All posts by Jeff Berman

Digimarc CFO: Company Continues to See ‘Large Growth Opportunity’


The bulk of Digimarc’s revenue continues to come from its core business that’s mainly centered around the central banks and its counterfeit deterrence system for much of the wo... More

Caringo Exec: Object Storage Helps Keep Costs Down, Keeps Data Accessible

Challenges that media and entertainment (M&E) companies are increasingly facing today include storing all those constantly growing loads of data that they have on hand and keeping ... More

Cognizant Exec: Company Continues to Benefit from Digital Transformation

Cognizant continues to benefit from the ongoing digital transformation that includes cloud computing and artificial intelligence, according to Prasad Chintamaneni, president of Glo... More

Data Scientist: Companies Should Start Their AI ‘Journey’ Now

The advantages for companies to use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze all their data are many, and they should get prepared and start developing an AI strategy now, because i... More

Microsoft Exec: Mixed Reality is ‘Next Evolution in Human Computing’

Microsoft is stepping up its Windows Mixed Reality initiatives on the hardware and software fronts, according to comments made by EVP Terry Myerson in a keynote webcast from IFA in... More

Box CEO: Company to Continue Adding AI, Machine Learning Capabilities to Platform

Box will continue to add artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to its cloud content management platform in the months to come after recently introducing im... More

Box: Improving Security Among Benefits to Managing Your Content in the Cloud

Content is important to the success of everybody in the media and entertainment industry, and there are several benefits to managing one’s content in the cloud, according to Beth... More

Okta Introduces New Identity Enhancements, Solutions at Annual Conference

Okta introduced expanded multi-factor authentication and several other new enhancements to its identity management service offerings Aug. 29 in Las Vegas, during its annual confere... More

IBM: To Improve Network Security Efforts, We Can Learn a Lot from Ants

When it comes to network security areas including data and identity management, humans can learn a lot from insects – especially leafcutter ants, according to IBM Security associ... More

Ooyala: SVOD Providers Have Unrealistic Subscriber Expectations

Having an unrealistic expectation of rapid subscriber growth is among the most common mistakes that subscription VOD (SVOD) providers make, according to a new Ooyala whitepaper. B... More

NeuLion Digital Platform Tapped to Live-Stream Mayweather vs. McGregor

The NeuLion Digital Platform has been selected to live-stream the upcoming Mayweather vs. McGregor fight that Showtime will air live via traditional pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-M... More

IBM Picks Up New Blockchain Partners

IBM has scored another major win on the blockchain front, this time in the food sector, saying Aug. 22 that it teamed up with companies including Dole, Kroger, Nestle, Tyson Foods,... More

Microsoft Expands Number of Backward-Compatible, 4K-Enhanced Games

Microsoft continues to expand the number of games from older-generation Xbox video game consoles that can be played on Xbox One consoles, as well as the number of previously-releas... More

NPD: Strong Nintendo Switch Demand Continued in July

The Nintendo Switch hybrid home video game console and portable system had another strong showing in July in the U.S., outselling all rival video game systems, according to NPD’... More

Cisco CEO: Strong Demand for New AI-Based Networking System Products

Cisco has seen strong customer demand for its new artificial intelligence (AI)-based networking solution products since introducing them in June, according to CEO Chuck Robbins. ... More

Nielsen Picks Up ABC for Out-of-Home Viewing Data Service (MESA)

Disney’s ABC Network has become the latest TV network to sign up for Nielsen’s National Out-of-Home Reporting Service, according to a joint announcement by the companies Aug. 1... More

AWS Exec: Machine Learning’s Undergoing a ‘Renaissance’

NEW YORK -- Machine learning is undergoing a “renaissance” now thanks to the increasing shift of data storage to the cloud, according to Matt Wood, Amazon Web Services (AWS) GM... More

AWS Unveils Machine Learning-Powered Security Service at Summit, Adds Hulu

NEW YORK — Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced a new machine-learning based security service at its AWS Summit Aug. 14, while announcing new cloud service client wins that inclu... More

Questions Linger Over Disney’s Streaming Services, BAMTech Pact

Questions still linger after Disney announced this week that it upped its investment in streaming-video tech firm BAMTech to a majority stake, and planned to use that company’s t... More