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IBM’s Latest AI Effort Targets Algorithms, Physics
Investment continues to flow into artificial intelligence research, especially in key areas such as AI algorithms that promise to move the technology from specialized tasks to broader applications that ...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
CSRA Emerges as U.S. IT Powerhouse
A well connected IT services provider formed through the merger of established government contractors is steadily extending its reach from providing cloud services the U.S. military to training the ...Full Article
Attacks, Regs Driving Security Spending
Reflecting growing cyber security threats, global spending on information security products is expected to rise by 7 percent this year, according to a new forecast. Gartner Inc. pegs the ...Full Article
U.S. Expands Cyber Training Effort
In order to secure enterprise networks and their far-flung components, everyone needs to be on the same page. That's at least part of the thinking behind a renewed U.S. ...Full Article
Senate Bill Seeks to Boost IoT Security
Responding to a rash of malware attacks on early and vulnerable Internet of Things devices, lawmakers have stepped forward with a proposal to improve weak IoT cyber-security. While attempts ...Full Article
DARPA, Chipmakers Seek Path Beyond Moore’s Law
The U.S. military long ago ceded dominance in electronics innovation to Silicon Valley, the DoD-backed powerhouse that has driven microelectronic generation for decades. With Moore's Law clearly running out ...Full Article
‘Neural’ Network Fabric Boosts Server Links
As network bottlenecks mount in datacenters—a hurdle that will only get worse with the deployment of business analytics using machine learning—there is a growing need for networking solutions that ...Full Article
Open Source Driving DevOps Automation
Heightened awareness about the security risks associated with open source software has increased use of disciplined DevOps practices that have improved application quality and developer productivity, a software supply ...Full Article
IBM Rolls ‘Pervasive’ Encryption As Threats Grow
As more stringent data protection rules enter into force, increasing enterprise requirements for encryption, IBM is stepping into the breach with an encryption engine based on its Z Systems ...Full Article
