ENLARGE President Barack Obama speaks with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano, former national security adviser Tom Donilon, and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson in the Oval Office on Feb. 17. Photo: Associated Press By Shane Harris Dec. 3, 2016 6:30 a.m. ET 0 COMMENTS The next U.S. administration should take immediate […]
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In the race to win clients in the highly competitive cloud computing market, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has taken to transporting client data in high-tech tractor trailers. AWS recently introduced its data-on-wheels platform with the appropriate yuletide moniker of Snowmobile. ZDNet covered the recent launch of the data truck by AWS CEO Andy Jassy. He
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In April, President Obama officially formed the The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity to examine the country’s electronic vulnerabilities in the wake of high-profile hacks like that of the Office of Personnel Management in 2015. Today that commission finally wrapped up its duties and delivered a comprehensive report to the President (and the public) identifying
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New ‘Internet of Things’ Class to Cover Rapidly Expanding Technology A new spring semester course offering at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will provide students with an overview of the rapid changes happening in business and technology because of the proliferation of new devices connected to the Internet. Christopher Sedore The class, titled “Digital
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Microsoft’s connected home ambitions with Home Hub lay far beyond just competing with Amazon and Google. Rumors regarding a new Windows 10 feature called “Home Hub” have been making the rounds on the internet recently. At first, it was thought that Home Hub would be some sort of Amazon Echo competitor, and although that’s not
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ManagementIntel has hired Tom Lantzsch, the executive vice president of strategy at ARM Holdings, to serve as senior vice president and general manager of its IoT Group, effective in January. Lantzsch succeeds Douglas Davis, a senior vice president who was running the IoT Group and had announced plans to retire from Intel after more than
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This past April, I went out on a limb to explore which “Internet of Things” company was the better buy from an investment standpoint:Cisco Systems(NASDAQ: CSCO)orSierra Wireless(NASDAQ: SWIR)? Continue Reading Below At the time — and with the caveat that it was certainly the higher-risk option — I chose Sierra Wireless as a smaller, nimbler
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There may be trouble in wearables land. Based on a number of recent reports, the appetite for smart or connected things that are worn may be softening a bit, at least at the moment. The latest is the widely reported rumor of a $40 million sale of smartwatch startup Pebble to Fitbit. For context, Pebble,
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Image source: Getty Images. The Internet of Things (IoT) gets quite a lot of buzz these days, which is probably due to the fact that the market is expected to reach up to $7.1 trillion by 2020 and to connect 50 billion devices to the internet. The IoT is already transforming agriculture, health, and the
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Dec. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced adoption of Windows 10 Internet of Things (IoT) operating system (OS) for its enterprise-wide Pyxis™ ES System. The new OS provides long-term support and enhanced cybersecurity for health systems’ automated dispensing and