Big Data
Unleashing the power of data analytics for African business
Like air or water, people tend to take data for granted. A gigabyte here or there generally doesn’t add up to a lot of money. But what if one gigabyte of data cost more than…
Infra
HPE toasts forecasts with across-the-board sales and profit growth
By Paul Gillin
Call it Meg Whitman’s parting gift. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today reported stronger-than-expected revenue and profit per share in its fiscal first quarter, fueled in roughly equal parts by improved business execution, a strong…
Big Data
The software convergence race to a single AI throat to choke
By R. Danes
Big data analytics projects are flopping at a rate of 85 percent, according to some analysts. The culprit might be the heterogeneous heap of software technologies perplexing companies desperate for a simple, streamlined solution.…
Cloud
Altruistic Amazon: AWS public sector seeks to help orgs save the world
As the public sector moves into the digital age, Amazon Web Services Inc. has become a cloud services hero, helping the government, educational facilities and non-profits innovate and save money while benefiting mankind, according to Patricia…
Cloud
Security an enabler for government adoption of AWS cloud
For years, U.S. government agencies were reluctant to follow the private sector and move information technology operations to the cloud. Concerns about security, legacy data, and the potential for vendor lock-in kept the federal…
Emerging Tech
Intel partners with Microsoft, top PC makers to start building 5G laptops
Leading carriers will soon begin rolling out new telecommunications infrastructure that’s set to boost wireless connectivity dramatically this year and next. Intel Corp. is launching a new push to ensure that consumers can take…
Big Data
Expect a profound change in IT as businesses shift from products to services
It’s called a pivot. By definition, it can be a swivel, spin, rotation or turn. It’s a term commonly used in the tech industry to denote the shift of a business from one model…
Emerging Tech
Feature Labs, a startup with MIT roots, launches to accelerate AI projects
Feature Labs Inc., a startup founded in 2015 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s computer science department, today hit the scene with $1.5 million from investors to change how organizations build artificial intelligence models.…
Emerging Tech
AI tech combats cyberattack, cryptojacking
The global median time from when a computing network is compromised to discovery stands at 99 days, according to the Mandiant M-Trends 2017 report from FireEye Inc. The problem is that attackers are gaining access to…
People
Facebook mentors seven UK startups at its first in-house incubator
By Eric David
Facebook Inc. announced in December that it would be launching its own in-house incubator to help mentor promising U.K.-based tech startups, and now the company’s LDN_LAB has officially opened its doors for its first cohort. LDN_LAB …