machine learning

Role of Intelligent Network Capacity Planning for 5G

Role of Intelligent Network Capacity Planning for 5G

July 20, 2020

As 5G gains traction, CSPs will look to unearth its potential benefits. However, what 5G will also bring in is a compound effect of the challenges that CSPs face already.{loadads} The Three Challenges CSPs face The first of these challenges pertains to the increasing CAPEX intensity which is plaguing the telecom industry, which currently stands at 16%, the highest among any other sector in the wor
New digital partnerships to promote Europes push for technology sovereignty

New digital partnerships to promote Europes push for technology sovereignty

July 10, 2020

Next year will see the launch of five new public-private research partnerships in digital technologies that aim to put more flesh on the bones of EU ambitions to achieve greater technology sovereignty and to ensure European principles and ethics underpin products such as robots, machine learning, autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence. “We are doing this for our European values,” said Th
The IT Pro Podcast Profile: Whats cooking with Nvidia?

The IT Pro Podcast Profile: Whats cooking with Nvidia?

July 8, 2020

If you’ve spent any time around the PC gaming community in the last thirty years, then you’re almost certainly familiar with Nvidia’s Geforce graphics cards. What you may not now, however, is that the company is also strongly focused on solving next-generation computing challenges - and has been since it was first founded. In this episode, we take a look at Nvidia’s history, its business model and
NGO Team Rubicon partners with Microsoft to move from reactive to preventive disaster zone response

NGO Team Rubicon partners with Microsoft to move from reactive to preventive disaster zone response

July 5, 2020

NGO Team Rubicon partners with Microsoft to move from reactive to preventive disaster zone response Cath Everett Wed, 11/04/2020 - 01:13 Summary: Team Rubicon, a US NGO that operates in disaster zones, is moving from a reactive to a preventative client services model, with the help of AI. CIO/CTO Raj Kamachee explains the how and the why.
AWS launches next-gen GPU instances for machine learning

AWS launches next-gen GPU instances for machine learning

July 4, 2020

AWS has launched its latest GPU-equipped instances aimed at machine learning and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Called P4d, the new instances come ten years the first set of GPU instances were launched. They feature Intel Cascade Lake processors and eight of Nvidia’s A100 Tensor Core GPUs. These connect via NVLink with support for Nvidia GPUDirect and offer 2.5 PetaFLOPS of floating-p
Dread and cautious optimism as researchers await election outcome

Dread and cautious optimism as researchers await election outcome

July 2, 2020

November 4 update: Vote counting continues in the too-close-to-call US election, with president Trump already threatening legal action if the result doesn’t go his way. Below, a reminder of where both candidates stand on science and technology. As the US awaits an outcome to its election, the two candidates’ approaches on science and technology couldn’t be further apart. Former vice president J
Industrial IoT connections will reach 37 billion by 2025

Industrial IoT connections will reach 37 billion by 2025

July 2, 2020

Smart manufacturing looks set to drive growth in the industrial IoT market over the next five years. According to a recent study by Jupiter Research, the number of Industrial IoT connections will increase from 17.7 billion in 2020 to 36.8 billion in 2025, representing an overall growth rate of 207%. SEE MORE Technology integral to manufacturing challenges SEE MORE What is the Internet of Things
Amazon Web Services launches Nvidia Ampere-powered instances

Amazon Web Services launches Nvidia Ampere-powered instances

June 29, 2020

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of a new GPU-powered instance called Amazon P4d that is based on Nvidia’s new Ampere architecture, and the two firms are making big performance claims.AWS has offered GPU-powered instances for a decade now, the most current generation called P3. AWS and Nvidia are both claiming that P4d instances offer three times faster performance,
Returning to Venues: Technologys Role

Returning to Venues: Technologys Role

June 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had huge impacts on life around the world, and perhaps the largest of these is the loss of confidence among venue operators, venue visitors, workers and other participants in the global economy.{loadads} While businesses of all kinds had to close with devastating effects and most Australians staying home for months in order to stop the spread, what’s clear is that COVID-1
The JavaScript Ecosystem

