Today’s topics include a Swagbucks survey anticipating shopping trends for this holiday season, and Panasonic updating its Toughbook 31 with a faster CPU and more memory. According to a new survey of 1,000 U.S. adults and 500 teens conducted online by Swagbucks, a rewards- and loyalty-program company, when it comes to choosing between an iPhone […]
Today’s topics include Samsung announcing innovation in folding phones, IoT and mobile UX, and a report finding most users stop engaging with brands after a data breach. At the SDC developers’ conference in San Francisco last week, Samsung announced the Infinity Flex Display, which has a 7.3-inch tablet-sized screen that can be folded vertically to […]
Today’s topics include Inuit rolling out accounting offering QuickBooks Online Advanced, and the release of Docker Enterprise 2.1 with accelerated application migration. At its annual QuickBooks Connect conference in San Jose on Nov. 7, Inuit discussed a new accounting offering for midsize firms that is aggressively priced compared with NetSuite and other competitors. The cloud-based […]
Today’s topics include Gartner releasing its list of the top 10 strategic IoT technologies and trends through 2023, and VMware acquiring Kubernetes-based startup Heptio. At its symposium and IT expo Nov. 7 in Barcelona, researcher and market analyst Gartner announced what it sees as the most important strategic internet of things technology trends that will […]
Today’s topics include Dell EMC expanding its integration with VMware technologies, and TriggerMesh launching its Kubernetes-based serverless management platform. At the VMworld 2018 Europe show this week in Barcelona, Spain, Dell EMC unveiled enhancements to the VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure offerings that are designed to drive greater automation, easier management and more adoption of the solutions. […]
Today’s topics include T-Mobile rolling out an inexpensive help desk for small businesses, and Thoma Bravo acquiring Veracode from Broadcom for $950 million. T-Mobile has begun a new service for business customers with T-Mobile One voice service called the T-Mobile for Business Help Desk to help small businesses with IT support. The service is starting […]
Today’s topics include Apple patching critical iOS and macOS flaws, and Microsoft releasing a roadmap for Visual Studio 2019 improvements. Apple on Oct. 30 released a series of critical security updates to its macOS, iOS and watchOS operating systems that fix high-impact flaws. Such flaws include remote code execution issues that could enable attackers to […]
Today’s topics include Apple updating the MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pro, and Bleedingbit Bluetooth vulnerabilities exposing WiFi access points to risk. Apple on Oct. 30 announced some important updates to the MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pros to compete with existing hardware from other manufacturers. The Mac Mini has moved even more […]
Today’s topics include Cray unveiling its first exascale supercomputer, Shasta, and LogRhythm advancing its NextGen SIEM security platform with security orchestration, automation and response features. Cray officials have unveiled Shasta, the company’s first exascale-capable supercomputer. Shasta is aimed at simplifying computing for modern workloads that typically run on heterogeneous cluster systems, which Cray officials argue […]
According to LinkedIn’s annual State of Sales report that surveyed more than 500 sales pros and 500 buyers in August 2018, establishing customer trust outranks technology itself in keeping and maintaining customers. In the survey, 40 percent of sales professionals ranked trust as the No. 1 factor in closing deals, placing it ahead of both […]