In the ongoing story of Dell Technologies considering a spin off of VMware, the company furthered speculation with the filing of a schedule 13D.
Google Announces Digital Job Training Program to Help with Economic Recovery
Grow with Google is designed to help jumpstart the economy by helping workers learn skills that will make them more appealing to employers (college degrees not required), and also to help employers fill what is often a gigantic skills gap. As part of this initiative, Google is offering grants, offering apprenticeship positions at Google, expanding its IT Certificate Employer Consortium and more. The future of work continues to be about an always-learning mindset, individually and in the business world, and this is another way Big Tech is stepping up to make that possible.
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.
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.
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.
Alphabet Loon Has Largest Deployment to Date In Kenya
Alphabet’s Loon has launched its commercial internet service in Kenya through partnership with Telkom Kenya providing cellular service through their network to an area covering roughly 50,000 square kilometres (31,000 square miles). Here’s why I’m bullish on Alphabet Loon filling a significant void in the internet market for the underserved.
Qualcomm Updates its Popular Snapdragon 865 5G Platform
Qualcomm has announced updates to its popular Snapdragon 865 platform upgrading connectivity, CPU, GPU as 5G continues to grow across the globe.
BMW Car Subscription Updates Spark Customer Experience Questions
BMW car subscription updates spark the conversation whether consumers are willing to pay for additional features after purchase. Known for its controversy in subscription service, the auto manufacturer argues that this benefits current and future owners.