AI

Artificial Intelligence

Pure Storage unveils AIRI Mini as ‘game changer’ to democratize AI in the enterprise

May 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage unveils AIRI Mini as ‘game changer’ to democratize AI in the enterprise
AIRI Mini is a joint engineering initiative between Pure and NVIDIA that provides an AI-focused solution with much less compute capability than AIRI, announced in March. It thus has a much lower entry point, and the companies think it will lead to strong interactions between infrastructure teams and data scientists.

Security

Trend Micro email writing analysis technology highlights their RSA phishing announcements

April 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Trend Micro email writing analysis technology highlights their RSA phishing announcements
Trend Micro also announced a free phishing simulator for business, as well as their participation in a new vendor alliance that pledges to customers it will not assist any government in offensive cyber-operations.

Big Data

Pure Storage, NVIDIA introduce AIRI AI-ready infrastructure

March 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage, NVIDIA introduce AIRI AI-ready infrastructure
A jointly engineered ‘AI-in-a-Box,’ AIRI allows customers to cut simulation training time by 4x, in a much tinier footprint than it took before.

Internet of Things

Aruba enhances new Mobile First Architecture, and announces non-traditional partners around it

March 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba enhances new Mobile First Architecture, and announces non-traditional partners around it
While the new partners in the ArubaEdge Technology Partner Program are decidedly non-traditional, Aruba also says they will open up new opportunities to traditional partners, in the same way the entry of voice-based telco partners in the early days of convergence created massive opportunities for the IT channel.

Cloud

Paperspace launches Gradient suite to bring GPU Compute and machine learning to developers

March 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Paperspace launches Gradient suite to bring GPU Compute and machine learning to developers
Gradient provides tools that enables organizations to leverage GPU Compute to make machine learning easier, and the channel is one way that Paperspace is reaching new customers.

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty
Big Data

IBM chases down Watson’s Law

March 21, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM chases down Watson’s Law
IBM CEO GInni Rometty suggests we’re at the beginning of an era where the big differentiator will be how fast companies can learn, with a lot of help from their machines.

Security

The rise of AI needs to be controlled, report warns

March 13, 2018 Guest Poster Comments Off on The rise of AI needs to be controlled, report warns
Much ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilled on the vast range of extraordinary opportunities enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Now, a team of 26 AI experts, including from Oxford, Cambridge
Cloud

3 ways to automate your business, so you can focus on growth

October 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on 3 ways to automate your business, so you can focus on growth
Sage Canada Managing DIrector Paul Struthers offers three suggestions how SMBs can automate more necessary but routine tasks, saving time and money.

Big Data

Cloudian, Skymind partner to democratize artificial intelligence and machine learning tools

August 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudian, Skymind partner to democratize artificial intelligence and machine learning tools
Cloudian and Skymind will jointly create integrated AI and machine learning solutions, with the first being a security monitoring tool based on pattern recognition

Computers

Fundamental redesign of Dell Workstations enables immersive, AI-driven tomorrow

August 14, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Fundamental redesign of Dell Workstations enables immersive, AI-driven tomorrow
Dell is stressing that its recent workstations announcement is far more than just the latest feeds and speeds, but is part of a strategy to give customers the massive capabilities, immersive computing, and virtual reality of an AI-driven future that has already started.