The effects of the coronavirus on technology will be studied for years to come. The ways people responded and new directions companies took are creating a new normal. IT leaders were forced to build more robust, resilient, secure data systems that support remote working. Global IT service providers were on the front lines to help […]

The ideas behind 5G got their start at NASA, which was seeking to improve space communication for satellites. As telcos roll out 5G networks with speeds of up to 10 gigs, the new wireless technology is poised to bring powerful internet connections to IoT, VR, AR, AI, edge computing and enterprise applications. In this interview […]

To meet the relentless demand for digital services, data centers will need to become decentralized and more autonomous, according to Ray Wang. He’s the Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research Inc., a research and advisory firm which studies disruptive business and exponential technology trends. In this segment, Wang talks about the […]

Digital transformation isn’t just about technology. It’s also about building new business models that leverage technologies like mobile, cloud computing and IoT. Ray Wang is Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research Inc., a research and advisory firm which studies disruptive business and exponential technology trends. In this segment, he explains how […]

Immersive technologies present an interesting conundrum for users, who are enthusiastic about the possibilities of AR, VR and the next era of audio/visual media. While everyone knows it will become an important part of the fabric of life, few know just what that will look like. One of those is Michael Hoffman, who started Object […]

Lopez: I still can’t get past the idea that I’m talking to a toaster. Scoble: Yeah. You’re talking to millions of toasters. That’s the breakthrough, right? When you’re talking to a Tesla, you’re not talking just to one chip, you’re talking to 800,000 cars that are driving around with cameras on them, and all of […]

The key idea behind data center virtualization has been ”no change to the application, no change to the operating system,” according to Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey, in an investor call with Bank of America Securities. This has been the philosophy behind the shift to virtual machines and as well as in storage, Pandey said. “I […]

There’s practically no debate that some new ways of living and working will be with us long after the pandemic has ended. This is the mindset of the one the world’s biggest IT services companies, Tata Consultancy Services also known as TCS. The company has nearly half a million workers worldwide. Before COVID-19, 20 percent […]

Flavio Mancini is a IT project manager in Italy’s National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work also known as INAIL. Before COVID-19 hit the country hard in March 2020, Mancini and his team helped INAIL move to private cloud. Having that on-premises, scalable IT system allowed the agency to scale its remote worker capabilities […]

Maron Kristófferson is the CEO of the Icelandic company aha, an online service for restaurant food and groceries. The company delivers food to customers by car, but had an idea for a project that would show how drones can help business stay competitive. Kristófersson talks about the weather and technical challenges and how the project […]