HITS News Headlines
Featured Jobs: Box; NBCUniversal; Salesforce
Customer Programs Manager — Redwood City, CA — Box Cloud Engineer — NYC — NBCUniversal VP, Performance Engineering — San Francisco — Salesforce Click here to view ... More
Technicolor’s Kirk Barker Explains How HDR Sports Broadcasts Can Be Implemented Without Disrupting Existing Workflows (HITS)
High dynamic range video promises a much-improved live sports viewing experience that can be offered by broadcasters. However, doing so does present some technical challenges that ... More
Oracle Unveils Cloud Converged Storage to Help Organizations Bridge On-Premises and Oracle Cloud Storage (HITS)
Oracle today unveiled the industry's first Cloud Converged Storage, representing the first time a public cloud provider at scale has integrated its cloud services with its on-premi... More
7 Forces Driving Modern Business Intelligence Growth (IM)
The number of organizations embracing business intelligence platforms continues to grow, but more focus is being placed on business-led, agile analytics and self-service features r... More
VirtusaPolaris Appoints Anup Uppadhayay as Head of Business Delivery for its ETS Business (DataQuest)
VirtusaPolaris, the market-facing brand of the combined entity of Virtusa Corporation and Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd., announced the appointment of Anup Uppadhayay as busi... More
The Importance of Analytics in Virtual Environments (TFM)
While the industry is lit up with conversation around the race towards virtualization, the fog around first steps becomes thicker and thicker. What are the first steps towards crea... More
When You Move to the Cloud, Don’t Fall Asleep on Cybersecurity: A 6-Part Checklist from IBM (TechRepublic)
After years of enterprises fearing the cloud because of security, we're now at risk for the opposite problem—companies relying too heavily on their cloud providers to look after ... More
BlueJeans Teams with Dolby for Teleconference Audio Clarity (CIO)
BlueJeans customers will be getting improved call quality, thanks to a partnership the company unveiled this week. Dolby is working with the videoconferencing company to improve ca... More
Artificial Intelligence Will Make its Mark Within Next 3 Years (Forbes)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a technology still percolating in the depths of IT departments and the fever dreams of industry pundits, but it may only be a matter of a ... More
LinkedIn’s Influence on Microsoft Azure Cloud Hinges on Data (Fortune)
Last June, when Microsoft announced its $26.2 billion plan to buy social network provider LinkedIn, most attention focused on the rich purchase price and how Microsoft could take a... More
Featured Jobs: Aspera; Microsoft; SAS
Director of Software Engineering — Emeryville, CA — Aspera Director of UX Design — Bellevue, WA — Microsoft Solutions Architect — Cary, NC — SAS Click here to view ... More
Amazon Opens its Contact Center Technology to any Business via AWS with Amazon Connect (VentureBeat)
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud services division of ecommerce titan Amazon, has today lifted the lid on a new offering that opens the technology behind the company’s own cu... More
Q&A with Oracle’s Katrina Gosek (DMN)
Gosek: "The big trend that I'm seeing is what we thought was so far out in the future is kind of becoming reality now around the more innovative things, like augmented reality, voi... More
Tata Communications Partners with Continuant to Enhance Digital Cloud Communication Platforms (HITS)
Continuant announced an extension of its strategic partnership with Tata Communications to provide dedicated hosted Cisco collaboration solutions to enterprise customers worldwide.... More
Microsoft Previews Azure VM Backup Pre-Checks Feature (SUK)
Microsoft Azure will now checks backups of virtual machines (VMs) to ensure they’ll work properly if called upon to do so, addressing an issue that’s increasingly problematic a... More
U.K. Universities Jump in the Box for Cloud Content Management (CBR)
Box has seen an increase in adoption to its content platform from the UK’s higher education sector with over 100,000 new staff and students using it. The company said that it has... More
How to Kill Digital Innovation, ROI in One Easy RFP Document (Avanade Insights)
Within the digital domain I have witnessed with increasing frequency how large organizations end up as victims of their own RFP processes (and best intentions) – choosing either... More
The Future of AI: 10 Scenarios IBM is Already Working On (TechRepublic)
Artificial intelligence has emerged as the hottest buzzword in tech‚—despite the fact that it's been around since the dawn of computing. Countless startups are now grabbing ont... More
Digitalization: Cut the Flab; Get Into Shape (Capping IT Off)
Every good enterprise to run a profitable business needs to continuously rethink processes and business models and all the other components. In order to make business more efficien... More
Proliferation of Digital Leaders Brings Confusion, Power Struggles (CIO)
Companies are banking on digital technologies to bring them closer to their customers. But the growing spread of digital responsibilities among CIO, chief digital officer, chief in... More