Anybody wondering which data software has the depth and scale to handle their analytics project? Ask the National Ignition Facility. It provides scientists with data on how matter behaves under high pressures and temperatures. “If you actually look on Google Earth, and you look over Nevada, you’ll see a lot of craters in the desert,” ...

Many see Splunk Inc. as the big big data company. They’ve got a lot of seven-figure deals filed away with large enterprises that implement their platform for bottom-up projects built from scratch by data scientists. So who would believe Splunk will be the ones to finally package big data into use-case ready products for smaller scale ...

Integration platform as a service, or iPaaS, had a major growth spurt in the last few years. It now towers over niche platform as a service offerings that cover only one area, such as “internet of things.” It stretches across the entire enterprise — at least the latest iteration of the Dell Boomi iPaaS does; ...

Hobbling together computing infrastructure for agility and advanced capabilities such as artificial intelligence and real-time analytics can be a headache. The imperative is to release new software and services in step with customer whims, and that’s driving demand for technologies that stitch together data across the multicloud and automate infrastructure’s heavy lifting. “As chief executive, that’s what you crave — ...

Many hear the term Industry 4.0 and envision vast wind farms with digitally-connected machinery doing complex computations. And it is that, potentially. But there is another layer to 4.0 much closer to humans. It is about the interplay among workers, data, sensor technology and robots improving productivity from large factories to small businesses. “With industry 4.0, ...

Those versed in the intricacies of the Splunk Inc. data-analytics platform are hot tickets on today’s tech-heavy job market. Companies that can’t manage to nab such a precious specialist have alternatives, though. Splunk Cloud on Amazon Web Services Inc. can express deliver customers’ data to Splunk, with built-in compliance via an easy migration, according to Bina Khimani (pictured), global head, partner ...

Why is the nation of Bahrain overhauling its information technology infrastructure? It’s not merely trend-hopping along with the rest of the world embracing cloud computing. It is so that businesses and government organizations in the region can bring the country and its people into a new digital era. Bahrain’s partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc. is ...

When we talk about intelligent applications at the edge of computing networks, often we are referring to the tasks we perform everyday on our smartphones. Our handhelds already stream movies, recognize faces and act on voice commands, to name a few of their futuristic capabilities. The combination of 5G networking and stronger artificial-intelligence computing will send a new wave ...

Think of cryptocurrencies as lemons. Owners can keep them in the fridge or take them out and make lemonade, Tom Collinses or a meringue pie. Of limited options, many have been idle with their digital tokens, but startups are coming up with creative ways to squeeze more juice out of them, including real money loans. “We ...

Despite numerous initiatives to promote gender parity, women currently hold just 28.6 percent of computing jobs. Why? It’s a question that elicits a barrage of clashing answers that light flames of controversy in the news and social media feeds. There’s a sense that some in the tech community, such as former Google LLC engineer James Damore, are growing ...