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Intel Moves to Challenge Nvidia, AMD in Discrete GPU Chip Market

Today’s topics include Intel moving into the discrete GPU chip market by 2020, and Google Analytics 360 being integrated with Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud. Intel will start rolling out discrete GPUs in 2020 in a move that will expand its competition with rivals Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices in rapidly growing markets like artificial intelligence, gaming […]

Growing Cryptojacking Problem Gains FTC’s Attention

Today’s topics include non-JavaScript cryptojacking reaping more than $144 million for attackers, and Google’s preemptible GPUs providing extra performance at a major discount. According to a report released June 11 by security firm Palo Alto Networks, unauthorized crypto-currency mining, commonly referred to as cryptojacking, is a growing problem for enterprises and individuals and is now […]

IBM Launching 18 New Availability Zones for Its Cloud Services

Today’s topics include IBM announcing a major expansion of its regional cloud services, and Cisco and Google making their hybrid cloud platform available by October. IBM, which has invested over $3 billion in its cloud business, is planning to launch 18 new availability zones for the IBM Cloud in high demand centers in Europe, Asia-Pacific […]

Red Hat Introduces Fuse 7, Buildah 1.0 to Ease App Development

Today’s topics include Red Hat launching Fuse 7 and Buildah 1.0 for advanced application development, and a new ENCRYPT bill to create national encryption rules.  Red Hat is boosting its application development efforts with Fuse 7 and Buildah 1.0, which will help developers build and integrate cloud-native container applications.  With version 7, Red Hat is […]

DoE Bills IBM’s Summit as ‘World’s Smartest Scientific Supercomputer’

Today’s topics include IBM announcing Summit, which it claims is the world’s most powerful scientific supercomputer, and Google introducing sole-tenant nodes for enterprise cloud customers. On June 8, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory unveiled IBM’s Summit supercomputer and immediately billed it as the “world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer.” With […]

Facebook Data Sharing With Huawei Could Lead to New Regulations

Today’s topics include Facebook’s recent data sharing scandal possibly resulting in new regulations, and Motorola releasing its Moto Z3 Play smartphone. Recent disclosures about Facebook sharing data with Chinese cell phone maker Huawei is getting close scrutiny from Congress, which could result in significant regulations on the technology industry. While the situation with Huawei was […]

Oracle’s Soar Program Speeds Legacy App Customers’ Move to the Cloud

Today’s topics include Oracle moving legacy app customers to the cloud through its Soar program, and Nvidia building the Isaac platform for intelligent robots. On the opening day of chief rival SAP’s SAPPHIRE conference, Oracle introduced its new Soar program, which encourages business application customers to shift to the cloud faster from the company’s legacy, […]

Microsoft CEO Assures GitHub Will Remain Open Platform After Purchase

Today’s topics include Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion, and Apple upgrading iOS and introducing macOS Mojave. Microsoft is acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock, the companies announced Monday. GitHub’s popular code repository service is home to many open source projects and is popular with developer teams. The transaction, which is expected to […]

Hyperscalers, Cloud, Modern Workloads Drive Surging Demand for Servers

Today’s topics include IDC reporting surging revenue growth for server makers as well as predicting a drop in global smartphone shipments in 2018 but a rise again in 2019. The global server market is continuing to expand due in part to demand from large cloud service providers and the rise of modern workloads such as […]

Google’s Next-Gen Pixel 3, 3 XL Smartphones Rumored for Fall Release

Today’s topics include rumors of Google’s Pixel 3 smartphones, and Microsoft releasing performance-enhanced .NET Core 2.1. The next generation of Google Pixel smartphones, likely to be called the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, are rumored to be coming this October, according to Bloomberg. The larger Pixel 3 XL could include an almost edge-to-edge screen […]