LinkedIn ‘Interest Feed’ aims for better content discovery
By: Matt Kapko LinkedIn is set to launch a feature within its main feed that will give you more curated information and opinion on topics relevant to your profession. The company wants to help its 467 million members learn more about the issues that are most important to them and their careers. The upcoming change […]
Accenture expands AWS Business Group
By: Thor Olavsrud Noting that customers are increasingly turning to the cloud to make their operations more agile, Accenture yesterday announced that it will expand its Accenture AWS Business Group to enhance its application migration, development and management offerings. Enhancements around the internet of things (IoT), transformation and analytics and big data are also in […]
U.S. says cybersecurity skills shortage is a myth
By: Patrick Thibodeau The U.S. government has released what it claims is myth-busting data about the shortage of cybersecurity professionals. The data points to its own hiring experience. In October 2015, the U.S. launched a plan to hire 6,500 people with cybersecurity skills by January 2017, according to White House officials. It had hired 3,000 […]
Google, LinkedIn leaders on tech’s responsibility for lost jobs
By: Matt Kapko The pressing issue of modern technology’s negative impact on jobs was largely ignored during the 2016 presidential election, according to California’s Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who spoke this week at the Code Enterprise conference. Today’s society has deficiencies in education and regulation, and it lacks the collective mindset necessary to transform tech […]
Is critical infrastructure the next DDoS target?
By: Taylor Amerding The massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack last month on Dyn, the New Hampshire-based Domain Name System (DNS) provider, was mostly an inconvenience. While it took down a portion of the internet for several hours, disrupted dozens of major websites and made national news, nobody died. Nobody even got hurt, other […]
Docker, machine learning are top tech trends for 2017
By: Paul Krill With 2017 fast approaching, technology trends that will keep gathering steam in the new year range from augmented and virtual reality to machine intelligence, Docker, and microservices, according to technology consulting firm ThoughtWorks. In its semiannual Technology Radar report published Monday, ThoughtWorks calls out four IT themes growing in prominence: Virtual reality […]
Not Your Mother’s Artificial Intelligence
Back in the days when “Bubbles,” the liquid-cooled Cray 2, was the fastest supercomputer in the world and before LISP was the programming language of choice in Marvin Minsky’s new AI Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) had lofty goals. They believed that AI would eventually give machines […]
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Adds Cortana, Outlook Capabilities
The company’s ERP platform for small and midsize businesses gains new predictive analytics capabilities and an Outlook integration that streamlines invoicing. Dynamics NAV 2017, Microsoft’s ERP software platform is now generally available. In some significant ways, the new release mirrors how cloud-enabled analytics and machine-learning technologies are permeating the company’s business software offerings.This time, instead […]
Internet of Things poised to transform cities
By: Thor Olavsrud The internet of things (IoT) is set to transform municipal life, according to government officials surveyed by the nonprofit trade association Computing Industry Trade Association (CompTIA). “Cities and city leaders are thinking more holistically about different uses of technology that are integrated and bringing different aspects of the city together into a […]
Why IoT devices are the ‘unusual suspects’ in DDOS attacks
By: Clint Boulton Recent cyberattacks that harnessed digital devices to cripple websites confirm the concerns cybersecurity experts have long expressed about the threat posed by the internet of things (IoT). Many connected corporate devices, from VoIP phones and connected printers to smart video conferencing systems, have outdated firmware and can be hacked in minutes, according […]