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"IBM is really all in on blockchain. We take a look at sort of the history of
blockchain ledger technologies. It started out with bitcoin, Ethereum, and
IBM evaluated these particular blockchain technologies and found they were
anonymous and permissionless and that many companies were looking for
permissioned blockchain," stated René Bostic, Technical VP of the IBM Cloud
Unit in North America, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held
Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara,
CA.
CloudExpo | DXWorldEXPO have announced the conference tracks for Cloud Expo
2018, introducing DXWorldEXPO.
DXWordEXPO, colocated with Cloud Expo will be held June 5-7, 2018, at the
Javits Center in New York City, and November 6-8, 2018, at the Santa Clara
Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with the... (more)
This month, an AI (artificial intelligence) system passed a medical exam in
China for the first time. I wonder how its bedside manner will be? In
addition, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to a robot named Sophia. With all
these rapid advancements, I think it is time we explore the spiritual life of
robots.
Up till recently, programmers coded and configured algorithms, AI, automation
and machine learning systems and took personal responsibility for all the
code. Today, however, AI has escaped the confines of human oversight and has
been empowered and employed to self-program, self-optimize, self-test,
self-configure and self-learn. David Gunning writes, "Continued advances [in
AI] promise to produce autonomous systems that will perceive, learn, decide,
and act on their own." That's a problem, not only with me, but with Karma.
A simplistic definition of Karma is a s... (more)
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Architecting an Interactive Query Layer for Big Data
An increasing number of companies are creating products that combine data
with analytical capabilities.
Running interactive queries on Big Data requires complex architectures to
store and query data effectively, typically involving data streams, an
choosing efficient file format/database and multiple independent systems that
are tied together through custom-engineered pipelines.
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In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Tomer Levi, a senior software engineer at
Intel's Advanced Analytics group, covered the challenges, architectural
considerations, best practices, and frameworks available to enable
interactive analytics integrated into a Big Data platform.
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Digital technologies have altered how people and businesses interact. The
potential for dislocation from ongoing digital transformation has created
unprecedented levels of C-suite discussion. The decisive market leaders have
heeded the warnings and taken bold actions.
That said, if you’re one of those Chief Technology Officers (CTO) that
previously responded to this scenario by making small incremental adjustments
to your IT agenda, then you’re potentially at risk. Any relief from those
prior tweaks tend to be short lived. The same issues will likely resurface.
An Introduction to Digital Reinvention
Back in 2013, the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) introduced the
concept of ‘Digital Reinvention.’ Why is that concept noteworthy? Markets
had evolved from organizational centricity, in which manufacturers and
service providers defined a predictable state, into a ra... (more)
Are You Thinking About Big Data When Doing IoT? - You Should Be
When talking IoT we often focus on the devices, the sensors, the hardware
itself. The new smart appliances, the new smart or self-driving cars (which
are amalgamations of many ‘things'). When we are looking at the world of
IoT, we should take a step back, look at the big picture. What value are
these devices providing? IoT is not about the devices, it's about the data
consumed and generated. The devices are tools, mechanisms, conduits.
In his session at Internet of Things at Cloud Expo | DXWorld Expo, Ed
Featherston, VP, Principal Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, will
discuss the considerations when dealing with the massive amount of
information associated with these devices.
Speaker Bio
Ed Featherston is VP, Principal Architect at Cloud Technology Partners. He
brings 35 years of technology exper... (more)
I love it when I get feedback from a blog that I’ve written. I appreciate
the different perspectives and insights that others bring to a topic of
interest. And no blog that I’ve written has drawn more comments than my
blog, “Isaac Asimov: The 4th Law of Robotics.”
The section of the blog that fueled the most comments stem from a scene in
the movie I, Robot where Detective Spooner (played by Will Smith) is
explaining to Doctor Calvin (who is responsible for giving robots human-like
behaviors) why he distrusts and hates robots. He is describing an incident
where his police car crashed into another car and both cars were thrown into
a cold and deep river – certain death for all occupants. However, a robot
jumps into the water and decides to save Detective Spooner over a 10-year old
girl (Sarah) who was in the other car. Here is the dialogue between Detective
Spooner a... (more)
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Intelligent Bots: Manage Your Smart Home from the Cloud
Everything run by electricity will eventually be connected to the Internet.
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Get ahead of the Internet of Things revolution. In his session at
@ThingsExpo, Akvelon expert and IoT industry leader Sergey Grebnov provided
an educational dive into the world of managing your home, workplace and all
the devices they contain with the power of machine-based AI and intelligent
Bot services for a completely streamlined experience.
