Data is being created at an unprecedented speed, posing many infrastructure challenges for businesses of all types and sizes. One primary challenge is effective storage of a data archive — data that is not accessed frequently but must be retained for years or decades for purposes of compliance, auditing, or just in case there is a ...

When COVID-19 began to shake the world and a lockdown was necessary, schools closed their doors and faced a series of challenges, including connecting students and professors remotely to continue classes and ensuring that this online environment was safe. It was no different for Morgan County School District in Morgan, Utah, which relied on technology ...

As businesses deepen their digital transformation to embrace remote work and online operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, significant challenges arise regarding technology automation and security. Network security company Infoblox Inc. provides what it calls the “next-level networking” experience by managing increasingly complex network demands across diverse physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure. It focuses on identifying ...

The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the role of local TV stations in delivering what can be life-saving information to the community. To help regional media reach their audiences more effectively, startup Didja Inc. developed the LocalBTV app, which beams local TV to smartphones and tablets and make it easier for communities to ...

After several quarters of declining revenue due to slowing demand for its legacy products, data protection and management software company Commvault Systems Inc. has made a series of changes to resume growth. One is to further encourage subscription licensing to meet a growing demand from businesses. “We’ve had subscription licensing as an option for a ...

Finding vaccines or drugs against COVID-19 is certainly one of the main current objectives of medical research centers worldwide. At Children’s National Medical Center, researchers are deploying technology tools from Amazon Web Services Inc. to combine hundreds of data sets to identify genes that might be targeted to treat many diseases, including COVID-19. “We know ...

One of the most intriguing characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic is that the disease acts differently from one person to another. Centro Diagnostico Italiano, a diagnostic center based in Milan, Italy, has partnered with Amazon Web Services Inc. to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict patients who are likely to experience a severe ...

Cloud computing is not only changing the way people store and share their photos and how companies back up, manage, and use their data — it is also impacting scientific research. By eliminating the need to store huge data sets on local hard drives and allowing access to information from anywhere in the world, the ...

One thing the coronavirus pandemic has taught businesses is that the faster the response, the better. But this is also true for the government and its agencies, which are at the forefront of combating COVID-19 and have had to make major adjustments to day-to-day operations while running economic stimulus packages and individual financial assistance. Making ...

Exponential data growth poses pressing information-technology and business challenges for enterprises, including those related to data protection, compliance, and workload portability. Solving these issues for customers is what drives data management and security company Veritas Techonologies LLC, according to Tim Burlowski (pictured), senior director of product management at Veritas. “We want to make sure that data ...