With the release of its Orquestra software, Boston based Zapata Computing is democratizing access to quantum computing.
Microsoft Ignite 2020 Means Big Updates for Power Platform and D365
At Microsoft Ignite 2020, the company announced a series of important enhancements to its D365 and Power Platform offerings.
MATRIXX Software Provides Cloud Native Keys to Innovative 5G Charging
MATRIXX is gaining a time-to-market advantage in capturing mind share among CSPs during the early stages of their cloud native charging implementations through the latest cloud native enhancements to MATRIXX Digital Commerce. At least rivals will now need to stress their portfolio development goals in supporting CNCF graduated projects such as Prometheus and Fluentd to lessen MATRIXX’s ability to gain a differentiation edge. Now MATRIXX must show it can translate early mind share gains into tangible market share gains against foes in the 5G CCS and BSS realms.
Nokia Zeroes in on Boosting 5G Operations Efficiency
Nokia’s Cognitive SON targets aiding service providers in their quest to efficiently manage 5G complexity through ML-powered low-touch automation and real-time resolution of operations problems. Now Nokia must show its well-differentiated SON solution will become a difference maker in accelerating CSP 5G builds as well as bolstering the company’s 5G competitive outcomes.
Oracle and Walmart Deal Indicates TikTok is Back in Business in the U.S.
After months of speculation and ongoing concern of a U.S. ban of the popular social media app, Oracle and Walmart will partner to save TikTok.
US Antitrust Action against Google Could Come Sooner than Expected
At the heart of Google’s US antitrust troubles is the search giant’s staggering advantage in online search: Google processes roughly 90% of all online searches in the US. But there’s a difference between hypercompetitive behavior and anticompetitive behavior, and I believe that’s what this case is about. As this plays out, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google rubbing up against the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent ruling in FTC vs. Qualcomm. Interesting times ahead, to be sure.
Microsoft Azure Boosts Popular Microsoft Flight Simulator Game
The Microsoft Flight Simulator game has a 2020 reboot with photorealistic, real-time satellite imagery and simulations of scenes from movies like “Top Gun” while letting users see the world. Now the most popular game of the year, its capabilities are powered by Microsoft Azure — and that’s pretty cool.
Data Suggests Amazon’s Retail Prowess May Often Be Overstated
Recent research by Amazon with GlobalData suggests that competition in retail is substantial and Amazon is not a retail monopoly.
Cisco Commits to Closing Digital Divide with Robust Rural Broadband Push
Cisco’s rural broadband network solutions for services providers is fundamentally focused on closing the digital divide, a fast emerging imperative for government decision makers and all of society. The necessary move to more remote working and learning is proving that access to affordable, reliable internet access is essential to fulfilling the unique demands of rural communities in top-priority areas such as public safety, public health, education, and communications. Cisco is making the full business case warrant for rural communities to join the emerging digital workforce and ecosystem in order to survive and prosper.
Qualcomm Launches the Cloud AI 100 Taking AI Beyond The Smartphone
With this week’s launch of the Cloud AI 100, Qualcomm is taking its AI capabilities from the smartphone to the edge to the datacenter.