Along with all of its other significant challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic put up new barriers when it comes to closing the global gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum. The pandemic increased the gap by a generation, from 99.5 years to 135.6 years. The gaps are more likely to be found in sectors that require ...

The advent of artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, has opened some fascinating doors for open source. To provide key insights and breaking news on this and other open-source innovations, theCUBE analysts reported live from The Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit NA event, where they heard from key thought leaders in the cloud-native and open-source ...

This week, the big news in the social media world was the naming of Twitter’s new chief executive — Linda Yaccarino, who was NBCUniversal Media LLC’s head of advertising. “@LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations while I focus on product design and new technology,” Elon Musk tweeted Friday. “Looking forward to working with Linda ...

The information technology landscape is constantly shifting, with new trends emerging around automation for DevOps and container management, as well as serverless reemerges. Open-source transformations, in particular, are a big part of this shift. The future of open-source technology will be a main subject of discussion during this year’s Red Hat Summit in Boston. This year, ...

There’s no question that hardware is going through a big shift right now. High-performance computing now faces a crossroads, as technologies such as the cloud have changed the game regarding supercomputing. Supercomputing has evolved significantly from its early days in niche offerings to broader usage in enterprises globally. What comes next, especially given the rapid ...

This week, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to their highest level in 16 years but did signal that it could be done for now. Oil prices posted their third straight weekly fall, while the most recent jobs report saw unemployment going down. Meanwhile, some companies posted better-than-expected earnings numbers and new trends are emerging. ...

There’s been much talk in recent months around the software supply chain, which is vulnerable to various attacks. It’s been a significant focus for companies as they’ve sought to secure the upper hand. But what about the media supply chain? How can companies drive its media content to the cloud efficiently? What’s happening today is ...

The cybersecurity industry is at a crossroads, and investors face serious challenges. For that reason, timing was ripe for a well-attended RSA Conference 2023 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, where theCUBE analysts reported live on keynote breakdowns, major announcements and hallway talk.  The narrative from security vendors has been that organizations don’t spend enough money ...

As more companies seek to adopt artificial intelligence foundation models, such as OpenAI LP’s ChatGPT, it’s becoming increasingly clear that automation platforms present a potential problem for software developers. On one hand, these platforms can potentially revolutionize how developers work. On the other, they also threaten job security for those in the industry, presenting a ...

Service organizations today are juggling multiple challenges, from retaining talent to managing revenues, and the statistics say that’s become a big problem.  Most major performance metrics decreased in 2022, according to a recent maturity benchmark report. So what’s to be done? With an eye on solutions, industry analyst Lisa Martin sat down with Scott Brown (pictured), ...