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Acer, ASUS and HP want to make Alexa easy PC
David McClelland 12 Jan 2018

As sociable as Amazon’s smart assistant may at first appear, Alexa has never mixed well with Windows. Until now. Historically, Alexa has played nicely with smart speakers, TV sticks, robots, ...
CW Developer Network

Logitech K780 keyboard: multi-device makes a lot of sense
Adrian Bridgwater 02 Sep 2016

Yes this is a software application development blog, but we have been looking for a software-based solution to email meltdown hell for some time now. While the Gmail Boomerang extension is a great ...

Enterprise machine learning and AI: Use cases and challenges

In this handbook, learn how AI and machine learning advancements are disrupting digitized business and what CIOs can do to take ...

Tackling security debt: The role of risk register, patch management

In this Q&A, Akamai's Dave Lewis offers pointers on how to address security debt and also discusses how organizations can avoid ...

Bold cloud computing plan puts Accenture on fast track

Three years ago, the consulting company aimed to go from 10% in the public cloud to 90%. How's it faring? Infrastructure chief ...

SearchSecurity

IBM's new AI toolbox is designed to protect AI systems

IBM has made a new open source AI toolbox designed to provide practical defenses for real-world AI systems based on how threat ...

IBM's Cindy Compert cooks up a batch of GDPR preparation

GDPR preparation, with practical tips and recipes, was on the menu at RSAC 2018 as IBM CTO Cindy Compert offered practical advice...

RSAC keynote speakers push teamwork, incremental improvements

The RSAC keynote speakers pushed a unified idea of collaboration across public and private sectors, improved teamwork and the ...

SearchNetworking

Cisco advances Network Assurance Engine, network verification tech

Cisco's network verification tool, Network Assurance Engine, will add support for more third-party devices and platforms. Cisco's...

AT&T mobile 5G network falling short

The latest update on AT&T's mobile 5G network trials indicates the company will need to work faster to meet its goal of launching...

IDC: Steady growth for IT infrastructure products spending

IDC maps growth in IT infrastructure products spending, cPacket beefs up monitoring for 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps networks, and Dell ...

SearchDataCenter

How IBM's data science team quickens users' AI projects

In this Q&A, IBM's Seth Dobrin discusses the rising user interest in machine learning and AI projects and the help inexperienced ...

IBM blockchain technology spotlights mainframes

IBM's blockchain offerings aim to ease enterprise IT concerns by combining Z system mainframe hardware with industry-specific ...

IBM trots out 'skinny mainframe' to widen big iron appeal

IBM hopes to attract born-in-the-cloud startups that never considered buying a full-blown z14 mainframe, with its little brother,...

SearchDataManagement

GDPR data protection edicts make good data governance a must

The European Union's new GDPR law puts the onus on companies to ensure that their data governance and management practices enable...

GDPR rules can spur broader steps to protect sensitive data

Companies need to make compliance with GDPR's requirements on managing personal data a priority, but they should also work to ...

Data integrity protection spurs greater security spending

As hacking, ransomware and malware attacks mount, companies place big data protection and integrity among the primary reasons for...