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Robots as a service: A low-risk path to warehouse automation?
RaaS revenues and deployments are rapidly eclipsing those from robot purchases, as end users discover more value in securing robotic solutions rather than just equipment.
By Craig Guillot • Sept. 4, 2019 -
10% tariffs on certain tech goods from China delayed to Dec. 15
Chinese imports not included on USTR's forthcoming list will still face 10% duties on Sept. 1, as President Donald Trump announced earlier this month.
By Shefali Kapadia • Updated Aug. 13, 2019 -
Growth drove LinkedIn to the public cloud. Unsurprisingly, it chose Microsoft Azure
The move from LinkedIn is aimed at scaling the company's infrastructure ahead of its next growth stage.
By Roberto Torres • July 25, 2019 -
With 5G deployment ramping up, AT&T partners with Microsoft
AT&T's size and reach demands a streamlined technology portfolio and a vision for what's to come in the years ahead, especially as edge computing increases its business impact.
By Naomi Eide • July 18, 2019 -
Microsoft wants to operate above a 99.995% Azure uptime
Three "significant incidents" — the result of "multiple failures" — has Microsoft turning attention to improving uptime, Azure's CTO said.
By Naomi Eide • July 17, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Micron takes on smart manufacturing to fuel memory-hungry sectors
In the early 2000s, Micron's customers were PC-centric. But smartphones, internet of things devices at the edge, cloud computing and data centers are pushing the limits of memory technology.
By Naomi Eide • July 16, 2019 -
Gartner: Companies shied away from data center spending in 2019
Global data center spending fell 3.5% in 2019. The lure of the cloud is expected to continue, but on-prem use cases still abound.
By Roberto Torres • July 11, 2019 -
Cloudflare outage highlights the internet's fragility
"Our network operates as an extension of our customers' networks," said Cloudflare CTO John Graham-Cumming. If "we're down, they're down."
By Samantha Schwartz • July 3, 2019 -
Sponsored by BigPanda
Open-box machine learning for AIOps solves 'black-box' mysteries
With the promises of transparency and control, Open Box Machine Learning may be the future of algorithmic logic.
June 25, 2019 -
Opinion
Gartner: The top 5 personal technologies empowering digital business transformation
Innovations in personal technology present opportunity — and risk — for enterprises, Gartner's Annette Jump writes.
By Annette Jump • June 10, 2019 -
Google updates enterprise-focused Google Glass after two years of experimentation
When the wearables hit the market, they were met with a heavy side of ridicule over privacy and function.
By Samantha Schwartz • May 21, 2019 -
PaaS market, impossible to win, will double in size
There is no clear winner of the PaaS market as most vendors are narrowing their focus on "a single fit-for-purpose" xPaaS offering, Gartner said.
By Samantha Schwartz • May 14, 2019 -
Hardware as a service makes inroads beyond printers
HaaS is become appealing to companies that don't want to pay for in-house IT, especially in the retail/wholesale sector.
By Jen A. Miller • May 1, 2019 -
In financial services, migrating to the cloud requires flexibility and sensitivity
The sector has wavered toward cloud acceptance, weaving it into services when customers — and compliance standards — permit.
By Naomi Eide • April 26, 2019 -
Where hybrid cloud systems do — and do not — work
It's impractical to move a large organization's entire legacy systems into the cloud. With so much on-prem technology it would struggle to move to the cloud within the century, one expert said.
By Jen A. Miller • April 23, 2019 -
Reliability at heart of Lyft and Uber's tech, IPOs reveal
Reliable technology service providers set the foundation for optimal operations, trustworthy security and a five-star customer rating after drop-off.
By Samantha Schwartz • April 15, 2019 -
5G: The great warehouse enabler
Greater bandwidth can accommodate up to a million sensors and grease the skids for technology adoption in warehouses.
By Craig Guillot • April 4, 2019 -
Deep Dive
As 5G looms, most hospitals watch from the sidelines
"If you don't have a reliable network that takes in information in lickety-split time, how are you going to do healthcare?" asked Shafiq Rab, SVP and CIO at Rush.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 22, 2019 -
Apple goes to work with mobile enterprise push
Part of its push is in inking deals with big name enterprise vendors and creating business application offerings compatible with iOS.
By Naomi Eide • March 21, 2019 -
The root of Facebook's no good, very bad day: 'Server configuration change'
"The difference between being down for hours or days versus minutes or seconds is the difference between a solid disaster recovery plan and one that is outdated, barely tested or even non-existent," said Zerto's Steve Blow.
By Samantha Schwartz • March 14, 2019 -
On-premise servers persist in 98% of businesses, even with cloud hype
"Even though a new technology might be the buzzword of the moment, the traditional technology never really went away," said Peter Tsai, senior technology analyst at Spiceworks.
By Naomi Eide • March 4, 2019 -
Value in mainframes? Depends on who you ask
Cost, skill and lack of agility or innovation hinder this baby boomer technology. That doesn't mean it is museum-bound.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 22, 2019 -
A $13B data center expansion will give Google a home in 24 states
"2019 marks the second year in a row we'll be growing faster outside of the Bay Area than in it," CEO Sundar Pichai said in a company blog post.
By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 14, 2019 -
How companies overspend millions on IT procurement
If a company doesn't know what it already has, it's easy to buy the same thing again — and again, and again.
By Jen A. Miller • Feb. 12, 2019 -
Wells Fargo's outage puts focus on data management modernization
The bank's data center underwent a backup plan after smoke detection launched automatic shutdown.
By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 11, 2019
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