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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
SDI Media, IMAGICA Lab Open New Tokyo Dubbing Studio
Entertainment localization provider SDI Media has teamed up with fellow IMAGICA Group subsidiary IMAGICA Lab — Japan’s largest post-production facility — to open a new dubbin... More
A Chat With Shawna Wolverton, SVP of Product at Zendesk (MTA)
On what a typical Product Development team looks like: "It really depends on your software development methodology but at its core, you have a Product Manager who defines the outco... More
NAB Show to Explore Artemis Lunar Exploration Program With NASA Administrator (MESA)
NAB Show has confirmed NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine as a featured speaker for a NAB Show Main Stage session on Monday, April 20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The sessio... More
Entertainment Partners Announces New Partnership With GRM Information Management (MESA)
Entertainment Partners has partnered with GRM Information Management to introduce the SmartHub Vault. SmartHub Vault is an extension of EP's Scenechronize SmartHub, which manages a... More
Technicolor Details 2020-2022 Strategic Plan (MESA)
Technicolor has announced its 2020-2022 Strategic Plan concurrently with three transactions aimed at strengthening its capital structure and restoring strategic flexibility: (more&... More
U.S. Cyber Command, DHS, FBI Expose New North Korean Malware (ZDNet)
US Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations have exposed today a new North Korean hacking operation. Authorities have published ... More
