As we turn to AI to do more tasks for us, the need for emotional intelligence has never been greater. How and why companies must strike the right balance between empathy and technology–especially as it relates to the use of AI.
ICYMI: 3GPP’s 5G NR Release 16’s 9 Most Critical Improvements to 5G
What we see with Release 16, in addition to improvements to previous fundamental standards, is a shift towards the next market for 5G technologies: industrial networks and applications. That is why, MIMO and IAB improvements aside, private networks, unlicensed spectrum, multi-TRP architecture, high-precision device positioning, efficient new power-saving protocols, and even multicasting between vehicles, constitute the lion’s share of projects in this release.
Amazon Web Services Increases Availability of AWS IoT SiteWise for Industrial Customers
Amazon recently announced that AWS IoT SiteWise will be available to all AWS customers in certain regions soon. SiteWise is a managed service that gathers and organizes data in a way that helps industrial customers make informed decisions when it comes to monitoring facility operations, making new applications, improving production, determining performance metrics, and more. We expect to be hearing much more about AWS IoT SiteWise in the months to come.
Oracle Announces Updates to its Fusion Supply Chain Cloud
Oracle has announced its most recent updates to its Oracle Supply Chain Cloud Management tool, including some important changes for users.
AT&T Uses Cisco Secure SD-WAN Technology to Fulfill Growing Digital Workforce Demands but Now Must Get SASE
The AT&T and Cisco partnership affirms that service providers are improving their SD-WAN offerings, particularly addressing the security concerns among enterprise adopters. Now AT&T and Cisco must show their integrated approach will accelerate broader adoption of SD-WAN services in the emerging SASE and 5G era.
HPE Acquires Silver Peak to Expand its SD-WAN Offering
HPE is expanding its remote work and branch capabilities with the acquisition of Silver Peak, adding to its Aruba Networks offering in the space.
The NVIDIA A100 Is Now Available on Google Cloud
The NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU has landed on Google Cloud. Available in alpha on Google Compute Engine just over a month after its introduction
Siemens Partners With Salesforce for New Workplace Technology Suite
Siemens and Salesforce have partnered to provide an innovative workplace technology suite that allows employees to safely come back to work in physical offices and sets the stage for a next generation framework for the future of work. Siemens and Salesforce will first deploy this workplace offering in their own offices, including Siemens Smart Infrastructure headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, and Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. We are looking forward to hearing the results from these first deployments.
HP Announces New Efforts Aimed at Helping Students, Educators, Businesses and Families
HP has recently announced some new efforts aimed at helping students and educators, along with businesses and families. Printable resources, expanded partnerships to offer free learning resources globally, some awesome new printers, and an ink subscription program that claims it’ll save consumers money over the long run. It’s nice to see HP continuing to innovate and educate, which have long been the foundation upon which this company was built. I’m guessing this will pay off in the long run.
What IT Leaders Need to Know about CDP Adoption
Customer Data Platforms are gaining popularity as companies look to better utilize all available data to deliver customer experiences. IT must work in lock-step with the business and data science teams to make this happen.