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