The past several months have seen their share of hardship, but despite the challenges, organizations continue to see digital transformation in the cloud as a path to growth. The promises of accelerated innovation, efficient operations, and lower costs among others, have helped many businesses remain viable—if not thrive—and they’re now looking at how they can […]
Archives for April 2021
Grading our 2021 Oscars Machine Learning Predictions
After a difficult year in moviemaking and show business in general, the rescheduled 2021 Oscars were presented on Sunday evening marking the end of this year’s award season. Ultimately, history will be a better judge of the winning performances and productions as well as the hostless, lowkey ceremony by the Academy standards. However, few things […]
Wi-Fi in 2025: It could be watching your every move
I consider myself a techno-optimist. Technology has improved life for humanity in countless ways, like the wheel, the printing press, selfie sticks—these marvels have enriched us all. So too has Wi-Fi. If not for Wi-Fi, no one could idly stream YouTube videos on company laptops through rogue hotspots at a busy-but-socially-distanced coffeeshop when we’re supposed […]
Tips to prepare for Google Cloud Architect certification
IT professionals can add to their skill sets and advance their careers through cloud certifications. For those pursuing cloud architect roles, the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect is one certification path to consider. This professional-level certification assesses a candidate’s abilities to design and plan cloud architecture, manage and provision infrastructure, design for security and […]
Cisco expects chip shortage to last another six months
The global semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months, according to Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins. Robbins told the BBC that it would take “another six months to get through the short term” of the global chip shortage, adding that the crisis is unlikely to be fully resolved until 2022. “The providers are building out more capacity. And that’ll get better […]
6G to consider society’s requirements: A voice from NGMN MNOs across the world
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) alliance published its first 6G White Paper “6G Drivers and Vision”. While various views have already been shared by many organisations in industry and academia, says Quan Zhao, one of the three NGMN 6G project co-leads, and a senior member of technical staff in the Future Mobile Technology Lab, China Mobile. NGMN takes a unique position, […]
Fleet Management: How to reduce the chance of trucking accidents
Trucking accidents can be life-altering for the victims, with most victims typically being in the second vehicle rather than the truck itself. Fleet managers have a responsibility to ensure their teams are as safe on the roads as possible. Thankfully, there are plenty of strategies and procedures that can be put in place to reduce […]
AWS and Microsoft are not yet market leaders in IoT, but soon will be
By Matt Hetton, Founding Partner at Transforma Insights. Transforma Insights recently published a report comparing the capabilities of the three hyperscale cloud providers, Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft, in the provision of tools for enterprise digital transformation. This included analysis of their capabilities across eleven technology families, of which Internet of Things was weighted […]
The public carsharing fleet will reach 971,000 vehicles worldwide in 2025
According to a new research report by IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of users of carsharing services worldwide is forecasted to grow from 71.9 million people in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.5 percent to reach 190.3 million people in 2025. Berg Insight forecasts that the number of vehicles […]
NHS adopts predictive AI tech from controversial startup
The NHS has partnered with AI startup Faculty to improve its forecasting and predictive capabilities to improve patient care. The new partnership, which saw Faculty appointed as a partner following a tender process, will reportedly help the NHS to build on its success using AI so far and address new areas where AI forecasting tools can improve service delivery and patient […]