8 tips you should know before re-architecting IT
Over half of enterprise IT projects fail, resulting in staggering amounts of wasted time and money. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. There are easy steps every enterprise can take to ensure…
IBM shunts Swift onto its cloud | #IBMInterConnect
Less than six month after Apple donated the Swift programming language to the open-source community, IBM has officially made it available via its cloud. IBM said it’s the first cloud provider to enable Swift…
Sony developed a Blockchain-based platform for sharing academic proficiency and progress records
By Duncan Riley
Sony Corp.’s education division Sony Global Education has announced that it has developed a Blockchain-based platform for secure sharing of academic proficiency and progress records. The new, unnamed platform leverages the Blockchain to allows…
Intel and AT&T working on 4G LTE enabled drones for higher, longer flights | #MWC16
By Duncan Riley
AT&T, Inc. and Intel Corp. have teamed up to test technologies for drones that will allow them to communicate over the 4G LTE network. The announcement, made at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona…
Oracle acquires cloud application hypervisor provider Ravello Systems
By Duncan Riley
Oracle Corporation has acquired cloud application hypervisor provider Ravello Systems, Inc. The price of the acquisition was not officially disclosed but VentureBeat put the price at $500 million. Founded in 2011, Ravello bills itself…
IBM’s drive to digitization needs a roadmap for the enterprise | #IBMInterConnect
As the first day of IBM Interconnect wound down in Las Vegas, John Furrier and Dave Vellante, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media, asked Brian Gracely, Wikibon analyst, to break down the vibe of…
Cognitive computing: Unlocking goldmines at the speed of thought | #IBMInterConnect
By R. Danes
The technology industry is all ears these days for Big Data use-cases that give clues as to how the new data science will transform our lives. It sometimes seems we are sitting on this…
Translating data to serve a ‘customer of one’ in real time | #IBMInterConnect
There are many benefits to Big Data, but one of the most interesting is that companies now have the power to serve a customer of one. That is, using Big Data information and careful…
Time was ripe for IBM merger with The Weather Company, says CITO | #IBMInterConnect
By R. Danes
IBM’s announcement that it would take over The Weather Company was perplexing to some, but not to The Weather Company’s Chief Information & Technology Officer, Bryson Koehler. To him, it’s a natural fit, and…
‘The magic fairy dust is in the software.’ Riding the wave of new storage | #IBMInterConnect
While the number of topics being addressed at the IBM InterConnect event this year is almost too long to list, finding knowledge on virtually any major tech concern as it’s being handled by IBM…