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Intel has just made its latest bid to persuade enterprises to upgrade their PCs with the release of its 5th generation Intel Core vPro Broadwell chip. This time around, its teasing the prospect of a wire-free workplace, with new wireless docking and …
Building the IIoT: The next industrial revolution
The economic potential of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is simply too massive for enterprises to ignore. Accenture LLP says it could add as much as $14 trillion to the world’s economy by 2030, as long as businesses and governments make …
Microsoft invests in Cyanogen’s custom ROM to “take Android away from Google”
Microsoft is reportedly investing in an alternative Android firmware startup called Cyanogen, Inc., which builds the popular Cyanogenmod version of Google’s mobile operating system. The Wall Street Journal claims Microsoft would be a “minority investor” in a $70 million funding round that …
Windows slump shows Microsoft’s transformation is taking hold
Yesterday brought bad news for Microsoft’s shareholders, but the company’s leadership won’t be unduly concerned that its share price fell by 9 percent on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after announcing its fiscal second-quarter results and accompanying outlook. A first glance suggests Microsoft is …
Don’t let IoT hype distract from security fundamentals, experts say
The Internet of Things (IoT) is often portrayed as some kind of futuristic concept, but the reality is that ‘smart things’ already have an established presence in our homes and workplaces. NPD Group says the average U.S. household already possesses 5.7 connected …
AWS cloud beats out Google & Microsoft in reliability stakes
Amazon Web Services was the most reliable of the “big three” cloud services – AWS, Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure – according to two seperate studies by companies that analyze cloud outages. CloudEndure, which offers public cloud migration assistance to enterprises, …
Fujitsu uses psychological profiling to defend against cyberattacks
Japanese tech firm Fujitsu is building a platform that uses psychological profiling to ramp up computer security in the workplace. The company’s reseach arm Fujitsu Laboratories said it was developing an enterprise tool that will be able to identify workers who’re most …
The Industrial Internet could add $14 trillion to global economy by 2030
The world’s economy could miss out on a massive $14 trillion potential windfall from the Industrial Internet, due to a lack of understanding and inaction, according to a new report. The report, titled Winning with the Industrial Internet of Things, was released …
Google cements space ambitions with SpaceX; SDN, IoT & analytics startups bag new funds
Google is boldly going where no web giant has gone before, and along with investment firm Fidelity is pumping a massive $1 billion into Elon Musk’s SpaceX space transportation company. Together, Google and Fidelity now own almost 10 percent of the startup, …
Flash forward: How will a storage revolution change software?
Applications and software will undergo a radical transformation in the coming years as developers move to embrace all-flash environments in the data center. This transformation will be hastened by the continuing evolution of all-flash array architectures, which research firm Wikibon believes will …