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What’s New: Intel today announced the Intel® XMM™ 8160 5G modem, a multimode modem optimized to provide 5G connectivity to devices like phones, PCs and broadband access gateways. Intel has accelerated the timing of this modem by pulling in the launch by more than a half-year. The XMM 8160 5G will support peak speeds up to 6 gigabits per second, making it three to six … [Read more...] about Intel Accelerates Timing for Intel XMM 8160 5G Multimode Modem to Support Broad Global 5G Rollouts

NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Systems Jump Nearly 50 Percent in One Year; Accelerate Fastest Supercomputers in the World - U.S., Europe, Japan; Power 22 of World’s 25 Most Energy-Efficient Supercomputers NVIDIA’s position as the most dynamic force in global supercomputing was confirmed today in the just-issued TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. The closely watched … [Read more...] about NVIDIA-Accelerated Supercomputers Hit New Highs on TOP500 List

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today entered into a contract with Argonne National Laboratory to deliver its latest Atos Quantum Learning Machine, the world's highest-performing commercially available quantum simulator. The 35-qubit Atos Quantum Learning Machine will help accelerate research efforts at the science and technology powerhouse. Argonne, a U.S. … [Read more...] about Atos Delivers World’s Highest Performing Quantum Simulator to Argonne National Laboratory

Forrester's 2019 predictions identify the major dynamics that will affect companies in the coming year – a year where firms will shift from strategic ambitions to pragmatic, surgical efforts. In 2018, leaders set their sights on large-scale initiatives such as digital transformation and customer experience (CX). But many faced the harsh reality that these strategies are hard, … [Read more...] about Predictions 2019: the year that transformation goes pragmatic

Dragons' Den TV Star Michele Romanow's Fintech Company will Fund Over $100M in Marketing Capital this Year Clearbanc, a company that funds marketing for fast-growing ecommerce brands, at Techonomy today announced it has closed a $70M USD investment from a group of investors including Emergence Capital, Social Capital, CoVenture, Founders Fund, 8VC, iNovia Capital, Real … [Read more...] about Clearbanc Creates New Model For Funding Entrepreneurs, Closes $70M Investment from Top Silicon Valley VCs

SoftIron joins the founding board of the Ceph Foundation alongside industry giants to support and direct the future of Ceph Silicon Valley-based enterprise storage startup, SoftIron, announced today that they are joining the founding board of the newly formed Ceph Foundation. Alongside other industry heavyweights such as Red Hat, China Mobile and Canonical, SoftIron will play … [Read more...] about SoftIron Joins Founding Board of The Ceph Foundation

- Together, SAP and Qualtrics to accelerate the new XM category by combining experience data and operational data to power the experience economy - Creates a highly differentiated offering for businesses to deliver superior customer, employee, product, and brand experiences - Ryan Smith to continue to lead Qualtrics; Qualtrics to maintain dual headquarters in Provo, Utah, and … [Read more...] about SAP SE to Acquire Qualtrics International Inc., Sees Experience Management as the Future of Business

The Tata Power Company to deploy an initial 35 MWh Energy Vault system planned for 2019; CEMEX partnership will support rapid adoption and deployment of Energy Vault’s unique storage solution Energy Vault, an Idealab company that creates renewable energy storage products, today announced the commercial availability of its groundbreaking solution. Based on the principles that … [Read more...] about Energy Vault Announces Commercial Availability of Transformative Utility-Scale Energy Storage Technology Yielding Unprecedented Economic Benefits to Global Energy Providers

Direct digital transformation spending of $5.9 trillion over the years 2018 to 2021 As the top digital transformation (DX) market research firm in the world, International Data Corporation (IDC) today unveiled IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation 2019 Predictions (Doc #US43647118). In this year's DX predictions, IDC has identified two DX groups based on specific … [Read more...] about As Global Leader in Digital Transformation Market Research, IDC Reveals Worldwide Digital Transformation Predictions

The Clarity Program Provides a Clear Path for AI, Cloud, Containers and IoT MapR® Technologies, Inc., provider of the industry's next generation data platform for AI and Analytics, today announced the Clarity Program, a new product release and a free assessment service that provides a comprehensive understanding of a customer’s current data environment and the best practices … [Read more...] about MapR Announces Clarity Program for Cloudera and Hortonworks Customers with New Platform Update and Free Data Assessment Service