All posts by Jeff Hyatt
DXC Technology adds Turbonomic as a Platform Automation Standard (MESA)
Turbonomic today announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, as an... More
Technicolor Vows You’ll Scream as You Stream Amazon’s ‘Lore’ (MESA)
Amazon Studios continues to create compelling content from a variety of sources, this time from a highly successful podcast for its haunting anthology series Lore. The series revea... More
SAS Continues to Innovate, Adding AI Capabilities to its Analytics Platform (SCN)
SAS is helping customers gain more value from data with the SAS Platform and its SAS Viya capabilities. These newest advances, such as embedded artificial intelligence (AI) capabil... More
Avid Unveils VR Innovations, Accelerated Music Creation for Pro Tools (MESA)
Avid today announced a new version of Pro Tools® that empowers users to take on virtual reality (VR) projects with Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation. Debuting at AES New York 2017,... More
Spotify’s New App Aims to Hook Artists on the Power of Their Own Data (Fast Company)
The Spotify For Artists app takes some of the most useful insights about an artist’s music—which songs are most popular, how many streams they’re getting over all, where thos... More
Why Space Data is the New Big Data (Forbes)
Space Data is about to get Big. Thanks to the growing sophistication and falling cost of satellites, more businesses than ever are looking to the “final frontier” for insights ... More
How Machine Learning Finds Your New Music (Hacker Noon)
How does Spotify come up with their magic engine, which seem to nail individual users’ tastes so much more accurately than any of the other services? Spotify actually doesn’t u... More
Demystifying the Dark Science of Data Analytics (CIO)
Although few will publicly admit it, data analytics remains something of a dark science for many IT leaders, replete with mystical methods and seemingly inscrutable practices. Yet ... More
WhatsApp’s Live Location Feature Lets Friends Track Each Other in Real Time (VentureBeat)
WhatsApp has announced a notable new feature today, one that may prove popular with millions of security-conscious, nosy, and impatient people globally. Landing on both Android ... More
Researchers Use AI to Banish Choppy Streaming Videos (Engadget)
Nobody likes it when their binge watching is disrupted by a buffering video. While streaming sites like Netflix have offered workarounds for connectivity problems (including offlin... More
Streaming Service VidAngel Declares Bankruptcy after Losing Legal Battles with Studios (TechCrunch)
VidAngel, a streaming service that altered copyrighted works to edit out adult language, nudity and violence, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company announced on Wednesday... More
Study: Digital Video Marketing is a $135 Billion Industry in the U.S. Alone (Forbes)
The rise of video isn’t slowing down. From producing videos to distributing and promoting them, the U.S. digital video marketing industry is expected to reach $135 billion this y... More
Twitter Introduces a New Video-Centric Ad Format (TechCrunch)
While there’s a larger debate swirling around Twitter’s problems with abuse and harassment, the business side of the business is still chugging along. Today, the company is ... More
Featured Jobs: OpenText; Amazon Web Services; Technicolor
Content Marketing Manager, Global Campaigns — Gaithersburg, MD — OpenText Sr. PR Manager — Seattle — Amazon Web Services Head of Production — London — Technicolor Cl... More
Featured Jobs: Capgemini; Irdeto; Apple
Programmer / Developer Lead — Chicago — Capgemini Product Operations Analyst — North Hollywood, CA — Irdeto Data Scientist, Search Ads — Santa Clara Valley, CA — Appl... More
Wazee Digital Commerce Welcomes Rights-Ready and Broadcast-Quality User-Generated Video Clips (MESA)
Wazee Digital, a leading provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services, today announced that Vin Di Bona Productions (VDBP), the company behind the long-running ... More
Homespun Yarns Finalists to Leverage Sohonet Filerunner for Reliable Short-Film Transfers (MESA)
Sohonet, the global experts in connectivity, media services and network security for the Media and Entertainment industry, today announced their exciting partnership with Stitch Ed... More
Oct. 1, 2017: A Landmark Day in the Migration to File-Based Delivery in the U.K. (Signiant Blog)
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), an industry organization comprising UK broadcasters BBC, BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Sky and UKTV, recently announced that as of ... More
NAB: Prime Focus Technologies Showcases Latest Enhancements to CLEAR Media ERP (MESA)
Prime Focus Technologies is showcasing their updated CLEAR™ Media ERP Suite at NAB New York 2017. The world’s first, proven Hybrid Cloud-enabled Media ERP Suite, the CLEAR Medi... More
