Every year, I make my predictions for 10 of the biggest trends in digital transformation. With COVID-19, we saw massive change in a short period of time. In this post we look back at the predictions for 2020, and how the pandemic impacted the adoption of new tech and digital trends.
Samsung’s AppStack Launch is a Boon to SMBs Seeking to Embrace Digital Transformation
Samsung’s AppStack launch is a boon to SMBs seeking to embrace digital transformation. Solutions range from G Suite’s collaboration platform, to CRMs, time tracking, design, POS offerings, and more. AppStack is billed as a one stop, easy-to-manage, no-risk, lower cost technology solution and is an attractive offering. Now, comes the hard part — getting consumer attention and driving trial.
Google Maps Will Track U.S. Wildfires By The Hour
In an effort to help residents of Colorado and California, Google Maps will now track the U.S. wildfires by the hour. Google search users will not only pull up news results, but the fire tracking maps will also be displayed.
Amazon Creating Jobs While Defining a Hybrid Future of Work
Amazon is adding an expanded hub and spoke model that is enabling more job creation in markets outside the company’s headquarters.
How to Pandemic-Proof Your Business Operations
How can businesses pandemic-proof their business operations? Let’s explore some of the processes companies should implement today to prepare for the future of work.
AppDynamics SAP Peak Enables Enterprises to Handle the Truth about their SAP Landscapes
AppDynamics significantly bolsters its ability to make further inroads into the larger enterprise and SMB market segments of the global APM market with the SAP Peak launch. The offering enables AppDynamics and parent company Cisco to quickly differentiate and steal sales and marketing thunder from rivals in fulfilling the latest and most pressing SAP monitoring demands of enterprises and businesses. SAP Peak augments both companies’ Central Nervous System vision of driving the AIOps journey for business while also advancing Cisco’s strategic goal of developing an applications-driven portfolio that expands its software and services revenue streams.
AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Braket Quantum Computing Tool
AWS announced last week the general availability of Amazon Braket, its new quantum computing tool. Braket is a fully-managed AWS service that Amazon markets as a service that will spur innovation across the entire quantum community, allowing developers, researchers, and scientists to experiment with computers from quantum hardware providers, while only paying for compute services used. With companies like Fidelity, VW and University of Waterloo already using the tool, Braket is now generally available in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), and US West (Oregon) AWS Regions.
SpaceX Launches Second Starlink Mission This Month: Breaks Booster Record
SpaceX successfully launched its second Starlink satellite mission this month. In addition to beefing up the number of satellites in its broadband internet constellation and continuing its satellite rideshare efforts, SpaceX also broke a record for using the same booster for the sixth time.
REvil Ransomware Breach Targets Jack Daniel’s Parent Brown-Forman — Steals 1 TB of Data
The REvil ransomware cyber gang claims to have attacked Brown-Forman, the owner of Jack Daniel’s and other popular liquor brands. The sophisticated ransomware gang claims to be holding 1TB of Brown-Forman corporate data for ransom, including employee information, pledging to leak the data in batches if the company does not respond to its demands. Brown-Forman has released few details about the attack, and claims “There are no active negotiations.”
NVIDIA Q2 Delivers Record Revenue: Datacenter Business Up 167%
NVIDIA has continued its stellar momentum which has sent its stock to nearly $500 a share on the back of explosive AI growth.