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All of us hope the new vaccines we have read about in the news will rid the world of the COVID-19 curse. It will be a welcome relief. Nevertheless, many of the changes caused by the virus in the ways we work and live are not going away. From widespread adoption of remote work practices, […]

It’s no surprise that artificial intelligence is a key ingredient in the modern tech space. From machine learning to wearables to robotics, the AI across industries is a growing necessity for businesses looking to remain competitive in the long term. Yet there are a few common reasons why businesses often fall short in their AI […]

Due to a number of different circumstances that have come together in the last half-dozen years to form an important convergence, artificial intelligence and machine learning are becoming more portable for use at the edge, in addition to their usual homes in the data center or in the cloud. It’s all here now: high-speed bandwidth, […]

RingCentral intends to earn some of the market share that competitors such as Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams and others have been claiming during this pandemic year 2020. The Belmont, Calif.-based communications provider on Dec. 15 launched a new service called RingCentral Glip. This is a free, unlimited, easy-to-use package that offers high-quality and high-availability video […]

Here is the latest article in an eWEEK feature series called IT Science, in which we look at what actually happens at the intersection of new-gen IT and legacy systems. Unless it’s brand new and right off various assembly lines, servers, storage and networking inside every IT system can be considered “legacy.” This is because […]

Here is the latest article in an eWEEK feature series called IT Science, in which we look at what actually happens at the intersection of new-gen IT and legacy systems. Unless it’s brand new and right off various assembly lines, servers, storage and networking inside every IT system can be considered “legacy.” This is because […]

Being digitally adaptive is high on the agenda for any company where customer expectations evolve quickly. Hint: That’s just about every company today.  2020 has been a year of monumental change, much of it unforeseen and marked by the need for businesses to rapidly respond in order to stay afloat. Despite their best efforts, software suites […]

By Bruce Kornfeld In computing, data exists in three states: in transit, at rest and in use. Data moving across the network is “in transit,” data residing in some type of storage is “at rest,” and data being processed is “in use.”  As cyberthreats targeted toward network and storage devices are increasingly thwarted by protections […]

As our latest installment in this year’s eWEEK predictions, we offer insights from two sources: Dave Padmos of EY Americas, and Diego Oppenheimer, CEO of Algorithmia.  EY makes EY Diligence Edge, an artificial intelligence platform hosted on IBM Cloud and supported by IBM Watson Discovery, designed to revolutionize the mergers and acquisitions due-diligence process. Algorithmia […]

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the digital transformation at most organizations. Americans have become more reliant on online platforms while sheltering in place for everything from groceries to streaming entertainment to banking and other financial transactions.   Much of this shift online is likely to be permanent, with finances providing the most critical case in point. […]