Microsoft Bolsters Azure With Cloud HPC Deal
Microsoft has acquired cloud computing software vendor Cycle Computing in a move designed to bring orchestration tools along with high-end computing access capabilities to the cloud. Terms of the ...Full Article
‘IoT for Puppies’ and AI Help Identify Guide Dog Trainees with the Right Stuff
The dog has been called our "first friend," the bond between dogs and people extends to our pre-history, and one of the most revered forms of that bond is ...Full Article
Huawei, MapD Join Forces on GPU-Based Servers
Data analytics and visualization specialist MapD Technologies has inked a deal with Huawei, the multinational networking and telecommunications giant, to juice the Chinese vendor's server hardware with scalable GPU-supported ...Full Article
Data Among Keys to Industrial IoT Success
Among the first sectors likely to cash in on the Internet of Things is industrial, which has been in the vanguard of networking the factory floor to achieve efficiencies ...Full Article
IBM Scales AI with Distributed Deep Learning
IBM announced today an enhancement to its PowerAI software platform aimed at scaling AI models on today’s fastest GPUs. Scaling to 256 GPUs with its new distributed deep learning ...Full Article
Senate Bill Seeks to Boost IoT Security
Responding to a rash of malware attacks on early and vulnerable Internet of Things devices, lawmakers have stepped forward with a proposal to improve weak IoT cyber-security. While attempts ...Full Article
Airlines Embracing AI Take Wing, AI Index Finds
Stock prices of airline companies – starting with Southwest and Hawaiian airlines – that have embraced AI look like the flight path of a plane just after take-off: steady ...Full Article
Advice to AI Startups: Lift Veil on Algorithms
The hardheaded folks who advise investors on what technologies show promise and which are mostly smoke and mirrors are beginning to weigh in on much-hyped approaches such as machine ...Full Article
Low-Code Platforms Seen Gaining Traction
The low-code approach to enterprise software development is gathering momentum as companies leverage the platforms for cloud and other digital initiatives along with process automation, according to an industry ...Full Article
Early Blockchain Rollouts Expose Interoperability Issues
Blockchain technology is making inroads in the enterprise, especially among banks and financial services firms handling heavy transaction volumes that require the back-and-forth of much transmitted payment information. While ...Full Article
