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Within the past month, two organizations released reports documenting why having a cloud data protection strategy will be increasingly critical in the near future. The “2020 Thales Data Threat Report,” with analysis by IDC Research Inc., revealed that organizations are reaching a …
As adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates, can the technology be trusted?
The list of concerns around the use of artificial intelligence seems to grow with every passing week. Issues around bias, the use of AI for deepfake videos and audio, misinformation, governmental surveillance, security and failure of the technology to properly identify the simplest of objects …
As coronavirus spreads, Pure Storage keeps supply chain intact to support video infrastructure
Hope for the best, plan for the worst. When Pure Storage Inc. began to get signals from its contacts in China that a virus was spreading throughout the country and shutting down plants, the all-flash data storage hardware and software provider began …
Ellie Mae’s acquisitions and outlook send it along the multicloud journey
Ellie Mae Inc. bills itself as the “leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry,” but there is a lot more to its technology story. The software company, which processes more than 35% of U.S. mortgage applications, has emerged as the …
Pandemic pullback: Remote-work investment won’t fully offset IT budget declines
Companies are spending to gear up work-from-home infrastructure as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, but signs currently point to flat or reduced information technology budgets for the remainder of the year. That’s the good and bad news gathered from survey …
Code for the code: tools for measuring and monitoring app performance
Trends in technology can often be measured neatly in decades. From 2000 to 2010, the boom in software materialized. The period from 2010 to 2020 was all about cloud, hybrid computing and everything becoming as-a-service. Milin Desai (pictured), kicked off a new …
Intel’s innovative approach to data encryption could advance AI and machine learning
Artificial intelligence isn’t just the future of enterprise computing. It’s also the future of chipmaking giant Intel Corp. as well. With Intel’s growing data center business now ranked second behind its PC chip division, the company realized $3.5 billion from AI-related products …
Despite economic chaos, it’s time to push digital transformation, says marketing expert
Rather than temporarily pull back from digital transformation, this may be an ideal time to hit the gas even harder. Before a global coronavirus outbreak severely disrupted the world’s economy, the enterprise world was steaming at full speed to adopt digital transformation …
Virus-related cancellations bring ‘force majeure’ for contracts into play
It means “superior force” in French, but for many businesses “force majeure” is a contractual clause that relieves parties from meeting agreed terms when events, such as the spread of coronavirus, reach epidemic proportions. The clause has become significant in recent days …
Will digital communications fill the gap as coronavirus sends millions home?
Digital communication as a productive medium is about to get the ultimate test. As the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, spreads around the globe, numerous large events and industry gatherings are being cancelled. Companies and schools are sending employees and students home, …