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Dell EMC jam packs all things AI into on-prem Ready Solutions
When will audible cha-chings finally ring out from end-of-the-line data intelligence in action? Businesses are pinning their hopes on artificial intelligence — presently the “holy grail” of big data — to make it happen. What’s the vessel for this golden goose? A cloud-native open-source project or crypto-funded software as a service startup? No, it’s a big metal box ...
Can serverless win the multicloud Twister game?
Businesses are craving means to effectively leverage multiple clouds in the modern era of computing. In response, loads of vendors are rushing to market with multicloud management tools of questionable efficacy. For software developers, building applications that draw on a number of clouds might be easier if they construct them out of serverless architectures to dynamically ...
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AWS holds the advantage in serverless computing, says cloud economist
We’re in the wee hours of serverless computing. There’s no dog-eared bible to turn to, but we might nab some how-to notes from heavily invested vendors and practitioners. At least we can discern some of the quickest routes to serverless for those impatient to capture the cost-cutting benefits of this modern model in dynamic, cloud-computing allocation. “The ...
Cisco and Google land future of work straight on your browser
G Suite — the cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools from Google LLC — is familiar to workers everywhere. Likewise, Cisco Systems Inc.’s portfolio of technologies for meetings and collaboration has picked up lots of enterprise fans. Fittingly, the two companies have teamed up to usher in the cloud-and-AI-enabled future of work. Google Cloud Platform ...
The bring-your-own-identity trend in user authentication
What is user identity in the cloud and multicloud world? With infrastructure and applications scattered about, it could conceivably get messy and fractured. But enterprise employees increasingly demand easy experiences that mirror those in the consumer realm. New bring-your-own-identity services might make the “forgot your password?” popup a thing of the past. “Organizations have been ...
Can AI bring sanity to America’s healthcare costs?
Anybody who’s looked at their medical bills lately knows something deep in the machinery of the healthcare industry is broken. The U.S. has some of the highest drug prices in the world — high enough to prompt President Trump to declare that drug companies are “getting away with murder.” Silicon Valley is exporting cost-cutting solutions ...
Google and Unity amp up connected game development
Connected gaming lets players connect with each other and, perhaps, a game’s creators via a range of interactive media. The device might be a mobile phone, a PC, or a virtual reality headset, to name a few. The makers are pooling creative juices and technologies from open source and elsewhere to multiply players’ gaming pleasure. ...
AI makeover for file storage cloud, courtesy of Google and NetApp
Despite the popularity of cloud object storage, file storage’s more structured data repositories are still swinging it in the enterprise. Google Cloud Platform just moved to beef up its file options, striking up a bidirectional partnership with 26-year-old storage legacy NetApp Inc. to integrate each other’s services and provide customers flexible storage options. The story is ...
Google makes containers ‘first-class citizen’ in hybrid cloud
Google Cloud Platform is signaling hybrid-cloud readiness with its latest product announcements and partnerships. The state-of-the-art network its built over the years is coming in handy for tasks like hurling containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications) from one environment to another. Google now turns to networking legacy Cisco Systems Inc. to bring its cloud ...
Multicloud, containers need all-seeing security eye
How does a business secure all of its digital data these days? It might be on-premises, in the cloud, or in containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications). Is there a peephole through which to see all data assets and detect security vulnerabilities? It might be a tool that skips individual stops and goes straight ...
