container orchestrator with the launch of its Tanzu Application Platform into general availability today. The Tanzu Application Platform was first announced in beta test mode in September. It’s an application modernization toolkit that packages various components developers can use ...
European startups Pasqal and Qu&Co join forces to create quantum advantage faster
European quantum computing startups Pasqal SE and Qu&Co BV said today they’re merging in a move they say will accelerate their progress on achieving business advantage with the emerging technology. The new entity, which will be known as Pasqal and based in Paris, said it has ambitions to deliver a 1,000-qubit quantum computer by 2023, ...
AI Clearing debuts AI Surveyor to speed up solar farm construction
Artificial intelligence-powered construction monitoring firm AI Clearing Inc. believes solar power is will play a much more prominent role in the U.S. energy grid over the next decade, and its newest AI-based offering is designed to make that happen. The company today announced the launch of its new AI Surveyor platform, which is designed to ...