4 Strategies for Implementing NIST’s Biometric Guidelines
We often hear that technology is changing rapidly. We’ve heard this phrase for years – but in 2018, it really is. Today, almost everyone has a handheld tablet or ...Full Article
ARM Launches IoT Security Framework
ARM is launching a "secure core" approach to bulletproofing the Internet of Things that addresses network security at the microcontroller level. The approach introduced at a company event this ...Full Article
Crypto-Currency ‘Mining’ Boosts GPU Demand
The booming GPU market propelled by new implementations ranging from "GPU clouds" for deep learning to HPC applications is getting an additional lift from growing demand for "add-in" graphics ...Full Article
Microsoft Bolsters Azure With Cloud HPC Deal
Microsoft has acquired cloud computing software vendor Cycle Computing in a move designed to bring orchestration tools along with high-end computing access capabilities to the cloud. Terms of the ...Full Article
Flash Storage Thrives as Server Sales Slump
New data points emerged this week indicating that all-flash storage arrays are beginning to make headway in datacenters as server sales continue to decline. Market researcher Dell'Oro Group reported ...Full Article
NVMe Gaining Traction For Datacenter Storage
As flash based storage makes inroads in the datacenter, a growing list of IT infrastructure vendors are embracing networking technologies like Non-Volatile Memory Express, or NVMe, as a way ...Full Article
More Bad News for Gamblers – AI Wins…Again
AI-based poker playing programs have been upping the ante for lowly humans. Notably, several algorithms from Carnegie Mellon University (e.g. Libratus, Claudico, and Baby Tartanian8) have performed well. Writing ...Full Article
IoT Adoption Gaining Traction Despite Widespread Breach Vulnerability
IoT in 2017 is a hodgepodge of contradictions. Adoption of IoT is at once more widespread and more vulnerable than might be thought. Companies report greater IoT benefit than ...Full Article
PGS Adds Second Cray Super to Houston Mega Center
“We’re gonna need a bigger supercomputer” is what Norwegian oil and gas company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) must have said to Cray ahead of working with the iconic supercomputer maker to ...Full Article
IBM Unveils Power8 Linux Servers
Not long after revealing more details about its next-gen Power9 chip due in 2017, IBM has rolled out three new Power8-based Linux servers and a new version of its ...Full Article