Google facing a Microsoft moment with EU fine over Android antitrust violations
Google is bracing itself for what will likely be a record-breaking EU fine in the coming weeks. The Financial Times reports that the EU antitrust investigation into Android is concluding, and a fine is expected to be announced in July. The European Commission has been investigating Android after rivals complained that Google has been abusing […]
Why this former Microsoft distinguished engineer decided to build weed-zapping laser-armed robots
By: Lisa Stiffler When Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos decided to launch a startup building small, weed-controlling robots, he wanted an enviro-friendly solution for flattening the leafy pests. His solution is not only non-toxic — it’s just plain cool. “Heck, I’m doing robots. I might as well stick lasers on them,” Chrysanthakopoulos said. So that’s what he did. […]
If Industry Leaders Reap The Benefits From AI, Big Data And Robotics, How Can SMEs Stay Relevant?
By: Masao Takahashi and Vijay Raju Robotics, AI and Big Data provide great opportunities for startups and agile SMEs, right? Think again. According to research the World Economic Forum did with Accenture, the bulk of gains goes to the 20% industry leaders in each industry. Without broader implementation of these new technologies, “an ‘industry inequality’ […]
Zuora Central Upgrade Further Attacks the ERP Market
Zuora, the leading cloud-based subscription management platform provider, today announced at Subscribed™ a major upgrade to the Zuora Central Platform with the addition of Zuora Orders. This new upgrade leapfrogs all existing capabilities, giving subscription companies unlimited order flexibility, a new set of metrics, and complete order-to-revenue automation. The upgraded platform will function as the […]
Why Cloud Customer Success Is New Top Priority For Salesforce, Microsoft, Workday, SAP And Oracle
By: Bob Evans CLOUD WARS — As competition among top cloud vendors intensifies, customer success is rapidly emerging as a strategic differentiator far more important than snazzy technology. It seems dazzlingly obvious: we all want our customers to be successful, right? But the enterprise-tech industry hasn’t always earned a sterling reputation for delivering that type […]
4 Key Takeaways from IoT World 2018
By: Katharine Levarevich IoT World 2018 in Santa Clara united thousands of organizations and attendees, hundreds of speakers and exhibitors and dozens of IoT startups. It’s one of those yearly events where you can meet all cross-industry giants at one place – Microsoft, SAP, Avnet, Boeing, UPS, MasterCard, Bank of America, T Mobile, Google, […]
IBM Exec: We Have Ways to Stand Out in the Cloud Wars
By: Eric Jhonsa Though Amazon.com (AMZN – Get Report) , Microsoft (MSFT – Get Report) and Alphabet/Google’s (GOOGL – Get Report) public cloud platforms have been collectively taking a lot of share from smaller rivals, IBM (IBM – Get Report) insists it can hold its own. The 2018 version of research firm’s Gartner’s cloud infrastructure […]
IBM’s head of Watson likes Elon Musk but ‘hates’ A.I. scaremongering
By: Ryan Browne David Kenny, IBM’s senior vice president of Watson and Cloud, said artificial intelligence is already proving to be beneficial. He suggested that doomsday warnings from the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk were overblown. Warnings of artificial intelligence (AI) posing a threat to humanity are “not helpful,” a top executive at IBM […]
5G service is coming – and so are health concerns over the towers that support it
The wireless industry is in a race to roll out 5G service. The network is supposed to be up to 100 times faster than current data speeds, but it requires cellphone tower equipment to be closer to users than before. Wireless companies in the U.S. say they’ll have to install about 300,000 new antennas – […]
How AI Will Change Marketing As We Know It
By: Amine Bentahar One of the biggest and most important trends in business today is the steady growth of artificial intelligence (AI). While people often think of AI in terms of the ways it can eliminate menial tasks such as paperwork and scheduling, the fact is that it will soon be touching every part of […]