AI boot camp aims to draw more teen girls into computer science
As an engineering student at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1990s, Didem Un Ates was one of only five women in a graduating class of 180. Today, she’s on a mission is to drastically change those numbers. Un Ates is part of a Microsoft team that launched “Alice envisions the future,” a boot camp […]
Royal Caribbean’s head innovator Joey Hasty: Turning dreams into memories
If you want a glimpse of the future, spend a minute with Joey Hasty – because he’s got it in the palm of his hand. “Come here, take a look,” he says, pulling a phone out of his pocket. “I love this.” With a few brisk finger taps, the affable associate vice president of innovation […]
How Autonomous Freed the World’s Most Important Resource – People
An increasing number of businesses are turning to Oracle Autonomous Database – the industry’s first self-driving, self-securing, self-repairing database—to gain deeper and more meaningful data insight, faster than ever before. The result has been freeing employees to do more value-added work—in large part thanks to deeper, faster insights into data than has been possible beforehand. According to Hwee-Xian […]
The ‘Unprecedented Challenge’ of Cybersecurity in an Age of Burgeoning Threats
Technological and legal complexities abound in this age of heightened cybersecurity threats—including a rise in state-sponsored hacking. This “unprecedented challenge” was the topic of conversation between Dorian Daley, Oracle executive vice president and general counsel, and Edward Screven, Oracle’s chief corporate architect. Here are five key takeaways from their conversation: 1. Some good news: Businesses […]
Sony and Microsoft to explore strategic partnership
Sony Corporation (Sony) and Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft) announced on Thursday that the two companies will partner on new innovations to enhance customer experiences in their direct-to-consumer entertainment platforms and AI solutions. Under the memorandum of understanding signed by the parties, the two companies will explore joint development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure to […]
Microsoft and General Assembly launch partnership to close the global AI skills gap
Microsoft Corp. and global education provider General Assembly (GA) on Friday announced a partnership to close skills gaps in the rapidly growing fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and data engineering, machine learning, data science, and more. This initiative will create standards and credentials for AI skills, upskill and reskill 15,000 workers by 2022, and […]
2 Phoenix tech companies merge to expand business
A 25-year-old Tempe spinoff of MicroAge has acquired another local company to expand its business into new markets. Tempe-based enChoice Inc., an enterprise content management solutions company, bought Tempe-based ImageTag, bringing its KwikTags digital transformation solution and Microsoft capabilities into the merged company, said Tony White, CEO and founder of enChoice. “This acquisition brings us […]
Cultivating the next gen of coders – ninja style
Strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” suddenly fill the Denver dojo. The song drowns out the merry din of bells, whistles, dings and dance beats that usually flow from freshly built computer games. The ninjas all pause their work. The song signals that one of their own is the first to reach a coveted milestone, yellow […]
Red Hat and Microsoft fuel hybrid cloud development with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, and Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of Azure Red Hat OpenShift, which brings a jointly-managed enterprise-grade Kubernetes solution to Microsoft’s a leading public cloud, Microsoft Azure. Azure Red Hat OpenShift provides a powerful on-ramp to hybrid cloud computing, enabling IT […]
SK Telecom and Microsoft sign MOU for comprehensive cooperation in cutting-edge ICT
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and Microsoft Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on May 7 for comprehensive cooperation in leading-edge ICT, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud. Under the MOU, SK Telecom and Microsoft will combine their technological capabilities in areas such as 5G, AI and cloud to jointly promote Internet of Things (IoT) […]