Japan-based Toyota has taken a stake in data analytics firm ALBERT, also from Japan, to bring new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in house, and develop its own autonomous driving capabilities.
Toyota said the pair have struck a “business alliance” that will see...
The White House hosted 100 government officials, research academics, and business leaders to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of funding, regulation, workers and “military advantage” last week.
The Artificial Intelligence for American Industry summit, on May 10, was organised around two breakout sessions....
Oracle has agreed to buy California-based data analytics specialist DataScience.com for an undisclosed fee to boost its machine learning capabilities.
DataScience.com offers a one-stop data analytics platform, providing self-service access to open source data science tools, and related projects and infrastructure. The platform allows customers,...
HPE's intelligent automation announcement got the ball rolling at TM Forum's annual gathering in Nice. Given that the show is titled Digital Transformation World, expect a deluge of similar messaging in the coming days.
HPE announced a new suite of management tools aimed at helping...
Nokia has acquired California-based IoT analytics firm SpaceTime Insight to expand its capabilities help it develop industrial IoT applications formarkets such as manufacturing, energy, logistics, transportation and utilities.
The move follows Nokia’s disposal of its digital healthcare business last week, just two years after acquiring...
Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with the Hasso Plattner Institute, a finishing school for digital engineering in Germany, to enhance the British engine maker’s capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and data security.
The pair signed a memorandum of understanding at the ILA Berlin Air Show...
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...
Nokia has unveiled a new cloud-based data centre for edge computing. The Finnish telecoms vendor said the new data centre solution supports automation functions in industrial settings, as well as localised data processing in standard network architecture.
New 5G technologies will encourage operators to implement...
Farming is wasteful and resources are dwindling. The role of the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) in smart agriculture has never been so important, says Monsanto. They provide the only way the sector will change its ways and feed future generations.
Smarter...
German software company Software AG reckons the industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) has reached a tipping point. Enterprises have bought into its promise, and are starting to carry through on tech blueprints to connect to improve efficiencies and productivity.
“We see a turning point in the industry,...
Kaspersky Lab announces Hybrid Cloud Security offering
Kaspersky Lab is expanding its virtualization and cloud security portfolio with the launch of its Hybrid Cloud Security offering. As the name suggests, the purpose of the solution is to secure hybrid clouds environments. It provides API-integration with...
Symantec uses machine learning to detect targeted attacks
Cybersecurity company Symantec announced it has made a threat detection technology used internally to detect targeted attacks available to its Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) customers.
Targeted attacks are one the biggest cybersecurity threats facing organizations. They can be...
In the face of rising political disruption, the European Commission (EC) has in recent weeks redoubled its innovation schedule with new commitments to artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital healthcare applications. Here, we pick five of its best Horizon 2020 projects, covering everything from drone-mounted...
Leveraging machine learning for cybersecurity
Data breaches and cyber attacks have become harder to deter over the last few years. According to Cisco’s 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report, for example, the expanded volume of both legitimate and malicious encrypted traffic on the web has made it...
For service providers and enterprises, cloud adoption drives innovation
NEW YORK--Oracle Executive Vice President Bob Weiler stressed to attendees of the Oracle Industry Connect event that now is the time to move business processes to the cloud. "You have to go to the cloud," he...
Apcela aims to improve machine learning with Enhanced Analytics Platform
Application delivery company Apcela is breaking into machine learning with the deployment of its Enhanced Analytics Platform (EAP). Accompanying the platform is a SD-WAN API, which extends Cisco’s SD-WAN solution with Elastic’s ElasticSearch, Logstash and...
Oracle AI, machine learning solutions mark move toward automation
The long view on telecommunications networking is automation of management and operational processes. This is highlighted with the advent of 5G, which is designed to provide connectivity for billions of new devices with a wide range...
Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB is to splash €100 million on a new innovation and training campus at the home of Austria-based automation systems manufacturer B&R. It is the largest internal investment ABB has ever made in industrial automation. The new campus will develop technologies...
Putting AI on devices moves processing to the very edge of the network
As 5G continues to develop in support of new latency-sensitive use cases, there's a broad move to augment centralized cloud-based services with processing, compute and storage capabilities at the network edge. Think...
VMware purchases E8 Security
VMware announced last week it has acquired California-based cybersecurity startup E8 Security. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
E8 Security's Fusion Platform leverages machine learning to identify cyber threats. Its purpose is to pinpoint malicious behavior and address vulnerabilities.
As part...
Nokia has released a new version of its customer analytics solution that incorporates artificial intelligence algorithms, and the company says that the changes means getting faster results.
The new AI algorithms for Nokia's customer analytics software were co-developed with Nokia Bell Labs. Shelley Schleuter, head...
Today’s wireless networks are hugely complex already, and will acquire new layers of sophistication as the industry launches 5G services. Traditional rule-based, deterministic algorithms no longer cut it.
Network operators require more dynamic methods to get the best from their infrastructure and services. Artificial intelligence...
Today’s wireless networks are hugely complex already, and will acquire new layers of sophistication as the industry launches 5G services. Traditional rule-based, deterministic algorithms no longer cut it.
Network operators require more dynamic methods to get the best from their infrastructure and services. Artificial intelligence...
Today’s wireless networks are hugely complex already, and will acquire new layers of sophistication as the industry launches 5G services. Traditional rule-based, deterministic algorithms no longer cut it.
Network operators require more dynamic methods to get the best from their infrastructure and services. Artificial intelligence...
