Container technology’s virtualized methods for running distributed software applications are increasingly outshining the work of virtual machines. Many experts agree that containers are more agile and scalable vehicles for workloads compared to VMs. But a lot of existing products — particularly hyperconverged infrastructure appliances — were built with VM-centric principals. Can systems built for VMs transform and ...

Doing better business and saving loads of cash might not require hiring financial and accounting wizards to the C-suite. It may be possible simply through restructuring work in the oft-neglected Human Resources department, according to Deepak R. Bharadwaj (pictured), general manager of the HR Business Unit at ServiceNow Inc. “I think the opportunity to transform the ...

The term “hyperconverged infrastructure,” commonly called HCI, may bring to mind big metal boxes and hardware stacks. But in fact the hardware is the least important ingredient in integrated systems. The software layer — particularly, software-defined storage — is where differentiation occurs. Gartner Inc. researchers say that HCI is the fastest-growing segment of the integrated ...

Becoming a data-driven enterprise requires more than just parking data in a gigantic repository. “There’s big data, and there’s fast data,” said Dave Tang (pictured), senior vice president of corporate marketing and communications at Western Digital Corp. The true yield from data lakes is the predictive algorithms data scientists build from them. “And we’re able to ...

With the somewhat deceptive “AI washing” in software marketing lately, it’s important to ask: How far have we really come toward true artificial intelligence? “There’s a great deal of difficulty in trying to code the human brain,” said Janet George (pictured), fellow and chief data officer at Western Digital Corp. Products claiming to match human intelligence ...

There’s hopeful news for anyone who’s wished Siri could get up at 6:30 in the morning and go to work for them: A startup training artificial intelligence personas for industry verticals is honing in on the dream. Litbit Inc. has developed an AI platform for people with no coding skills, said Scott Noteboom (pictured), founder and chief ...

Face-reading artificial intelligence technology has shown up in identification and security use cases. What applications would result if such an AI could also tell when people are psyched, depressed or confused? “There are only seven or six universal emotions, plus neutral,” said Modar Alaoui (pictured), founder and chief executive officer at Eyeris Technologies Inc., developers of emotion ...

Everybody knows plugged-in electric devices draw power even when turned off. But even greenies don’t remember to unplug them when not in use. It’s a hassle for human intelligence but a great job for artificial intelligence, according to Mike Wilson (pictured), chief executive officer at BriteThings Inc. “Probably at your workplace and at home, there’s a ...

When TrueFace.ai began using face recognition technology in its “smart doorbell,” it quickly found itself branching out to different use cases. First came expanded use in-home and then commercial security, said Shaun Moore (pictured), the startup’s founder and chief executive officer. Suspecting an even wider range of possibilities, TrueFace.ai tapped developers to help suss them out. “We’re finding ...

Why is Internet of Things so hyped even as very few companies see it bear fruit on their bottom lines? “IoT investment have trailed a lot of expectations as to when they were going to really jump in the enterprise,” said Tom Stuermer (pictured), global managing director of ecosystem partnerships at Accenture plc. Part of the problem ...