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Speaker Bio
Sergey Grebnov is a Senior Software Engineer at Akvelon Inc., focused on IoT,
Open Source and mobile-related projects. He is an active Open Source member
and Apache Cordova PMC. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Ivanovo State
Power University, Russia. Sergey's passi... (more)
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Intelligent DNS as the Cornerstone of Digital Transformation
In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Carl J. Levine, Senior Technical
Evangelist for NS1, will objectively discuss how DNS is used to solve Digital
Transformation challenges in large SaaS applications, CDNs, AdTech platforms,
and other demanding use cases.
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Carl J. Levine is the Senior Technical Evangelist for NS1.
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A veteran of the Internet Infrastructure space, he has over a decade of
experience with startups, networking protocols and Internet infrastructure,
combined with the unique ability to iterate use cases, bring understanding to
those seeking to explore complicated technical concepts and increase revenue
across diverse sales channels.
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The End of Net Neutrality Could Be Good for Marketers - And Bad for Almost
Everyone Else
The Federal Communications Commission announced that it will vote on December
14 to enact the exceptionally misleadingly titled “Restoring Internet
Freedom” order. If passed, it will do the opposite of restoring anything
resembling freedom — it will repeal the current net neutrality rules which
were enacted to ensure that Americans would have equal access to the
Internet.
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re already interested in the
topic. Still, some quick background:
Renamed “Open Internet” a while back, net neutrality provided a
regulatory framework that specifically prohibited:
Blocking: Broadband providers may not block access to lawful content,
applications, services or non-harmful devices. Throttling: Broadband
providers may not deliberately target some lawful In... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that Evatronix will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st
International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at
the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Evatronix SA offers comprehensive solutions in the design and implementation
of electronic systems, in CAD / CAM deployment, and also is a designer and
manufacturer of advanced 3D scanners for professional applications.
For more information, please visit http://evatronix.com.
"Evatronix provides design services to companies that need to integrate the
IoT technology in their products but they don't necessarily have the
expertise, knowledge and design team to do so," explained Adam Morawiec, VP
of Business Development at Evatronix, in this SYS-CON.tv interview
at @ThingsExpo, held Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention
Center in Santa Clara, CA.
21... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that Dasher Technologies will exhibit at
SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 -
Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dasher Technologies, Inc. ® is a premier IT solution provider that delivers
expert technical resources along with trusted account executives to architect
and deliver complete IT solutions and services to help our clients execute
their goals, plans and objectives.
Since 1999, we've helped public, private and nonprofit organizations
implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. As
one of the fastest growing IT solution providers in the country, we have
gained a reputation for effortless implementations with relentless
follow-through and enduring support.
Our strong technical expertise and vendor independence allow us to integra... (more)
@ThingsExpo Stories By Elizabeth White  Leading companies, from the Global Fortune 500 to the smallest companies, are adopting hybrid cloud as the path to business advantage. Hybrid cloud depends on cloud services and on-premises infrastructure working in unison. Successful implementations require new levels of data mobility, enabled by an automated and seamless flow across on-premises and cloud resources. In his general session at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Tevis, an IBM Storage Software Technical Strategist and Customer Solution Architec... Dec. 3, 2017 05:15 PM EST Reads: 670 | By Pat Romanski When talking IoT we often focus on the devices, the sensors, the hardware itself. The new smart appliances, the new smart or self-driving cars (which are amalgamations of many ‘things’). When we are looking at the world of IoT, we should take a step back, look at the big picture. What value are these devices providing? IoT is not about the devices, it’s about the data consumed and generated. The devices are tools, mechanisms, conduits.
