Over the past few years, Amazon’s AWS has been staunchly focused on building a complete set of tools to deliver AI at scale.
Accelerate Digital Transformation In 2021 With Stronger Partnerships
The following are a few ways partnerships make a difference and how they can help further enable digital transformation in 2021.
Citrix To Acquire Wrike: Strengthening The Modern Digital Workspace
In a $2.25 Billion move to stratify its modern digital workspace business, Citrix has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Wrike.
What Google’s Acquisition of Fitbit Means for Google’s Expanding Experience Ecosystem, the Future of Wear OS, and User Privacy
Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard covers Google’s acquisition of Fitbit and how it could deliver the missing piece in Google’s product ecosystem — and perhaps make Apple nervous in the process. Why? Aside from Google’s wearables business suddenly absorbing Fitbit’s nearly 30 million active users worldwide, Google also finally has the tools to become an implementer of its own Wear OS platform.
Mobile News from CES: Qualcomm Powers Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Lineup, Featuring the Snapdragon 888 5G Platform
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 5G platform powering the Galaxy S21 lineup confirms Samsung’s focus on remaining leader in premium mobile experiences. It is reassuring to note that Samsung chose not to cut corners by selecting a slightly lower-tiered mobile platform for its S21 lineup. Samsung clearly wants to remain a leading player in the premium Android space and isn’t beyond potentially cutting into its own margins this year to protect its enviable market-share in order to achieve that goal.
The Vaccination Credential Initiative: Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce and Healthcare Majors Partner to Develop Vaccination Passport
The Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI) announced Thursday brings together a number of stakeholders including tech giants Oracle, Microsoft, and Salesforce, the Commons Project Foundation, MITRE, along with healthcare major players like Cerner, Epic, Mayo Clinic, CARIN Alliance, Safe Health, Change Healthcare, Evernorth to develop a vaccine “passport” that enables individuals vaccinated for COVID-19 to access their vaccination records in a secure, verifiable, privacy-preserving way.
CES 2021 News: Verizon Partners with Microsoft and AWS to Roll Out Mobile Edge Compute in its 5G Network Fueling Smart City Development
In exciting news from CES 2021, Verizon chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg, announced the company is placing massive amounts of computing power right at the edge of its 5G network and partnering with Microsoft and AWS on the deployment of its Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) concept. This effort is part of a collective effort to fuel smart city development and other innovation.
Honeywell Survey Explores Role of Safety in Return to Work
In new research commissioned by Honeywell, the company looks into U.S. workers concerns about return to work and what must be done.
Qualcomm to Acquire Chipmaker Nuvia in a $1.4 Billion Tie-Up
Qualcomm is pushing its CPU capabilities by acquiring chipmaker NUVIA in a $1.4 billion deal that should provide a big boost to Qualcomm.
SAP SuccessFactors Users Reap Big Benefits from Axonify for Improved Efficacy of Frontline Employee Training Programs
Employee training is a critical part of any workplace with many organizations turning to SAP SuccessFactors Learning to boost employee skills. Axonify, a learning solution integration that is built specifically for frontline employees will take an organization’s SAP SuccessFactors investment to the next level.