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Amazon S3: A cheat sheet
Amazon S3 is a low-cost cloud-based object storage service. This comprehensive guide about Amazon S3 covers pricing details, competitors, and why companies such as Netflix and Tumblr use it. → Read More
Microsoft Azure: A cheat sheet
This comprehensive guide about Microsoft Azure includes common use cases, technical limitations, and what to know before adopting the cloud computing platform. → Read More
How to use the open source Cockpit interface to manage your server
The open source Cockpit management interface is a web-based system for IT professionals to manage applications and containers running on a server. Here's how you can leverage it in your business. → Read More
Dreamforce 2019: Salesforce's Customer 360 Truth aims to consolidate customer data
At Dreamforce 2019, Saleforce announced its Customer 360 Truth as a consolidated resource ingesting data from disparate business units, aiming to transmute that data into actionable intelligence. → Read More
Micron announces 1TB industrial microSD, aimed at surveillance markets
The 96-layer 3D QLC NAND-based microSDXC card is marketed toward enterprise use. → Read More
Why Microsoft is building Cortana for business interactions
Andrew Shuman, corporate vice president for Cortana discusses how the smart assistant has pivoted since it was originally introduced five years ago. → Read More
Ubuntu 19.10 brings Linux kernel 5.3, improvements for Raspberry Pi 4
Canonical is celebrating 15 years of Ubuntu with the release of Ubuntu 19.10, though the open source company's focus is on cloud and edge computing. → Read More
Rain fade on your parade: Why 5G use cases in business are still years away
Currently available mmWave 5G has limited practical use, while promises of low latency communication are neither presently available nor of practical use to business. → Read More
How 5G will affect augmented reality and virtual reality
The low-latency properties of 5G offer promise for AR and VR applications, but converting promise to results will take time. → Read More
Verizon pledges to bring 5G to 100 Title 1 schools for AR/VR powered curriculum
Verizon announced a 5G expansion of their Innovative Learning initiative, providing technology and internet access to under-resourced schools. → Read More
Intel's 'Barlow Pass' Optane DC persistent memory comes to workstations
Intel showcased 96-layer QLC and previewed 144-layer QLC NAND, and is bringing Optane DIMMs to workstations, though research into PLC is unlikely to hit the mainstream. → Read More
Responding to email-based attacks takes over three hours, on average
Manually addressing breaches that result from email-based attacks is a time sink for IT professionals, according to a Barracuda report. → Read More
Slack: A cheat sheet
This comprehensive guide covers the common use cases of Slack, its technical benefits and limitations, and what to know before adopting the cloud-based collaboration tool. → Read More
D-Wave announces 5,000-qubit fifth generation quantum annealer
D-Wave's newest offering, available in mid-2020, offers two and a half times more connectivity between qubits than the 2000Q quantum computer. → Read More
Hazelcast using Optane DIMMs to accelerate AI workloads
Optane DC Persistent Memory provides higher densities than DRAM, and avoids performance penalties of PCIe-linked storage, though industry adoption to date has been limited. → Read More
Financial impact of ransomware attacks increasing despite overall decrease in attacks
Vulnerabilities originally discovered by US government security services have been used by cybercriminals against municipalities, costing taxpayers an estimated $11.5 billion in 2019. → Read More
Industry reaction to Google's quiet claim of quantum supremacy
Quantum computing has business potential, though the concept of quantum supremacy is easy to misinterpret. Jumping the shark could result in reduced interest and investment. → Read More
Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G represents a third of all Note 10 sales at Verizon
Despite the high retail price and limited availability of 5G network services worldwide, Verizon sold 40,000 Note 10 Plus 5G phones, more than any 5G phone on any other network. → Read More
npm CEO Bryan Bogensberger exits after eight months of turmoil
Bogensberger joined the company in January 2019, with reports of frequent turmoil and high-profile exits during his tenure, including co-founder and COO Laurie Voss. → Read More
Raspberry Pi and Arduino powered robot lets users make art from wine
Combining cloud computing and Internet of Things hardware, the Splash Machine allows users to create their own wine art online, streamed live and photographed for posterity. → Read More