Docker Inc. continues to expand its relationship with Microsoft, and they have collaborated to create the first graphics processing unit support on Microsoft Windows for Docker. This will help integrate Docker Desktop as a main desktop application for working with containers with WSL 2, the Windows Subsystem for Linux. “Bringing GPU support to WSL 2 … means ...

In the context of COVID-19, the world’s newly uncertain and volatile state increases the imperative to have a true strategy around data. As the idea of a DataOps methodology has matured, a world where most enterprises are virtually working remote and managing worldwide demands in the midst of chaos shows just how crucial DataOps can ...

As many companies struggle in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tecton.ai has managed to garner a $20-million investment from Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital in April 2020. Tecton.ai was founded by members who created Uber Inc.’s Michelangelo, an end-to-end workflow that enables internal teams to seamlessly build, deploy and operate machine-learning solutions at scale. Through the lessons learned at Uber, ...

Nobody could have expected the way that COVID-19 would derail so much of the world in 2020, and various industries, companies and leaders have handled it in different ways. Actifio Inc., whose software platform helps businesses become data driven, just reported the strongest Q1 in the company’s history despite the pandemic. So what are their thoughts ...

Data-driven companies are the future, and now more than ever this is apparent as COVID-19 has completely changed the playing field when it comes to companies that can pivot and transform digitally and companies who can’t. “In the current environment, you can see large retailers disappearing at a rate of knots because they haven’t been data-aware ...

Enterprises have have to scale up their security thanks to the amount of remote work going on during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some are more prepared than others to meet the challenge. To help prevent security breaches, IBM X-Force is working with enterprises to find out if their data security is truly ready or not. “The attack surface ...

Within technology, the balance between being security, flexibility and speed for business needs is constantly juggled. And within cloud technologies, the challenge remains front and center. So how does a large company like IBM solve these kinds of issues? “When we say cloud and security, it’s about the things that we implement as a cloud ...

These two months living in a global pandemic has birthed a new reality, and nothing will ever go back to what the world once thought normal. Despite the solemnity of what has occurred, this historical moment is pivotal for enterprises racing to adapt and becoming smarter businesses in the process, according to Mani Dasgupta (pictured), chief marketing officer of IBM’s ...

As IBM Corp. continues to migrate into a hybrid cloud model, IBM Global Financing is assisting businesses that want to invest in a transformational IT landscape and financially position themselves for success. “A big part of our business is now software and services financing, a lot of project financing,” said Bill Smith (pictured), general manager of IBM Global Financing. “We still ...

The possibilities surrounding hybrid cloud has really changed the traditional approach to developing enterprise apps, which is the past was very much a waterfall approach of linear sequential phases. As things begin moving faster and faster through agile software development, how is this all being embraced by larger technology enterprises like IBM Corp.? “It’s a transformation for ...