The challenge to integrate strategies, systems and data across departments and regions remains the most significant challenge for smart cities, and the ultimate stumbling block if they are to retain charge and influence as the main interface with citizens for city services. Otherwise, the...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Commercial wireless services in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum are getting closer and closer to reality, with devices expected to arrive soon and certification efforts underway.
Speakers at a CBRS-focused program at the Connectivity Expo touched on a number of recent developments in...
The White House has convened a meeting today (May 10) of 40 leading tech firms to discuss policy issues related to artificial intelligence (AI), including workforce development, regulatory barriers, and sector-specific applications. The move follows a glut of state-sponsored European AI initiatives in the...
Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks will share anonymised safety data between connected vehicles in Sweden and Norway in real time before the year is out, the pair have announced. Volvo Cars has also announced deeper integration of Google apps and services in its new...
The only way to manage the rising chaos within industrial IoT systems is to deploy an IoT platform that provides flexibility and control. But there are masses of them out there. How can an ambitious IT chief or digital officer choose between them? German...
The internet of things (IoT) is a broad term that covers a multitude of connectivity types, sensors and vertically-tailored applications. But, at a high level, the IoT is all about connecting previously "dumb" objects in order to data that can be analyzed to optimize...
Chinese vendor says the restriction would also affect the interests of some U.S firms
Chinese vendor ZTE said that a U.S. ban on the sale of components and software to the company is unfair and threatens its survival but will also potentially affect the interests...
GitLab and Google work on automating container cluster deployments
GitLab is collaborating with Google Cloud to provide native integration into Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
GitLab said its native GKE integration will enable developers to automatically spin up a cluster to deploy applications in a few clicks....
Wireless will be hot during this year’s 2018 National Association of Broadcasters show is being held in Las Vegas this week. In years past, this show has been filled with all the new bells and whistles the television industry wanted to roll out. I...
Device sensor data, app data, network data, "goes to Google," Oracle VP says
During a keynote presentation at the Competitive Carriers Association's Mobile Carriers Show, Oracle Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Peter Lord provided an illuminating look at the amount and specificity of data sent...
Google embracing blockchain technology
Google is reportedly looking into using blockchain technology to boost the search engine giant’s cloud business, according to sources familiar with the matter at Bloomberg.
Blockchain is a technology that helps keep record of online transactions in a distributed, decentralized way using...
Google announces Skaffold automation tool for Kubernetes
Google recently introduced a new open source, automation tool called Skaffold, which the company said facilitates continuous development for Kubernetes applications.
Kubernetes is an open source platform that manages containerized workloads and services, where a container serves as a...
Choosing a vendor
Businesses are increasingly migrating to the cloud in order to deploy applications, scale resources on-demand, cut costs, among other benefits. In order to reap the benefits of the cloud, however, a company must first choose a cloud vendor, which is no small...
CloudBees invests in Kubernetes technology
Continuous delivery software services provider CloudBees announced that it is investing in Kubernetes technology across all of its business domains. As part of the initiative, CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise now supports Kubernetes, is working with Kubernetes talent and has become a...
Palo Alto Networks announces second quarter earnings
Palo Alto Networks released financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2018. The fiscal second quarter 2018 grew 28% year-over-year to $542.4 million, compared with total revenue of $422.6 million for the fiscal second quarter 2017.
Palo Alto attributed its...
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Mobile data on...
A growing market
The cloud computing market has become increasingly dense as vendors of all sizes compete for customers who have gravitated to the technology as a way to run their business operations. Research firm IDC projects global public cloud spending will reach $203.4 billion...
Goal is to align consumer and enterprise products to tell "IoT story of Google"
Former Samsung CTO Injong Rhee, who joined the Korean tech giant in 2011, announced in a LinkedIn post that he has taken on the new role of entrepreneur-in-residence to lead Alphabet...
Why is Microsoft Cortana still the great unknown in the world of AI? We’ve all heard the excitement and read countless stories around the continual advancement of artificial intelligence with Apple Siri, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and countless others. Why then can’t Microsoft seem...
Cisco and Microsoft announce new network practice
Cisco announced it is extending its partnership with Microsoft by creating a new network practice that brings Cisco Solution Support to Azure ExpressRoute.
The purpose of the partnership is to help customers address technical issues coupled to hybrid architectures....
Alphabet unveils new cyber security business
Google parent company Alphabet announced it is deploying a new security firm dubbed Chronicle, with the aim of helping businesses recognize and thwart cyber attacks. The company will leverage Google’s computing and storage infrastructure, as well as machine learning...
AI research and development requires a "balanced" approach
Technology giant Google, a subsidiary of parent company Alphabet, is engaged in a wide range of research into applications for artificial intelligence (AI) that include machine translation to remove language barriers, improving healthcare by empowering doctors to...
Google announces five new cloud computing regions and three submarine cables
Google announced Tuesday it is expanding its global infrastructure with the addition of three new submarine fiber-optic cables and five new cloud computing regions to be launched later this year.
The five new areas Google...
There should be quite a bit of embarrassment at Apple in the last couple weeks since they admitted to the iPhone slowdown. But is there? I wrote about this problem several times in recent years. What happens next--as Apple pushes three new iPhone models-- now...
