Study: AI’s Not Just in the Future of Work – it’s Big Now
Pundits trumpet AI as the future for U.S. employment, but new research indicates AI's prevalence on the job is already here. How do we know? Because workers told us. ...Full Article
AWS Rolls ‘Inferentia’ Chip Amid Raft of New ML Services, Technologies
Amazon Web Services poured forth a rolling tide of new product announcements today at its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, an impressive portfolio of technologies that extend the cloud ...Full Article
Red Hat, AWS Expand Cloud Data Transfer Options
With its acquisition by IBM not expected to close until the second half of 2019, Red Hat continues to snap up cloud startups as it builds its hybrid cloud ...Full Article
Quantum Startup Targets the Stack
Add the Israeli startup Quantum Machines to the list of innovators pursuing the building blocks of the elusive computing architecture. The web site Techcrunch.com reported Wednesday (Nov. 21) that Tel ...Full Article
Intel Labs Looks to Scale its Neuromorphic Test Chip
Among the post-Moore’s Law chip architectures entering the test phase are neuromorphic chip designs that go beyond today’s CPUs and programmable logic chips to achieve near-term goals such as ...Full Article
Container Security Concerns Persist
Applications containers and other microservices are handling production workloads at an increasing rate, but several studies emphasize that container security lags. The latest concludes that risks around runtime attacks ...Full Article
At SC18: IBM’s AI-HPC Combines for Intelligent Simulation, Cognitive Discovery
A powerhouse concept in attaining new knowledge is the notion of the “emergent property,” the combination of formerly stovepiped scientific disciplines and exploratory methods to form cross-disciplinary intelligence that ...Full Article
Oracle Acquires SD-WAN Specialist Talari
Oracle has moved to add bandwidth and security to its cloud portfolio with the acquisition of Talari Networks, a software-defined networking specialist. Terms of the acquisition announced on Thursday ...Full Article
Salesforce Invests in Docker, which Partners with MuleSoft
In a bid to link legacy but critical applications with agile microservices, cloud software giant Salesforce is taking a stake in application container pioneer Docker, which will collaborate with ...Full Article
At SC18: Humanitarianism Amid Boom Times for HPC
At SC18 in Dallas, the feeling on the ground is forward-looking and buoyant. Like boom times that cycle through the Texas oil patch, the HPC industry is enjoying a ...Full Article