In his session at Internet of Things at Cloud Expo | DXWor... Dec. 3, 2017 03:15 PM EST Reads: 839 | By Liz McMillan An increasing number of companies are creating products that combine data with analytical capabilities. Running interactive queries on Big Data requires complex architectures to store and query data effectively, typically involving data streams, an choosing efficient file format/database and multiple independent systems that are tied together through custom-engineered pipelines. In his session at @BigDataExpo at @ThingsExpo, Tomer Levi, a senior software engineer at Intel’s Advanced Analytics gr... Dec. 3, 2017 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,149 | By Liz McMillan  Coca-Cola’s Google powered digital signage system lays the groundwork for a more valuable connection between Coke and its customers. Digital signs pair software with high-resolution displays so that a message can be changed instantly based on what the operator wants to communicate or sell. In their Day 3 Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Chambers, Global Group Director, Digital Innovation, Coca-Cola, and Vidya Nagarajan, a Senior Product Manager at Google, discussed how from store operations and ... Dec. 3, 2017 11:45 AM EST Reads: 999 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Synametrics Technologies will exhibit at SYS-CON's 22nd International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Synametrics Technologies is a privately held company based in Plainsboro, New Jersey that has been providing solutions for the developer community since 1997. Based on the success of its initial product offerings such as WinSQL, Xeams, SynaMan and Syncrify, Synametrics continues to create and hone inn... Dec. 3, 2017 11:00 AM EST Reads: 2,104 | By Liz McMillan Everything run by electricity will eventually be connected to the Internet. Get ahead of the Internet of Things revolution. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Akvelon expert and IoT industry leader Sergey Grebnov provided an educational dive into the world of managing your home, workplace and all the devices they contain with the power of machine-based AI and intelligent Bot services for a completely streamlined experience. Dec. 3, 2017 08:15 AM EST Reads: 943 | By Liz McMillan SYS-CON Events announced today that Evatronix will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Evatronix SA offers comprehensive solutions in the design and implementation of electronic systems, in CAD / CAM deployment, and also is a designer and manufacturer of advanced 3D scanners for professional applications. Dec. 3, 2017 06:00 AM EST Reads: 3,238 | By Elizabeth White "IBM is really all in on blockchain. We take a look at sort of the history of blockchain ledger technologies. It started out with bitcoin, Ethereum, and IBM evaluated these particular blockchain technologies and found they were anonymous and permissionless and that many companies were looking for permissioned blockchain," stated René Bostic, Technical VP of the IBM Cloud Unit in North America, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Conventi... Dec. 3, 2017 12:45 AM EST Reads: 814 | By Pat Romanski  To get the most out of their data, successful companies are not focusing on queries and data lakes, they are actively integrating analytics into their operations with a data-first application development approach. Real-time adjustments to improve revenues, reduce costs, or mitigate risk rely on applications that minimize latency on a variety of data sources. In his session at @BigDataExpo, Jack Norris, Senior Vice President, Data and Applications at MapR Technologies, reviewed best practices to ... Dec. 2, 2017 09:15 PM EST Reads: 1,955 | By Liz McMillan  A strange thing is happening along the way to the Internet of Things, namely far too many devices to work with and manage. It has become clear that we'll need much higher efficiency user experiences that can allow us to more easily and scalably work with the thousands of devices that will soon be in each of our lives. Enter the conversational interface revolution, combining bots we can literally talk with, gesture to, and even direct with our thoughts, with embedded artificial intelligence, whic... Dec. 2, 2017 07:30 PM EST Reads: 9,237 | By Elizabeth White In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Carl J. Levine, Senior Technical Evangelist for NS1, will objectively discuss how DNS is used to solve Digital Transformation challenges in large SaaS applications, CDNs, AdTech platforms, and other demanding use cases. Carl J. Levine is the Senior Technical Evangelist for NS1. A veteran of the Internet Infrastructure space, he has over a decade of experience with startups, networking protocols and Internet infrastructure, combined with the unique ability to it... Dec. 2, 2017 05:45 PM EST Reads: 773 | By Liz McMillan  Recently, WebRTC has a lot of eyes from market. The use cases of WebRTC are expanding - video chat, online education, online health care etc. Not only for human-to-human communication, but also IoT use cases such as machine to human use cases can be seen recently. One of the typical use-case is remote camera monitoring. With WebRTC, people can have interoperability and flexibility for deploying monitoring service.
However, the benefit of WebRTC for IoT is not only its convenience and interopera... Dec. 1, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,292 | By Liz McMillan  Digital Transformation (DX) is not a "one-size-fits all" strategy. Each organization needs to develop its own unique, long-term DX plan. It must do so by realizing that we now live in a data-driven age, and that technologies such as Cloud Computing, Big Data, the IoT, Cognitive Computing, and Blockchain are only tools. In her general session at 21st Cloud Expo, Rebecca Wanta explained how the strategy must focus on DX and include a commitment from top management to create great IT jobs, monitor ... Dec. 1, 2017 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,121 | By Elizabeth White  Product connectivity goes hand and hand these days with increased use of personal data. New IoT devices are becoming more personalized than ever before.
