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Doug Black

Amid Upbeat Earnings, Intel to Cut 1% of Employees, Add as Many

January 24th, 2020 (0)

For all the sniping two tech old timers take, both IBM and Intel announced surprisingly upbeat earnings this week. IBM CEO Ginny Rometty was all smiles at this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, after IBM beat Wall ...

In Advanced Computing and HPC, Dell EMC Sets Sights on the Broader Market Middle

January 22nd, 2020 (0)

If the leading advanced computing/HPC server vendors were in the batting lineup of a baseball team, Dell EMC would be going for lots of singles and doubles – and some home runs, too – trying to hit for a ...

Intel Chairman Bryant Steps Down, Replaced by Ishrak

January 21st, 2020 (0)

Intel’s chairman of more than seven years, Andy Bryant, has stepped down to temporarily take a regular board seat and serve as executive advisor to the company, according to an Intel announcement today. Replacing Bryant as chairman: Dr. Omar ...

AMD Recruits Intel, IBM Execs; Pending Layoffs Reported at Intel Data Platform Group

January 17th, 2020 (0)

This article is an update to a story published last Friday, January 17. AMD has raided Intel and IBM for new senior managers, one of whom will replace an AMD executive who has played a prominent role during the ...

AI + IoT = AIoT, Multimodal Intelligence and Other Trends to Watch

January 17th, 2020 (0)

2019 was an interesting year for the technology industry – many technologies were hyped heading into the year; however, their paths of adoption took different directions: Adoption of AI/ML continued to increase, with newer breakthroughs and areas of application ...

China’s Coming Crypto Yuan and the Digital Disruption of Banking, for Starters

January 16th, 2020 (0)

Even as China signed an agreement with the U.S. this week billed as a step toward reducing trade tensions, it’s unlikely the signing ceremony heralds a new era of détente between the two economic, military and technological superpowers. Assuming ...

Quantum’s F1000 NVMe Storage Server for Unstructured Video and Image Data

January 14th, 2020 (0)

High performance storage specialist Quantum Corp. this morning announced an addition to its F-Series line of NVMe storage servers – the F1000 comes in at a lower price point than its F2000 counterpart announced at NAB last year while ...

AI Is Changing Web Development

January 13th, 2020 (0)

According to Accenture, 77 percent of smart devices include at least one AI feature. It is anticipated that by 2025 the global AI market will reach $60 billion. The growth of AI has created greater demand for this technology ...

White House AI Regulatory Guidelines: ‘Remove Impediments to Private-sector AI Innovation’

January 9th, 2020 (0)

When it comes to new technology, it’s been said government initially stays uninvolved – then gets too involved. The White House’s guidelines for federal agencies on AI regulations, issued this week, can be viewed as a government still in ...

Machine Learning, Clouds & Pills: Biopharma AI’s Big Impact

January 8th, 2020 (0)

Advances in AI and cloud technologies are helping health and pharmaceutical companies improve services, but they come with regulatory challenges. Let’s look at how smart companies are leveraging smart tech to gain a competitive advantage, and stay on the ...