U.S. Leverages HPC, Analytics For Smart Manufacturing
A smart manufacturing initiative launched last month by the Obama administration would seek to jumpstart an early version of an industrial Internet of Things via networks of smart sensors ...Full Article
Tech M&As Decline Sharply in First Half
Technology mergers and acquisitions have hit the skids during the first half of this year after booming in 2015, according to a merger tracking firm. London-based Mergermarket said this ...Full Article
‘Brexit’ Currency Swings Hit IT Spending
The British exit, or "Brexit," from the European Union is adding uncertainty to global IT markets as the British pound sinks to new lows. Worldwide IT spending for this ...Full Article
IBM Joins Blockchain Push
The launch earlier this year of an open transaction initiative designed to develop industry standards for blockchain technology generated much interest and buzz. For example, the financial and technology ...Full Article
Mellanox Advances ‘In-Network Computing’ with ConnectX-5 Adapter
Networking specialist Mellanox has announced ConnectX-5, the next-generation of its 100G InfiniBand and Ethernet adapter line. The company says the new device will help organizations take advantage of real-time ...Full Article
Intel Xeon E7 Balloons In-memory Capacity, Targets Real-Time Analytics
Who crunches more data faster, wins. It’s this drive that cuts through and clarifies the essence of the evolutionary spirit in the computer industry, the dual desire to get ...Full Article
Facebook AI Effort Looks to Extend Search Engines
Facebook is rolling out a "deep-learning based text understanding engine" that leverages neural network architectures and promises to challenge the Google search engine by bringing "near-human accuracy" to the ...Full Article
Few Bright Spots in Struggling Server Market
The global server market continued to slow during the first quarter of 2016 as revenues declined while shipments rose only modestly, indicating that average selling prices continue to slip. ...Full Article
IoT Urgently Needs to Increase Collaboration
When it comes to the Internet of Things (IoT) there is one thing we can be sure of – the number of online products and consumer goods will increase ...Full Article
MapR Rolls Hadoop Migration ‘Easy Button’
MapR Technologies Inc. rolled out a migration service for its Hadoop distribution that targets what it says is growing demand for moving big data production installations to its converged ...Full Article
