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Argentina has taken a step that is still a “someday maybe” dream in the United States. A national health information system has made patient medical records accessible across the country. And Red Hat Inc. has been an important partner in the project. “The patients …
Open source steps up as COVID-19 forces instant digital transformations
Businesses that were behind on the cloud journey before the novel coronavirus-19 are really feeling the heat right now. Transitioning to a digital workflow is hard in the best of times, but the almost instantaneous shift to work-from-home and online operations has …
The benefits of virtual events may make traditional conferences a thing of the past
As humanity self-isolates under the threat of COVID-19, the biggest social events on the information-technology calendar have been forced to join the digital transformation trend. And everyone who relies on conferences to create or disseminate information are adjusting to a new way …
How a former NSA scientist grasped the Holy Grail of encryption and changed the paradigm for safely sharing data
Women are a minority in tech, with an average of three men for every one woman. When it comes to cybersecurity, the imbalance is even more acute. A 2020 report shows that female cybersecurity experts are outnumbered five to one by their …
Unchecked sexism in early Silicon Valley: A new novel reveals the awkward truth
What was it like to be a woman in the early days of Silicon Valley? Exhilarating and brutally sexist, according to one Silicon Valley insider. Writing under the pen name Jenna MacSwain, the author shares her experiences in her new novel “A …
Tech industry leads the way in digital convention experiences
Social interaction has gone digital. From zoom meetings to conventions, the world has turned to technology to enable communication from the isolation of home. Big tech conferences, such as DockerCon 2020, are no exception. Except they are. Software developers have been productive …
‘Stay-at-home’ puts spotlight on digitally prepared companies over laggards
The changes to society over the past months during the coronavirus pandemic have been unprecedented. As governments around the world recommend social distancing and restrict movement, companies have been forced to quickly adapt. Switching operations to allow employees to work from home …
Cyberhygiene in the age of COVID-19: Avoid online viruses by virtual social-distancing
The world is staying home, and for many staying home means working from home. But bringing work home has a sinister side effect. Cybercriminals are rubbing their hands in glee as employees unable to access secure in-office computers log on in the …
Vertica v10 doubles down on machine learning
The key to effectively dealing with data? Step one: Gather data. Step two: Analyze data. Step three: Leverage data insights for fun and profit. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But the amount of data out there is piling up, and the complexities of …
Q&A: VP discusses deployment-flexible Vertica v10 and delivering transparent, replicable ML
It’s a wild ride keeping up in the surf of technological change. Some companies miss the wave, while others catch it only to wipe out as it crests. In the world of big data, Vertica has made a habit of catching wave …