Data
Your Computer Can Help Scientists Seeking Potential COVID-19 Treatments
IBM announced that anyone in the world with a PC, laptop or Mac and an Internet connection could help scientists seek chemical compounds that might be effective against COVID-19. To do so, volunteers’ devices will perform small, virtual experiments to identify chemical compounds, including those in existing medicines, that could potentially be used as treatments candidates …
COVID-19 Public Dataset Program: Making Data Freely Accessible For Better Public Outcomes
Data always plays a critical role in the ability to research, study, and combat public health emergencies, and nowhere is this more true than in the case of a global crisis. Access to data sets—and tools that can analyze that data at cloud scale—are increasingly essential to the research process, and are particularly necessary in …
The Dominance Of Tech In S&P 500: A Double-Edged Sword For Investors
The five most powerful companies among the 500 largest companies in the United States are all tech companies. This is according to the S&P 500 Index as of February 11. Highlights The total valuation of the S&P 500 companies amounts to around $ 27 trillion. With a market valuation of US$ 1.42 trillion, Microsoft …
Linux Foundation Training Announces A Free Online Course-Developing Blockchain-Based Identity Applications
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced enrollment is now open for a new professional certificate program – Developing Blockchain-Based Identity Applications. This program, offered through the edX training platform, is geared towards developers interested in building and deploying applications using the new “self-sovereign” paradigm for digital identity. It explores …
Huawei Launches OceanStor Storage Solutions To Build 5G-Era Data Infrastructure For Digital Transformation
Huawei launched OceanStor 5G-Era storage solutions designed to help carriers and enterprises cope with the explosive growth of mass data in the 5G era. The solutions promote the upgrade of data infrastructure for digital transformation in all service scenarios. Traditional challenges like high storage costs, complex O&M, difficult management and value monetization have become main …
New Equinix Data Center Opens In Melbourne, Australia – A World Leading Smart City
Equinix, Inc., the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the opening of its fourth International Business ExchangeTM (IBX®) data center in Melbourne, Australia. Known as ME2, the new facility supports the growing demand for digital transformation globally, as well as Melbourne’s smart city development and the interconnection needs of local customers, including The Salvation Army. Digital innovation is transforming …
GitLab Recognized By 451 Research As A ‘451 Firestarter’
GitLab, the DevOps platform delivered as a single application, announced it has received a 451 Firestarter award from leading technology research and advisory firm 451 Research, recognizing the company’s innovative contribution within the technology industry. 451 Research’s Firestarter program recognizes exceptional innovation within the information technology industry. Introduced in 2018, and awarded quarterly, the program …
Oracle Announces Oracle Cloud Data Science Platform
Oracle announced the availability of the Oracle Cloud Data Science Platform. At the core is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Science, helping enterprises to collaboratively build, train, manage and deploy machine learning models to increase the success of data science projects. Unlike other data science products that focus on individual data scientists, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data …
InfluxData Announces Availability Of The Leading Time Series Platform On Google Cloud
InfluxData, creator of the time series database InfluxDB, announced the availability of InfluxDB Cloud on Google Cloud. The strategic collaboration, originally announced in April 2019, is part of a major Google Cloud initiative to make the most powerful open source technologies more accessible to its customer base. InfluxDB Cloud on Google Cloud delivers the leading …
Digital Realty Research: Budget, Complexity And Connectivity Emerge As Key Challenges For Australian Data Strategies
Digital Realty, a leading global provider of data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced the results of a new study revealing how and why Australian businesses are struggling to implement successful data management and storage strategies. The survey of more than 200 IT leaders across Australia revealed that rapid data creation, lack of investment, security …