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Salesforce Introduces Employee Tracking App for Trailhead (ZDNet)

Salesforce on Tuesday rolled out updates to its online learning platform Trailhead, including a reporting feature that enables companies to track its employees' progress on the pla... More

Michael Dell: Public Cloud ‘Boomerang Effect’ Underway (Channelnomics)

Public cloud customers are currently having second thoughts on prioritizing public cloud over a hybrid cloud environment, according to Michael Dell, CEO and chairman of Dell Techno... More

Slack’s Updated Search Helps Find the Right Team Member to Answer Your Question (VentureBeat)

Slack has launched a feature designed to elevate how you search for information in the team chat and productivity app. Instead of querying by messages, you can now look things up b... More

IT Skills in 2017: Here’s What to Have on Your CV (IT Pro)

Smarter security- Are you in networking, development, admin? You need security skills, no matter your area of specialisation. “Everyone needs to ramp up their cybersecurity skill... More

Cloud Technology for HR: How Big Companies can Benefit (Information Age)

From web-based email to social media, most of us use it on a daily basis without a second thought. At the same time, more and more companies are actively seeking cloud-based soluti... More

PwC Appoints First AI Leader to Head-Up the Rise of the Machines (Silicon UK)

In response to the continued rise of artificial intelligence (AI), PwC has appointed its first AI leader. PwC partner Euan Cameron will fill the new role of UK Artificial Intellige... More

Featured Jobs: Teradata; Dolby; Qumulo

Acquisition Marketing Manager, Digital — San Diego — Teradata Dir, IP Strategy — San Francisco — Dolby Acquisition Marketing Manager, Digital — San Francisco — Qumulo... More

Oracle Signs Major Cloud Deal with AT&T (HITS)

Oracle today announced that AT&T signed an agreement to move thousands of its large scale internal databases to Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a ... More

DXC Technology Charts Ambitious Roadmap in India (DataQuest)

Samson David, SVP, Commercial Delivery, Offering Delivery and Transformation and India Co-Managing Director, DXC Technology walked through the unique positioning of the company. He... More

Time to Cast a Spotlight on Shadow IT (Avanade Insights)

The debate rages on the increase in Shadow IT – being IT services procured by the line of business directly from the as-a-service provider. I would suggest that the main concern ... More

Prime Focus Technologies Signs Deal with Turner Latin America to Virtualize Content Operations Across Supply Chain (MESA)

Prime Focus Technologies has signed an agreement with Turner Latin America, where PFT’s CLEAR™ Broadcast Cloud will provide work order and supply chain management along with en... More

Cisco Bolsters Analytics Clout with Saggezza Buy (Network World)

Cisco kept the checkbook open by making a second purchase in less than a week, this time grabbing the analytics and data science technology from Saggezza for an undisclosed amount.... More

Verizon to Sell Cloud and Managed Hosting Business to IBM (Data Center Knowledge)

Verizon Communications has agreed to sell its cloud and managed hosting business to IBM, announcing the deal the same week it completed the $3.6 billion sale of a massive data cent... More

Dell EMC Unveils New Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure Stack (HITS)

Dell EMC announced Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack, a new, turnkey, hybrid cloud platform that offers a simple and fast path for implementing and sustaining a hybrid cloud... More

OpenText Enhances Release 16 to Digitize Business Processes, Manage Information from Engagement to Insight (HITS)

OpenText announced Release 16 Enhancement Pack 2 (EP2), the second enhancement pack for OpenText Release 16, the company's comprehensive, integrated digital information platform th... More

Featured Jobs: VirtusaPolaris; Pivotal; Accenture

Sales Director - New York City - VirtusaPolaris Software Engineer – Pivotal Labs - San Francisco - Pivotal Senior Java Developer - Austin, TX - Accenture Click here to view al... More

Hurd: Oracle’s New AI Applications are a Powerful Piece of its Winning Cloud Strategy (Forbes)

“Now, we’re adding connected intelligence across those same touch points, providing better decisions to guide and improve the customer experience process,” explains Clive Swa... More

Cisco is Paying $610 Million for This Networking Startup (Fortune)

Cisco’s second acquisition in the New Year is another big one. The networking giant said Monday that it plans to pay $610 million for startup Viptela, which sells networking tech... More

Understand These Five Basic Concepts to Sound Like a Machine Learning Expert (Aaron Edell Blog)

2. Machine learning requires training: You have to tell a machine learning model what its trying to predict. Think about how a human child learns. The first time they see a banana,... More

Why 80% of Consumers are Excited About the Way AI and Machine Learning Will Change Their Lives (TechRepublic)

Despite some anxiety, 80% of consumers said they are excited about how technology developments such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and on-demand everything will... More

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