Let it rain: IBM looks to disrupt the weather business through supercomputing

Supercomputers and data could soon lead to more accurate long-range forecasts.

By Justine Brown • June 22, 2017

50 billion bits served: What fast food can learn from tech

McDonald's, Starbucks and Shake Shack are just a few of the many fast food restaurant turning to technology, particularly the use of mobile technology, to enable order-ahead features to hopefully help stop market stagnation.

By Mary Catherine O'Connor • June 22, 2017

Tech titans Intel, Microsoft pouring money into AI companies

Intel Capital alone now claims more than 25 AI companies in its portfolio.

By Justine Brown • June 19, 2017

DOE selects 6 tech companies to help US develop exascale supercomputer

The program supports R&D in hardware technology, software technology and application development, with the goal of delivering at least one exascale-capable system by 2021.

By Justine Brown • June 16, 2017

IBM Watson tackles financial services risk and compliance

Experts have long predicted that financial services industry in particular is ripe for disruption via automation. Now it looks as if IBM has taken a big leap forward in that respect. 

By Justine Brown • June 15, 2017

IDC: Global IoT spending to reach $800B in 2017

Manufacturing operations, freight monitoring and production asset management are expected to attract the biggest IoT investments this year.

By Justine Brown • June 15, 2017

Deal or no deal? Facebook researchers train AI bots to negotiate

More advanced chatbots could help companies handle larger volumes of customer inquiries.

By Justine Brown • June 15, 2017

Wozniak: Google, not Apple, will win in AI

Google Assistant can "understand human commands and inquiries in a more contextual, user-friendly way than Siri can," says the Apple co-founder.

By Justine Brown • June 13, 2017

Microsoft's BI tool sees strong growth as enterprises work to turn data into intel

A new version of the company’s popular business analysis tool is designed to give enterprises a more powerful and flexible way to analyze their data.

By Justine Brown • June 13, 2017

Cisco: More than half of enterprise IoT projects unsuccessful

The survey revealed that companies often focus on technology and ignore critical human factors like culture, organization and leadership to the detriment of the project.

By Justine Brown • June 12, 2017

Apple's Siri gets smarter with AI and a natural, 'expressive' voice

The Siri enhancements, which will be released as part of iOS 11 this fall, will also allow third-party programmers to use Apple AI abilities including speech recognition and image processing.

By Justine Brown • June 6, 2017

Intel is saving $656M per year using predictive analytics across departments

The company’s machine learning platform is helping improve the time it takes to bring Intel products to market by 39 weeks.

By Justine Brown • June 1, 2017

For more advanced computing, technology needs to make a quantum leap

Quantum computing has the potential to tackle large mathematical problems supercomputers can’t even touch. And while it’s long been limited to science fiction, it's rapidly becoming a reality.

By Justine Brown • May 30, 2017

IBM may be approaching its biggest battle yet — reinvention

Now five years into its plan to reinvent itself, IBM’s competition is tougher than ever.

By Justine Brown • May 25, 2017

DNA could solve the storage problem, but getting there won't be easy

DNA can hold data at extraordinary densities. But there are obstacles, including the amount of labor required and the expense.

By Justine Brown • May 24, 2017

Alphabet leads AI acquisitions, Microsoft and Apple trail

Though not all companies are making acquisitions, many organizations are investing heavily in AI. Intel has invested in 81 AI-related companies, the most of any of its competitors.

By Justine Brown • May 22, 2017

Google's TPU chips pack 11.5 petaflops of processing power

Google, IBM and Intel know AI and machine learning hold huge potential for future profits. But cognitive computing applications also require enormous amounts of CPU power.

By Justine Brown • May 18, 2017

HPE's latest 'Machine' prototype can manage 160TB of data

That's enough computing power to manage the data found in 160 million books — simultaneously.

By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017

Google's new service will help enterprises collect data from IoT devices

The new service could help cities and businesses more quickly realize the value of IoT technology.

By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017

Intel's AI chief sees growth at blistering speed for 5 years

Given the amount of money and brain power poured into AI research, it likely won't be long until commercializing and monetizing AI becomes a reality.

By Justine Brown • May 15, 2017

How Big Data is helping sports teams find the winning edge

Sports teams are leading the way when it comes to using Big Data to improve their game. What can enterprises learn from their success?

By Justine Brown • May 10, 2017

Oracle looks to cash in on data cloud

The company plans to sell access to its database of about 5 billion consumers and 15 million data points to help create a more immersive ad experience. 

By Justine Brown • May 9, 2017

Amazon CEO: Greatest potential of AI may lie beneath the surface

Though Alexa's capabilities are promising, Amazon's true computing expertise often remains hidden. For Jeff Bezos, AI has the potential to revolutionize underlying technology.

By Justine Brown • May 8, 2017

AppDynamics CEO explains how its data model led to Cisco marriage

Cisco believed AppDynamics’ data model "could make their networks even smarter."

By Justine Brown • May 5, 2017

Gartner: Half of companies won't be ready for GDPR by next year

The European General Data Protection Regulation is set to go into effect next May, but the research firm says many companies won't be in full compliance by then. 

By Justine Brown • May 5, 2017