While the Federal Communications Commission opened a brief comment period on the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger, it will end on Dec. 4 and the shot clock, which is an informal period for consideration of mergers, will begin counting again. The FCC typically pauses merger considerations when the applicants submit a substantial quantity of new information that […]
Today’s topics include the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, and Oracle acquiring Talari Networks for entry into the SD-WAN space. Three and a half years since the launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 in June 2014, Red Hat is finally issuing a major new version number of its flagship Linux platform—RHEL […]
Today’s topics include the new ThoughtSpot 5 gaining voice-driven SearchIQ analytics, and Docker partnering with Salesforce’s Mulesoft for container applications. Business-intelligence analytics company ThoughtSpot on Nov. 14 unveiled the latest version of its software, ThoughtSpot 5, featuring a new voice-driven analytics engine called SearchIQ. SearchIQ lets people use their own voice and “casual language” to […]
Today’s topics include Samsung soon rolling out its foldable smartphone, the Galaxy F, and HyperGrid updating its HyperCloud platform with support for AWS Lambda and the Azure CSP Program. When Samsung officials unveiled the company’s first-ever foldable smartphone, the upcoming Galaxy F, at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco on Nov. 7, no pricing […]
Today’s topics include artificial intelligence disrupting the workforce, and Trend Micro paying hackers $325,000 at Mobile Pwn2Own 2018. According to two experts at the Techonomy conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Nov. 12, the threat and solutions of artificial intelligence eliminating certain jobs done by humans aren’t well-understood. Paul Daugherty, chief technology and innovation […]
Today’s topics include Oracle previewing HPC Clustered Network cloud instances, and Cloudflare releasing a mobile app for DNS lookups. In an effort to lure enterprises to its cloud, Oracle this week at the SC18 supercomputing conference in Dallas, is introducing new high-performance computing instances for its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI. According to Karan Batta, […]
Today’s topics include a Swagbucks survey anticipating shopping trends for this holiday season, and Panasonic updating its Toughbook 31 with a faster CPU and more memory. According to a new survey of 1,000 U.S. adults and 500 teens conducted online by Swagbucks, a rewards- and loyalty-program company, when it comes to choosing between an iPhone […]
Today’s topics include Samsung announcing innovation in folding phones, IoT and mobile UX, and a report finding most users stop engaging with brands after a data breach. At the SDC developers’ conference in San Francisco last week, Samsung announced the Infinity Flex Display, which has a 7.3-inch tablet-sized screen that can be folded vertically to […]
Today’s topics include Inuit rolling out accounting offering QuickBooks Online Advanced, and the release of Docker Enterprise 2.1 with accelerated application migration. At its annual QuickBooks Connect conference in San Jose on Nov. 7, Inuit discussed a new accounting offering for midsize firms that is aggressively priced compared with NetSuite and other competitors. The cloud-based […]
Today’s topics include Gartner releasing its list of the top 10 strategic IoT technologies and trends through 2023, and VMware acquiring Kubernetes-based startup Heptio. At its symposium and IT expo Nov. 7 in Barcelona, researcher and market analyst Gartner announced what it sees as the most important strategic internet of things technology trends that will […]