Some Kolkata-based delivery executives of online food aggregator Zomato staged a protest in the city on Saturday, claiming to show their anger at the firm’s China-based investor Alibaba, whose financial affiliate Ant Financial holds about 26% stake in the restaurant discovery platform. The videos of these protests which show a group of purportedly Zomato employees […]
Archives for June 2020
Phoenix Contact, Quectel and Ericsson jointly develop the first industrial 5G router for private networks
Phoenix Contact, Quectel and Ericsson have worked together to develop and deploy the first industrial 5G router for local industrial applications in a private 5G network. With the help of the newly developed 5G Router, industrial applications, such as machines, controls and other equipment, can now be connected to a private 5G network and thus […]
VMware Boosts SD-WAN with Zero Trust Service Amid Remote Work Surge
News VMware Boosts SD-WAN with Zero Trust Service Amid Remote Work Surge By David Ramel 06/26/2020 Citing the need for secure access to enterprise applications amid the work-from-home surge caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, VMware is augmenting its software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) offering with a Zero Trust Service. Generally, the Zero Trust model is a […]
Data-Driven SEO Is A Crucial Channel For Savvy Marketers
Big data has always been at the forefront of the digital marketing movement. Sensible marketers recognize that AI, machine learning and other big data technologies are crucial to the success of their marketing efforts. One of the ways that big data has been most effective is with SEO. One expert recently pointed out that big […]
How IT Pros Can Lead the Fight for Data Ethics
Maintaining ethics means being alert on a continuum for issues. Here’s how IT teams can play a pivotal role in protecting data ethics. We often consider ethics as an unchangeable instance of right and wrong. But ethics involves a continual governance of conduct of an activity. So, determining ethical issues are usually measured with context. […]
AI: The New Order of Business
Tales of robots and smart speakers are eclipsed by those of automation and natural language processing, which are drivers for greater efficiencies, increased productivity and new revenue. As we begin to slowly emerge from behind the shadow of COVID-19, the virus has brought new meaning to words like adaptability, mitigation and recovery for business. Although […]
IBM Cloud suffers second global outage this month
IBM Cloud suffered intermittent outages this week, marking the second time this month the service has experienced severe disruption. The service was hit by sporadic outages and issues in the UK, the US, Sydney, Tokyo and more for several hours on Wednesday night, according to reports. Users have complained of problems logging in to the service, while those already online have had difficulty […]
New unemployment claims for week of June 8 are 78% below COVID-19 peak
As businesses reopen, many who were temporarily laid off are now being rehired, according to a new report from WalletHub. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto As a follow up to their May jobs report, WalletHub takes a look at the state of unemployment, as offices begin to open and bring employees back to the office for the […]
Expiring security certificates may start shutting down IoT devices
Updating CA root SSL certificates requires updating the firmware on streaming devices, smart devices, routers, cameras, and more. <a href="https://tr4.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/06/22/5212410c-8d8d-4806-ad4b-8c7d169e79a9/resize/770x/f084699ae9f84ab82e493bbcd55f1232/ssl-certificate-cover-copy.jpg" target="_blank" data-component="modalEnlargeImage" data-headline=" Green SSL Button With A Lock On A Keyboard, Secure Internet Concept ” data-credit=”Getty Images/iStockphoto” rel=”noopener noreferrer nofollow”> Green SSL Button With A Lock On A Keyboard, Secure Internet Concept Getty Images/iStockphoto […]
Lenovo announces IoT business solutions for the post-pandemic return to the office
The company created some IoT options for companies to ensure safe workspaces for companies and employees. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ready or not, there have been more than rumblings about offices reopening after a three-month shutter in an effort to combat the worldwide threat of COVID-19. Lenovo announced Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for businesses which […]