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Google Cloud’s Newest Data Center Opens in Salt Lake City (TechCrunch)

Google Cloud announced today that its new data center in Salt Lake City has opened, making it the 22nd such center the company has opened to date. This Salt Lake City data center m... More

Facebook Cancels F8 Conference, Citing Coronavirus Concerns (TechCrunch)

Facebook has confirmed that it has canceled its annual F8 developers conference over growing concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. More specifically, the company says i... More

NAB 2020: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Set for Keynote Conversation With NAB President, CEO Gordon Smith (MESA)

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith will participate in a keynote conversation Monday, April... More

HCL Technologies Selected by UPM as Digital Transformation Partner (MESA)

HCL Technologies has been selected by forest industry company UPM to provide end-to-end transformational IT services. The multi-year deal is the second renewal of the longstanding ... More

Expert System Names Walt Mayo Group CEO (MESA)

Artificial intelligence specialist Expert System has named Walt Mayo as its group CEO, charging him with both scaling the company’s U.S. business and accelerating ongoing global ... More

Microsoft Azure Sphere Launches in General Availability (VentureBeat)

In April 2018, nearly two years ago, Microsoft announced Azure Sphere, a program to better secure the 41.6 billion internet for things (IoT) devices expected to be connected to the... More

Google Cloud’s Latest Purchase Targets Customers Who Want to Keep Mainframes, Have the Cloud Too (CIO Dive)

Google Cloud acquired Cornerstone Technology in an effort to help customers shift mainframe workloads to the cloud, the company announced. Central to Google Cloud's interest in Cor... More

Edgescan Helps Aon Clients With Robust Cybersecurity SaaS (MESA)

Edgescan is working with leading global professional services firm Aon, to support the cybersecurity posture of global clients. It enables Aon to leverage edgescan's Software-as-a-... More

5G IoT Revenue Predicted to Reach $8B by 2025 (Gigabit)

New research has suggested revenue from 5G internet of things connections will reach $8bn by 2025, up from a relatively paltry $525mn in the current year.... More

Facebook Blocks Valuable Ad Data in Privacy Update to its Marketing Partner Program (AdAge)

Facebook is shutting down a source of data that shared “device-level” information about people’s phones to advertisers for purposes of targeting and measuring ad campaigns. F... More

EU Introduces AI Strategy to Build ‘Ecosystem of Trust’ (VentureBeat)

The European Commission unveiled a sweeping set of proposals that it hopes will establish the region as a leader in artificial intelligence by focusing on trust and transparency. T... More

NAB 2020: 4K 4Charity Run Series at NAB Adds New 8K Course Option (MESA)

4K 4Charity organizers have announced that registration is open for the official run of the 2020 National Association Broadcasters (NAB) Show. In addition to the popular 4K (2.49-m... More

Google Cloud Opens Seoul Region (TechCrunch)

Google Cloud announced that its new Seoul region, its first in Korea, is now open for business. The region, which it first talked about last April, will feature three availability ... More

Google Cloud Acquires IT Company Cornerstone Technology (CNBC)

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has purchased yet another company, and this time it’s targeting mainframe customers. Google Cloud announced that it has acquired Cornerstone Techno... More

Zendesk Releases Annual State of Messaging 2020 Report (MESA)

Zendes released State of Messaging 2020, the third annual report featuring expert commentary and in-depth analysis of the biggest trends in conversational business and the rapidly ... More

Avanade’s Malcolm Barske on the Acceleration of Digital Transformation (SiliconRepublic)

Malcolm Barkse, security lead for Avanade Ireland, said that Avanade has pivoted completely from what it was previously doing with clients to directly helping them respond to Covid... More

HCL Technologies to Launch Global Delivery Center in Hartford, Conn. (MESA)

HCL Technologies will open a Global Delivery Center in Hartford, Connecticut to offer digital transformation services to clients in the smart manufacturing, insurance, aerospace, a... More

NAB 2020: NAB Affirms Show Set for April; Devotes Resources to Address Coronavirus Concerns (MESA)

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), organizer of NAB Show, affirmed the 2020 NAB Show is set to take place as planned, April 18-22 in Las Vegas. The association is clos... More

EU Launches Plan to Regulate AI (CNBC)

The European Union is looking at ways to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) as it ramps up its oversight of large technology firms. The European Commission, the EU’s executive... More

Net Insight Takes Media Transport Solution to Microsoft Azure (TVB Europe)

Net Insight has announced the availability of its Nimbra Edge media transport solution on Microsoft Azure. The company said it will work with Microsoft to help customers looking fo... More

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