News Careers Site: ‘Cloud Computing and Containerization Skills Are Booming’ By David Ramel 01/10/2020 Careers site Indeed.com combed internal data to report on major trends in the tech skills market, finding that “cloud computing and containerization skills are booming.” “Docker, Kubertnetes, and other containerized tech tools allow software engineers to isolate the environment in which […]
Archives for 2020
Retail transformation with Cisco Meraki at NRF 2020
We’re headed to New York in January to showcase the latest and greatest in IT for retail Succeeding in today’s rapidly-evolving and challenging retail business means being hyper-focused on customer experience and creating a journey – whether it be online or in-store – that is consistent and memorable for the right reasons. With the dominance […]
Media Enterprises Fight Extinction with Transformation & Data
A report released at CES shows media organizations are concerned about changes in delivery, technology, and a need for new skills. There is a race underway in media and entertainment to stay viable as new platforms and shifting consumer habits tear down legacy models. At the CES 2020 trade show underway in Las Vegas, Ernst […]
Teams unveils Walkie Talkie and off-shift access controls in frontline workers push
Microsoft has unveiled a set of new features for its flagship Teams platform to appeal to what the company calls “firstline workers” in industries like medicine, retail and manufacturing. Over the course of 2020, the major Slack rival will introduce a suite of tools, including features like an in-app walkie-talkie, shared device sign-out and off-shift […]
VMware Sees ‘Dawn of Hybrid Apps’
News VMware Sees ‘Dawn of Hybrid Apps’ By David Ramel 01/09/2020 Virtualization kingpin VMware is big on making new-year technology predictions, authoring many blog posts and videos on what it sees in store for various tech niches, including one by VMware exec Chris Wolf that forecasts “the dawn of hybrid apps.” “A hybrid app is […]
4 Ring Employees Fired For Spying on Customers
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Warner Bros turns to AI to greenlight movies
Warner Bros will trial a machine-learning platform to help predict how movies will perform at the box office. The iconic film studio said it will use Cinelytics’ AI and cloud-based project management system to inform its decision around talent valuations and release strategies. Cinelytic is a Hollywood-based business that applies machine-learning models to licensed performance data […]
Mozilla fixes Firefox zero-day being actively exploited
Mozilla has patched a critical flaw in its Firefox browser that’s being actively exploited by criminals in targeted attacks. The critical vulnerability, branded CVE-2019-17026, allows an attacker to seize control of an affected computer through a mechanism that leads to ‘type confusion’, according to an advisory released by Mozilla. The company confirmed that the critical […]
Insight Partners snaps up Veeam for $5bn
Data management firm Veeam has been acquired by software investors Insight Partners in a deal worth approximately $5 billion. The change will see the Swiss firm become a US company, with an American leadership team take the helm. Veeam offers backup solutions for cloud data management. According to the latest IDC Software Tracker, it’s the […]
flexiWAN Claims First with Open Source SD-WAN Now Generally Available for Production
News flexiWAN Claims First with Open Source SD-WAN Now Generally Available for Production By David Ramel 01/08/2020 Israeli company flexiWAN claimed an industry first with yesterday’s introduction of what the company says is the first open source software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) offering. The company emerged from stealth in the spring of last year with a […]