In his session at 22nd Cloud Expo | DXWorld Expo, Nicolas Fierro, CEO of MIMIR Blockchain Solutions, will discuss how in order to protect your data and privacy, IoT applications need to embrace Blockchain technology for a new level of product security never before seen - or needed. Dec. 1, 2017 10:00 AM EST Reads: 1,032 | By Roger Strukhoff  Cloud Expo | DXWorld Expo have announced the conference tracks for Cloud Expo 2018. Cloud Expo will be held June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, and November 6-8, 2018, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with the introduction of DX Expo within the program. Successful transformation requires a laser focus on being data-driven and on using all the tools available that enable transformation if they plan to survive ov... Nov. 30, 2017 06:00 PM EST Reads: 3,668 | By Liz McMillan  "Digital transformation - what we knew about it in the past has been redefined. Automation is going to play such a huge role in that because the culture, the technology, and the business operations are being shifted now," stated Brian Boeggeman, VP of Alliances & Partnerships at Ayehu, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Nov. 30, 2017 10:45 AM EST Reads: 1,171 | By Liz McMillan  "Evatronix provides design services to companies that need to integrate the IoT technology in their products but they don't necessarily have the expertise, knowledge and design team to do so," explained Adam Morawiec, VP of Business Development at Evatronix, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Nov. 29, 2017 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,348 | By Liz McMillan  The 22nd International Cloud Expo | 1st DXWorld Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. Cloud Expo | DXWorld Expo, to be held June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York, NY, brings together Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps, Machine Learning and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding busin... Nov. 28, 2017 12:00 PM EST Reads: 2,297 | By Liz McMillan  In his Opening Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, John Considine, General Manager of IBM Cloud Infrastructure, led attendees through the exciting evolution of the cloud. He looked at this major disruption from the perspective of technology, business models, and what this means for enterprises of all sizes. John Considine is General Manager of Cloud Infrastructure Services at IBM. In that role he is responsible for leading IBM’s public cloud infrastructure including strategy, development, and offering m... Nov. 26, 2017 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,639 | By Elizabeth White  With tough new regulations coming to Europe on data privacy in May 2018, Calligo will explain why in reality the effect is global and transforms how you consider critical data. EU GDPR fundamentally rewrites the rules for cloud, Big Data and IoT. In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Adam Ryan, Vice President and General Manager EMEA at Calligo, examined the regulations and provided insight on how it affects technology, challenges the established rules and will usher in new levels of diligence arou... Nov. 26, 2017 10:00 AM EST Reads: 1,583 |
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The human work of solving problems, facing challenges and overcoming obstacles tends to share a common goal: creating stable, secure and predictable environments. The tendency for most humans is that once we solve a challenge, we want to be done with it. That propensity, however, does not fit with today’s reality of perpetual change.
In the digital business world, organizations have no choice but to operate in an unclear, uncertain and continuously shifting environment that requires a new mindset and approach to formulating business strategies. Digital winners recognize that change is pa...
Digital Transformation is amplifying mainframe as mission critical to business growth more than ever before. With 70% of the world's corporate data and over half of the world's enterprise applications running on mainframe computers, they are at the core of just about every transaction. A single transaction can, in fact, drive up to 100 system interactions. The continued increase in mainframe transaction volumes, growing on average 7-8% a year for 78% of customers, has even led to a new buzzword: The Connected Mainframe.
What's disruptive innovation, and why does it matter to leaders in the C-suite? It's how the savvy non-conformist will target market opportunities. How does this happen, when established companies seem to have the advantage? Creative software developers can quickly apply new technologies and digital business models to capture untapped demand.
For what feels like a lifetime, industry analysts and experts have predicted ‘this' will be the year the Internet of Things (IoT) finally takes off, both within industry and for consumers. But, as if by clockwork, each year of ‘guaranteed' IoT explosion has passed - the mass adoption and exploitation of the Internet of Things having failed to materialize.
The IoT vision is almost utopian in its promise: a connected intelligent home or office, offering a simpler more convenient future. Our houses will be populated by smart ‘things'; thermostats that know precisely how warm we like our rooms,...
In an attempt to put the patient first in healthcare, Congress and President Obama in 2015 approved a bipartisan bill for United States healthcare reform. The bill is known as “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015,” or MACRA. Among the major provisions of MACRA is the Quality Payment Program. Under the Quality Payment Program, physicians and nurses receive positive, neutral or negative Medicare payment adjustments based upon a “Patient Satisfaction Score,” that is, patient satisfaction scores have a direct impact on how physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and hospital’s g...
It took Magellan's crew three years sailing ships to circumnavigate the earth. Today, at hypersonic speeds of 7,680 MPH, it takes just over three hours to circumnavigate the earth. Data on the Internet, however, travels at 670 million MPH, which means it only takes milliseconds to circumnavigate the earth. In this age of digital businesses and digital interactions, companies must digitally transform to work effectively in a world where mass information moves at these unimaginable speeds.
I recently became a bionic man. I have one good ear and one bad ear as a result of flying around while suffering colds and flus over the years, and with only one good it makes it difficult to hear a conversation in a noisy room, so I went looking for a high tech digital solution.
For the last couple of years I have been watching the start-up, Doppler Labs, as they developed their earbuds that were purported to have great sound, but also to enhance hearing. This month after reading about their latest software release, I ordered a pair to try. There were three reasons I wanted to try Doppler...
The “Internet of Things” is an exciting area of tech, one in which industry experts estimate there will be more than 30 billion connected IoT devices by 2020. IoT is the inter-networking and instrumentation of physical devices – everything from streets, cars, factories, power grids, ice caps, satellites, and clothing to phones, microwaves, milk containers, planets, human bodies, etc.
IoT creates an opportunity to measure, collect and analyze an ever-increasing variety of behavioral statistics. That being said, data, and more importantly insight into the data, is key for enhanced business val...
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