A recent Twitter survey asks users to weigh in about a possible paid subscription model and other features. The main driver is that Twitter is looking for ways to make additional revenue.
Ford Bronco Surpasses Expectations: Comes With Advanced Tech
The 2021 Ford Bronco exceeds expectations with 150,000 preorders and comes with new tech that includes next-generation infotainment system and a digital trail mapping feature that lets owners plan, record and share their experiences via an app.
VW And AWS Open Industrial Cloud Project to Partners
VW And AWS open their industrial cloud project to other manufacturing and technology companies and it’s apparent that the companies did their due diligence in terms of partners on this front. Both tout the involvement of Siemens, which is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, and has been an integration partner for the industrial cloud project from the beginning. I’ll be looking for good things ahead as a result of this partnership.
Google Extends Work From Home Policy Through End of June 2021
Google joins the growing list of large corporations extending work from home policy, extending through the end of June 2021. We see this as a continuing trend from many large corporations and it’s exciting to watch the technology solutions serving this new “future of the workplace” evolve and organizations and employees adapt.
Siemens Implements Mobile Working Permanently As Part of Its New Normal
Siemens implements mobile working permanently as a core component of its new normal. We see this as a continuing trend from many large corporations and predicts that both employers and employees will adapt with new technologies and procedures.
Google Cloud Announces General Availability of Its Cloud VMware Engine
Google Cloud announces the general availability of Its Cloud VMware Engine which validates VMware as an industry standard for virtualization and gives Google more clout in the booming cloud market.
Allscripts and Microsoft Extend Cloud-based Health IT Partnership
Allscripts and Microsoft Corp. announces a five-year extension to their strategic alliance to enable the expanded development and delivery of cloud-based health IT solutions.
Oracle Cloud Volunteer Screening Registry is a Key Part of the NIH’s COVID-19 Prevention Network
Oracle Cloud has partnered with the NIH to build a COVID-19 Volunteer Screening Registry in order to screen millions of volunteers eager to participate in hundreds of clinical trials by year’s end. This will no doubt put Oracle’s cloud capabilities to the test — we’re betting the company is up for the challenge.
What the Massive Twitter Hack Means for CISOs and Security Vendors
The massive Twitter hack this past week was a wake-up call for many of the vulnerabilities our collective reliance on social media channels presents. Here is a short overview of the specifics that have been uncovered as a result of investigation by the FBI, lawmakers, cybersecurity experts and Twitter itself, as well as what the impact of a hack of this nature means for CISOs and their security vendor partners.
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.