Cloud
AWS IQ gives cloud customers easy access to hired help
Amazon Web Services Inc. wants to provide more of a helping hand to its customers with the launch today of a new program called AWS IQ. AWS IQ is a service that connects Amazon…
Cloud
At PagerDuty Summit, IT support advances at the speed of life
The first time I heard about the emergent PagerDuty a few years ago, I wondered: Is another notification layer between information technology service management or ITSM tickets and IT monitoring alerts even a market?…
Infra
How Dell aims to keep growing amid competition and slower server and storage spending
Dell Technologies Inc. has an ambitious plan moving into 2020. The key question: Can it execute the plan successfully in the face of competitive pressure from large tech giants and signs of a slowdown…
Emerging Tech
Verizon acquires the technology assets of heavily funded AR startup Jaunt
After a six-year run that saw it raise $100 million in funding, it appears that augmented reality startup Jaunt Inc. is winding down. A terse press release published today revealed that Jaunt’s technology and…
Cloud
Tech’s women and men need to stand together for true diversity to occur
The fact that women shoulder the burden of encouraging girls to study STEM subjects is in itself an inequality. Inclusion on all levels is required before diversity can become reality. And all genders are…
Infra
Q&A: Championing automation in a world of winding workloads
By Ain Drew
The trend for automation in enterprise software is helping people get things accomplished faster and more effectively, making workflows more seamless and responsive, especially when accompanied by proper orchestration. While not every team member…
Apps
More IPO woe: WeWork to pull filing as new co-CEOs plan restructuring
The We Co., parent of WeWork, today announced plans to withdraw its S-1 filing, delaying its initial public offering indefinitely. The co-working space provider had originally intended to hit the stock market as early…
Infra
Q&A: Automation helps energy company reduce conflict and enhance the culture
Business conflicts are inevitable. Disagreements and finger-pointing eventually happen within organizations, leading to lower productivity and business disruptions. But in today’s digital world, improving culture and creating peaceful workplaces within enterprises is now possible with…
Policy
Congress reportedly looking into Google’s plans for stronger Chrome encryption
The House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust review of Google LLC has reportedly taken a new turn. In addition to the company’s ad business and its dominance of the search market, Congressional investigators are now said to be…
Blockchain
Communications network Beowulf brings phone calls to the blockchain
By Kyt Dotson
Beowulf PTE LLC, a fully decentralized cloud communications network using distributed ledger blockchain technology for companies and consumers, announced today the official launch of its service. That service will make available a comprehensive suite…