The JavaScript Ecosystem

June 28, 2020

Screenshot of Netscape Navigator in 1995 (Image credit: Wikipedia) JavaScript started out as a simple extension for the browser but has become so much more. In part, this is true in building on rich concepts going back to Lisp. Along the way, it has challenged the givens of programming and given us a high-performance flexible language along with rich libraries and rich tools. We’re just beginnin
AWS and Google Cloud report rampant growth

AWS and Google Cloud report rampant growth

June 27, 2020

The hyperscaler duo both smashed earnings forecasts indicating a healthy public cloud market, but market leader AWS says Q3 was still a ‘a mixed bag’ Two of the public cloud market's key giants both logged barn storming Q3s, despite pandemic pressures eating into revenues in other parts of their businesses. At first glance - How the two compare Google Cloud revenues shot up 44.5 per
How Kubernetes extends to machine learning ML

How Kubernetes extends to machine learning ML

June 25, 2020

Originally written by Aaron Hurst on Information Age Machine learning (ML) is becoming a commonly implemented tool for easing the workloads of employees […]
These are our biggest partner programme changes in a decade - Cisco

These are our biggest partner programme changes in a decade - Cisco

June 25, 2020

Vendor giant to re-categorise all partners in an effort to increase its ‘relevance in the market by elevating roles beyond the traditional resale motion’ Cisco is to streamline its partner programme, including re-categorising all partners, in an overhaul it's claiming is the biggest in over a decade. At Cisco’s virtual PartnerSummit Digital 2020, it unveiled Cisco PXP, its new Partne
AI opens new avenues for smart cities

AI opens new avenues for smart cities

June 22, 2020

Image taken from Science|Business webinar entitled: “How will real-time data reshape our cities?”, showing possible applications of AI for EU’s Green Deal. The pandemic has dealt a body blow to many of the world’s cities. As they seek to recover from the economic and social fall-out from COVID-19, municipalities are stepping up efforts to deploy big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve
IoT From a Network Perspective: Learning to Navigate the New Realms

IoT From a Network Perspective: Learning to Navigate the New Realms

June 22, 2020

Let’s play the analogy game. The Internet of Things (IoT) is probably going end up being like a box of chocolates, because you never do know what you are going to get? a big bowl of spaghetti with a serious lack of meatballs? Whatever it is, the IoT should have network folks worried about security. Of course, there is the problem of IoT devices being attached to random places on the network, exfil
BrandPost: A CIO approach to advancing healthcare through cloud

BrandPost: A CIO approach to advancing healthcare through cloud

June 20, 2020

This Public Sector Innovation series, in association with AWS Institute and Intel, outlined how CIOs can advance innovation using cloud services, acknowledging business challenges while outlining examples of best practice within the healthcare sector.- - - - -In battling on the Covid-19 frontline and weathering a storm with no end date in sight, the healthcare sector is seeking innovation at speed
Augmented Reality Must Have Augmented Privacy

Augmented Reality Must Have Augmented Privacy

June 19, 2020

Imagine walking down the street, looking for a good cup of coffee. In the distance, a storefront glows in green through your smart glasses, indicating a well-reviewed cafe with a sterling public health score. You follow the holographic arrows to the crosswalk, as your wearables silently signal the self-driving cars to be sure they stop for your right of way. In the crowd ahead you recognize someon
Film Your Hospital the anatomy of a COVID-19 conspiracy theory

Film Your Hospital the anatomy of a COVID-19 conspiracy theory

June 19, 2020

Shutterstock/MartaDMIt’s widely believed that social media conspiracy theories are driven by malicious and anonymous “bots” set up by shadowy third parties. But my new research – which examined an extremely successful COVID-19 conspiracy theory – has shown that ordinary citizen accounts can be just as culpable when it comes to spreading dangerous lies and misinformation. The pandemic has fuelled
What is cloud security?

What is cloud security?

June 16, 2020

The pace of digital transformation drastically increased in 2020 due to the onset of the pandemic. Remote working, social distancing, and the need for business continuity saw factories, offices, and even restaurants and coffee shops tapping into cloud computing. Taking our lives and our information even further online. With even more data being generated, processed, and stored, particularly by bus