Cisco’s video-conferencing app nears 600 million users
Webex, Cisco's video-conferencing app, since September has over 590 million users and is on its way to break the 600 million mark this month. The corona pandemic seems to have played a large part in this growth.
The number of Webex users has been growing steadily since March. Back then, the serv...
IBM and SAP expand partnership on hybrid cloud
New project offers customers the capability to run business-critical SAP Software workloads on hybrid cloud.
IBM and SAP announced their partnership’s next evolution, with plans to develop several new offerings designed to create a more predictable journey for businesses to become data-driven ...
Lookout unveils Endpoint Detection and Response solution for mobile
Endpoint Detection and Reponse solution is part of Lookout Security Platform.
Lookout announced the industry's first comprehensive mobile endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution. The offering is part of the Lookout Security Platform.
Lookout mobile EDR incorporates the console that th...
IBM and Red Hat introduce models to do AI more energy efficient
AI hardware accelerators are some of the most potent tools we can use for scientific discovery. However, they are not energy efficient. Now, IBM Research, claims that it has identified a new way of tackling this problem.
During the IEEE CAS/ADS AI Compute Symposium IBM Research unveiled new par...
Nvidia sets new record in MLPerf benchmark
Nvidia's A100 GPGPU has broken several records in the MLPerf benchmark for machine learning applications. The new chip performs roughly six to eight times better than its Turing-based predecessor.
In the MLPerf benchmark, the A100 GPGPU was compared to the Nvidia T4, as well as the Xilinx U250 a...
Adobe reveals new AI-controlled features in its software
During its virtual Max conference, Adobe showed several new features across their Creative Suite line-up. Many of these features make use of artificial intelligence or machine learning in some way.
Photoshop
Photoshop got treated with the largest amount of new features. The Sky Replacement-op...
NetApp brings ‘cloud-like’ experience to data management software
NetApp, a data storage provider, is updating its software service to help users utilize their hybrid information technology infrastructure. The company said that new capabilities would be added to its NetApp ONTAP data management software.
With these capabilities, NetApp customers will enjoy dee...
Microsoft aims sales strategy towards Salesforce customers
Microsoft has instructed its sales force to focus on customers that currently uses Salesforce's CRM suite. The tech giant is trying to gain market share with its own Dynamics software.
Analysts at RBC Capital Markets told CNBC about the rumour, originating from an unnamed Microsoft Partner. "I t...
Cisco launches the new Catalyst series of WAN edge platforms
Cisco released some new updates for its software-defined WAN (Wide Area Network) SD-WAN portfolio. The updates include the launch of new edge platforms that the company has said represents the first enterprise routing platform of its kind from Cisco in almost ten years.
Cisco said that the platf...
EU Parliament called for tighter regulations on microtargeting
In a bid to manage the use of behavioral ads, also known as microtargeting, the EU parliament has called for tighter regulations and suggested that less intrusive methods be used. Such practices would include contextual forms of advertising.
The parliament is asking the European Commission to co...
Splunk improves monitoring of its cloud solutions
During their annual .conf event, Splunk unveiled several updates and new products. The emphasis is on machine learning and tools to clearly visualize data from different sources.
The company, specialising in Data-to-Everyhing solutions, introduced its new Splunk Machine Learning Environment (SML...
Developer survey shows C# losing ground to JavaScript and others
C# falls in popularity for cloud apps but is still a major player in gaming
A new developer survey from Slashdata has shown the popularity of C# dropping from third to sixth place in three years. C# is the primary language of Microsoft's .NET platform.
Despite the drop in popularity, however,...