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December 2017

"Good morning, how may I assist you?"
Zach Emmanuel - Computer Weekly 11 Dec 2017

Robots should be ideal at home or in the workplace, right? These fully co-operative, obedient and reliable machines should make all our lives easier, right? They can’t think for themselves, they ...

Inside the pooh-pooh committee
Ryan Priest 07 Dec 2017

The sole purpose of phone software updates is now universally regarded as a means of accessing the latest batch of emojis that may have been introduced, and somewhere in California, plans were in ...

Alexa for work - the IT helpdesk's new best friend
Bryan Glick - Editor in chief 01 Dec 2017

Helpdesk technicians in IT departments around the world will rejoice at Amazon’s announcement of a corporate version of its voice-enabled assistant Alexa for use in the workplace. It cannot now be ...

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Surveillance technology under fire, amid growing societal concerns

As San Francisco halts city use of facial recognition technology, CIOs could see more regulatory actions against surveillance ...
Deep learning pioneer Fei-Fei Li on the fundamentals of ethical AI

AI luminary Fei-Fei Li was among a group of distinguished AI researchers asked to share their thoughts on how to develop ethical ...
Andrew Ng's AI playbook for the enterprise: 6 must-dos

AI legend and online education pioneer Andrew Ng has developed an AI playbook for businesses. Here are six must-dos.

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2019's top email security best practices for employees

Attackers exploit email every day to break into your network, but you can reduce risk for everyone by promoting these email ...
IT pros stress importance of security awareness training

End-user naiveté can lead to costly data breaches, underscoring the critical importance of security awareness training. Learn how...
What makes BSA's secure software development framework unique?

BSA rolled out a new secure software development framework in an effort to promote best practices for secure software development...

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Customers get a peek at future Extreme Networks products

Extreme Connect attendees got a peek at the company's product roadmap. Upcoming Extreme Networks products include an IoT device ...
Marconi Mainnet launched for building, scaling complex networks

The Marconi Mainnet platform provides blockchain security, multi-cloud connectivity, advanced firewalls and secure gateways for ...
Key factors to consider before evaluating campus edge switches

Before buying a campus edge switch, it's important to understand how technologies such as IoT could affect campus traffic and how...

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Exascale computing, now at $2.8B, described as critical to U.S.

The race to build exascale supercomputers is a project of big governments -- China, Japan, the European Union and the U.S. ...
HPE-Cray deal brings supercomputers to enterprises for AI

HPE's $1.3 billion deal to acquire supercomputing pioneer Cray Inc. should better position the company in the HPC market among IT...
IBM mainframe pricing overhaul inspired by cloud model

IBM's new Tailored Fit Pricing model gives enterprises more flexibility in the types of workloads they run on the z/OS platform.

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Inside view of Tibco integration architecture planning

Tibco's acquisitions of well-regarded, small software specialists such as SnappyData are part of a drive toward what it calls '...
Lumina launches Radiance, a data risk management platform

In an effort to prevent data loss, Lumina launched Radiance, a SaaS data risk management platform. It collects and analyzes data ...
Advice on enterprise data cleansing from an SAP VP

SAP's Kristin McMahon details data cleansing best practices and explains why a good data cleanse needs continual communication, ...

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