Mr. Watson I Want To See You
It was just over 16 years ago IBM showed the skill and talent of their engineers when they pitted their super-computer, Deep Blue, against then world champion Garry Kasparov in a chess match. While…
Finding A Signal Amidst The Noise
In our continuing series providing overviews of some of the key presentations scheduled for next week’s MIT Chief Development Officer Information Quality Symposium to be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we are taking a look…
ServiceNow Nabs Performance Analytics Firm Mirror42
ServiceNow announced this week that it has bolstered its cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) platform with the acquisition of Mirror42, a Dutch startup that specializes in performance tracking. Terms of the acquisition were not…
Oculus Rift: The Virtual Reality Glasses that Will Change the Video Game World
By Saroj Kar
Do you remember the Virtual Boy? Virtual Boy was Nintendo’s failed attempt to bring virtual reality (VR) into the living room? The Virtual Boy was not exactly a success. However, it’s been almost twenty…
DropBox Unveils New Platform at DBX Conference
One of the highlights at DBX, Dropbox’s first ever developer conference, was the launch of the Dropbox platform, a suite of tools for building apps that allows effortless access to hundreds of millions of…
Atlassian Bamboo 5 Preview: Improves Devs and Ops Cross-Silo Collaboration
By Saroj Kar
Atlassian, the leading provider of software for team collaboration products, announced the launch of Bamboo 5, the latest continuous integration (CI) server version. The public release of Bamboo 5 is scheduled for very soon–official…
Enterprise IT Ops with BlueStripe and Microsoft System Center
A significant trend is taking place in the industry as companies are increasingly taking their IT Operations management to Microsoft’s System Center platform. Microsoft’s System Center platform is made of a set of server…
Planet Labs To Launch 28 Nanosatellites
By Isha Suri
Planet Labs, a purpose-driven space and analytics company based in San Francisco, recently announced that it will launch a constellation of 28 nanosatellites that will revolutionize the Earth imaging industry by offering frequent, low-cost…
How the Quantified-Self Will Make Big Data a Normal Part of Life
There are numerous fitness apps and accessories that aim to help a person keep healthy, or motivate them to live a healthier life. Some require a separate device like a bracelet to track your…
Movidius Raises $16 Million to Boost Augmented Reality Portfolios
By Saroj Kar
With investments towering up for 3D content development and next generation high-performance image-processing chip, mobile multimedia chip augmented reality player Movidius foresees a huge potential in this market. This improvised new technology experience on…