News Fortinet Claims 21,000 SD-WAN Customers, Challenging Cisco By David Ramel 01/06/2020 Security specialist Fortinet claims more than 21,000 organizations have chosen its software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) solution. That’s news because Cisco Systems — the acknowledged leader in many networking/virtualization market niches — claimed only more than 20,000 SD-WAN solution customers in a Nov. 26 […]
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AI-powered robo-dogs win hearts in Japan
Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“Artificial intelligence can help doctors do a better job of finding breast cancer on mammograms, researchers from Google and medical centers in the United States and Britain are reporting in the journal Nature…Tested on images where the diagnosis was already known, the new system performed better than radiologists. On scans from the […]
Blockchain and other emerging technologies for financial services
<!– –> Share this post: Blockchain and cryptoassets have, and rightly so, received a large amount of coverage and analysis during the last few years. In the background, and potentially representing technology tools and applications that might be more applicable for most organizations at this stage, artificial intelligence has continued to permeate an array of […]
Baidu CEO makes first India trip as it catches up with Alibaba, Tencent
Robin Li, the founder and chief executive of Chinese search engineBaidu, has made his first ever visit to India, at a time when rival Chinese technology giants Alibaba and ByteDance are making inroads in the country. Li is also seeking collaborations with Indian institutes as his company seeks local expertise in areas such as artificial […]
Ola standardising commissions, looks to attract more drivers
Cab aggregator Ola is adopting standardised driver commissions and moving away from an incentive-driven model to give its drivers better visibility into their earnings in a bid to revive the supply of drivers that has taken a hit over the past year. The ride-hailing company is also making a strong push towards leasing business to […]
Machine Learning Opens Door For Evocon OEE Software In Manufacturing
I am a regular reader of Louis Columbus on Forbes. He recently wrote a great article on the impact of machine learning on global manufacturing. There are plenty of ways that manufacturers are using machine learning to bolster their bottom line. These include: There are a lot of ways that machine learning is being incorporated […]
How online shopping boom has created a new sector of employment
Key to a great online shopping experience is the final delivery of that box home — on time, always, intact — come rain, hailstorm, blistering summers or the cold wave currently sweeping across most of north India. The experience that starts on a shopping app ends with a delivery agent knocking on the door. Unlike […]
Humans of gig economy: The cultural transformation of the delivery agent
Like all self-respecting youngsters in Guwahati, Pranjit Haloi had exciting plans for the New Year’s Eve. The 20-year-old was going for a gig to the city’s popular Lalmati area. But he wasn’t there to join a throng of some 200 headbangers in the audience. He performed on stage, to applause worthy of the new singing […]
Real Estate Firm CEO Predicts Tokenization of Physical Assets in a Blockchain Race
Real Estate is one of the best performing assets in the world especially during inflation (until it leads to recession). Chris Powers, the CEO of Fort Capital predicts that this decade will see a technological shift in the space. He foresees tokenization or securitization of real assets using Blockchain. Power’s tweeted, #had3{ text-align: center; display:none; } […]
Looking back at BigML’s 2019 in Numbers
2019 has come to an end and it seems to have gone in warp speed with so much happening in the fast-paced world of Machine Learning. 2019 was no exception to the rule among recent years in that it has witnessed a continued rise in interest in Machine Learning from all industries. Furthermore, many more […]