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Netronome takes the overhead out of network virtualization

By Paul Gillin Jan 27, 2016

Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) offer some pretty compelling price/performance advantages, but they harbor a dirty little secret: Virtualization and software overhead can eat up 80 percent of hardware capacity. That…

Google’s AI beat a professional Go player, and it’s kind of a big deal

By Eric David Jan 27, 2016

AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence program developed by Google’s DeepMind team, has become the first AI to successfully beat a professional Go player, a first for the field of AI design. The actual rules of…

Esports expected to bring in over $463M in 2016 with America leading the charge

By Eric David Jan 27, 2016

Research firm Newzoo BV has released a report predicting that the rapidly growing esports market could reach over $463 million in revenue this year, an increase of over 42 percent from last year. According…

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Report: Thousands to be let go from IBM’s services biz this week

By Maria Deutscher Jan 27, 2016

It’s shaping up to be a tough week for the rank and file of the enterprise technology world. A day after VMware Inc. confirmed the 800 layoffs insiders have been warning about since last…

McAfee will bust cyber-mugging as President by killing gov’t greed

By John McAfee Jan 27, 2016

It starts innocently enough. It might happen as you cruise pornography sites. It might be during a search for online gaming codes. Perhaps it is attached to some link you clicked from a Facebook…

2016 is the year Microsoft will make ground on Google for consumer cloud dominance, according to expert

By James Farrell Jan 27, 2016

Reports suggest that if you work for a large company, one that has been in existence for a while, looked after by a commensurately sized IT team, then the chances are you’ll be working…

Deep linking platform provider Branch Metrics raises $35m Series B

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2016

Deep linking startup Branch Metrics, Inc. has raised $35 million Series B in a round led by Founders Fund that included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pejman Mar Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Zach Coelius, Ben Narasin,…

SAP strikes alliance with Lenovo to push Hana in China

By Mike Wheatley Jan 27, 2016

German enterprise software giant SAP SE is hoping to crack the Chinese market through a tie up with Lenovo Group Ltd. that will see the two firms develop a number of cloud offerings for…

How to email up to 5GB attachments using Mail Drop on iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC

By Collen Kriel Jan 27, 2016

If you are in the habit of sending large files, like presentations, videos and images, via email then you are likely to often see the alert that your attachment has exceeded the file size.…