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.
AT&T Business CEO Anne Chow Keynotes the Economist Event Series —A Whole New (contactless) World: The Rise of Digital Identity
Last week AT&T Business CEO Anne Chow keynoted The Economist Event Series — a Whole New (contactless) World: The Rise of Digital Identity. In her conversation with The Economist’s Vijay Vaitheeswaran, they discussed the convergence of the physical and digital worlds and the need for connectivity to support a distributed infrastructure. Their conversation also touched on the impact of a rapid pivot on corporate culture, what business leaders need to consider, as well as what some key industries are focusing on right now.
NVIDIA’s DRIVE Platform to Power Hyundai’s Newly Launched Connected Car OS Across Entire Fleet
Hyundai Motor Group recently announced that NVIDIA’s DRIVE Platform will power Hyundai’s newly launched connected car operating system (ccOS) across its entire fleet. That is great news for the industry as a whole with an eye on safety, convenience, and vehicles that become smarter over time, and a huge win for consumers.
Amazon Luna Launches, The Rise of Cloud Gaming — and What That Means for the Future
Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Luna, the company’s new cloud gaming service. With a play anywhere offering, on devices you already own, there’s every reason to expect Amazon Luna’s invitation for early access will be eagerly snapped up. One of my favorite things about this offering is the Twitch integration that’s purportedly coming to Luna, allowing gamers to broadcast while gaming. This integration will also allow Twitch viewers (who subscribe to Luna) to go from watching a game streaming on Twitch to playing on Luna. Microsoft xCloud, NVIDIA GeForce Now, and Google Stadia are all officially on notice that there’s a new player in the cloud gaming space in town.
Microsoft Wins Department of Defense JEDI Contract Award Again – For Now Anyway
In a decision handed down Friday, Microsoft was again awarded the Department of Defense JEDI contract. Sort of. Amazon’s AWS has pledged to continue its fight against the fairness of the selection and evaluation process and the claim of undue political influence. What’s ahead? More waiting.
Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir Digital Event Recap
The opening session of the Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir Digital event was kicked off by Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian outlining Google Cloud strategy around accelerating digital transformation in the cloud — something pretty much every business is focused on right now. The sessions that followed focused on Productivity & Collaboration, Infrastructure, Security, Data Analytics, Data Management & Databases, Application Modernization, Cloud AI, and wrapping up with Business Application Platform, featuring relatively deep dives on them all. Google Cloud continues to work to make inroads in the cloud arena and this was an impressive look at some of their progress on that front.
HPE Financial Services Donates Laptops for Remote Learning
HPE Financial Services has donated 300 laptops to nonprofit Boys Hope Girls Hope (BHGH). This donation will help provide continuity, facilitate remote learning, and provide new opportunities for the organization and the young people served by BHGH, and nicely personifies HPE’s commitment to the principle of Circular Economy.
Xoogler School — Former Googlers’ Virtual Tech School Offering is the Right Thing at the Right Time
Xoogler School, a virtual tech school offering run by a group of ex-Google employees, caught my eye this week. Named after Google shorthand for former employees, Xoogler’s virtual tech offering is an eight-week course that will let students learn from a wide variety of folks who have spent time in the trenches at Google, arguably one of Silicon Valley’s most sought-after tech companies to work for. If you’ve got a college student weighing his or her options as it relates to college this fall, especially if he or she is interested in the technology space, it’s probably worth checking this out. Note that early applications are being accepted now.
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.
Informatica Acquires GreenBay Technologies, an AI and Machine Learning Startup
Informatica’s acquisition of GreenBay Technologies is intended to spur the company’s machine learning and AI capabilities.
