Many organizations boast extremely intricate frameworks built on a largely remote workforce and distributed cloud systems that often span continents. Tying these all together are networks that, while basic, are an inalienable cog in the machinery. “I think the interesting piece is so many times organizations think about the network as plumbing,” said Bob Laliberte (pictured), senior ...

Everyone knows about cryptocurrency. Mainstream tokens such as bitcoin and Ethereum have swept the financial world, showing people that money can be intrinsically owned and transferred without arbitrary control from big banks and agencies. Beyond just the currencies themselves, non-fungible tokens and other digital assets — built atop the same blockchain underpinnings — are making ...

When assessing the shortcomings of today’s internet, many proponents of Web3 point to user identity management as one of the most prominent. Big websites and social media giants organize their user data into silos that they, effectively, own. Users often have little or no say whatsoever in how these companies gather, store and even distribute ...

With science, technology, engineering and math fields being traditionally dominated by men, has gender equality in tech and data science finally arrived? The Women in Data Science initiative, which works to support gender equality in tech, started as a one-day technical conference at Stanford in 2015. Today, WiDS is a global movement with 200+ regional events ...

Several industries are seeing an influx of women participants and stakeholders doing transformational work, perhaps none more so than technology. It’s in the spirit of highlighting and promoting this paradigm shift that the Women in Data Science initiative exists. “I love the camaraderie and the community of Women in Data Science; it’s amazing,” said Nandi Leslie (pictured), ...

Computers have been taught to use data to establish patterns where possible. And while the delegation of these activities to machines has helped mankind in many ways, bias still exists in technologies such as artificial intelligence. For instance, there are biases in facial recognition systems, according to Alex Hanna (pictured), director of research at The Distributed AI ...

The Amazon Web Services Inc. partner ecosystem is vast. And Veeam Software Corp.’s long-term partnership with AWS is a prime example of an AWS partner success story. With AWS’ cloud storage and compute solutions and Veeam’s disaster recovery, cloud backup and data productions, the duo have formed an inspiring partnership. Continuing that momentum, both companies are exploring new ...

There’s been a noticeable shift in how companies, government bodies and other institutions are utilizing compute resources. Work, and the compute power needed for it, is increasingly becoming decentralized through technologies like edge and 5G. And the application and infusion of technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning mean that more sophisticated, intricate compute environments ...

We recently spoke with the chief executives of companies that participated in the recent AWS Startup Showcase: The Next Big Things in AI, Security & Life Sciences to find out what drives them and learn about their visions for the future. This feature is part of theCUBE’s ongoing CEO Startup Spotlight series. The beauty of modern technology ...

In today’s business landscape, the cloud has shifted from being just another business process to one of the critical operations maintained by organizations. IT departments are creating increasingly intricate environments where edge, on-premises and cloud workloads are seamlessly interwoven into each other. Thus, organizations must cope with the delicate balance of maintaining multiple public cloud ...