Category: Computer Science

Do I really need to learn to code?

Whenever the talk about personal drama and alleged scandals about the candidates in the 2016 election died down, the rest of the discussion was all about jobs, jobs, jobs. For tech-aware people, job anxiety often leads to an intimidating web search: “Learn to code.”

AI helps Nvidia reach record revenues

Nvidia has reported fourth quarter Fiscal Year 2017 of US$2.17 billion, up 55% from US$1.40 billion a year earlier, and up 8% from US$2.00 billion in the previous quarter. For fiscal 2017, revenue reached a record US$6.91 billion, up 38% percent from US$5.01 billion a year earlier.

NVIDIA Corp. Exceeds Fourth-Quarter Guidance Targets

Thanks to swiftly rising sales into data-center systems and automotive-computing markets, the chip designer beat its own targets and set ambitious goals for the next quarter. This was another broad-based success story, with double-digit sales growth in six out of eight reportable business segments and platforms.

Arista Networks (ANET) – Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Arista Networks in the last few weeks: 2/3/2017 – Arista Networks was downgraded by analysts at Craig Hallum from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. 1/25/2017 – Arista Networks is now covered by analysts at DA Davidson.

ORNL, Chattanooga Electric Power Board Test the Role of Sensors in Grid Innovation

February 8, 2017 – With a fiber-optic network that provides Chattanooga residents and businesses with exceptional high-speed communications, the city’s Electric Power Board provides the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory with an ideal testbed for smart grid research. With support provided by DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability , an effort was launched in 2014 to advance the state of the power grid in Tennessee.

Shure Debuts IntelliMix P300 Audio Conferencing Processor At ISE 2017

At this year’s ISE, held February 7 – 10 in Amsterdam, Shure is introducing the IntelliMix P300 audio conferencing processor, a new digital signal processor created specifically for conferencing applications. The P300 offers Shure IntelliMix DSP algorithms that enhance the audio quality in video meetings, a variety of connectivity options, plus seamless operation with Shure Microflex Advance and Microflex wireless microphone solutions for AV conferencing.

Sophos to buy VC-backed anti-virus company Invincea

Sophos has agreed to acquire Fairfax, Virginia-based Invincea, an anti-virus company, for a consideration of $100 million with a $20 million earn-out. Invincea’s backers included ORIX Growth Capital, Comerica Bank, Dell Ventures, New Atlantic Ventures and Harbert Ventures.

Capsule8 picks up $2.5 mln seed

Capsule8 today emerged from stealth mode to unveil its plans for the industry’s first container-aware, real-time threat protection platform designed to protect legacy and next-generation Linux infrastructures from both known and unknown attacks. Founded by experienced hackers John Viega, Dino Dai Zovi and Brandon Edwards, Capsule8 is being built on the real-world experience of its founders in building and bringing to market defensive systems to protect against exploitation of previously unknown vulnerabilities.

Rackspace Cutting 6% of US Workforce

Rackspace, which is facing pressure from competitors as its tries to stabilize and grow its own cloud computing business, is cutting about 6% of its US workforce, as well as a number of positions overseas. The news comes from a February 7 blog post by CEO Taylor Rhodes, who recently oversaw Rackspace’s $4.3 billion transition from a public to a private company.

SAPVoice: Why IoT Tech Will Help Smart Cities Make Better Decisions

Advancements in analytics and artificial intelligence have allowed cities to become more efficient and autonomous than ever. As a result, the concept of a Smart City has transformed from simple traffic cameras and motion sensors to a real-time grid, capable of generating insights from traffic patterns and foot traffic — elements of a Live Connected City.

10 Channel Predictions For 2017

Solution providers will embrace applications and Software-as-a-Service, shift resources away from legacy data center hardware, and attract attention from private equity or activist investors in the coming year. While consolidation will be rampant everywhere, expect to see the most action from born-in-the-cloud solution providers looking to get more scale to sustain high levels of growth, and from legacy firms looking to unload low-performing business units.

V3D Announces Major New Release: EQual One – V3D’s Flagship Software Solution

V3D , the standalone software editor, pioneer of quality of service and quality of experience measurements for mobile networks, has launched a major new release: EQual One , a flagship solution that brings added value to end-users with new-use cases. EQual One by V3D is a dynamic and real-time configurable solution: installed on commercial phones and controlled Over-The-Air , it allows a massive deployment of agents gathering large amounts of data.

Qwilt Reveals Vision for Edge Cloud to Advance Future of Content and…

Edge Cloud Essential for Success of New Applications and Experiences — Such as 4K Live Streaming, AR, VR, 360 Video — that Require High Performance, Massive Scale and Low Latency Infrastructure / EINPresswire.com / — REDWOOD CITY, CA– – Research* by a broad group of institutions and companies including Oculus, Nokia Bell Labs and Valve has unanimously concluded that low network latency is essential for the performance of Augmented Reality , Virtual Reality , 360 Degree Video and compute intensive IoT applications like self-driving cars. These requirements are driving the need for evolution in cloud computing to deliver these applications at scale.

Qwilt launches new Open Edge Cloud Platform

Qwilt, a provider of content delivery solutions, announced today the launch of Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud platform, a next generation content and application delivery platform for Service Providers that enables a high quality streaming experience for consumers at scale through a managed platform and an open API for commercial CDNs and publishers. Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud platform creates a massively distributed content delivery solution that supports applications such as 4K Live Streaming, AR, VR, Self-Driving Cars and IoT.

Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril

The patter of automated machinery fills the air inside wire-basket manufacturer Marlin Steel’s bustling factory in a rugged industrial section of this city. Maxi Cifarelli, 25, of Baltimore, peers through safety goggles at a flat screen, her left knee bent and heel resting on her chair.

Investor Ideas Adds to #AI Artificial Intelligence Websites on the…

February 6, 2017 Investorideas.com, a global news source and investor resource covering actively traded sectors announces it has expanded distribution for the Investor Ideas Newswire with the recent addition of AI Investor Ideas http://www.aiinvestorideas.com , featuring news on artificial intelligence, robotics and technology. Investor Ideas was one of the founding members and beta testers for the Grid https://thegrid.io/ AI web developer.

CropIn Technology on Road to Become the Backbone of Crop Insurances,…

CropIn Technology on Road to Become the Backbone of Crop Insurances, to Benefit Over 25 Million Farmers in India by 2018 A 6- Year – Young Startup is now Betting Big on its Data Algorithms Fuelled by ‘ Farm Insights and Artificial Intelligence ,’ to Create Holistic Solutions for Crop Loan and Farm Insurances, to the Root Level Farmers in CropIn Technology Solutions , a Bengaluru-based startup is now on an onslaught of initiatives to implement the benefit of Agriculture Technology to the last mile. After securing the Series B funding, CropIn Technology is now investing toward its AI by developing a new product called SmartRisk.

Hyperrealistic humanoid sculptures invade ARKEN museum in Copenhagen

From 4 February hair-raising, hyperrealistic humanoid sculptures invade ARKEN in a major exhibition under the title GOSH! Is it Alive? With technical perfection, disturbances of scale, presence and humour the works raise highly topical issues about what it means to be human right now as robot technology and artificial intelligence gain ground in radical ways. Hyperrealism is one of the really big tendencies in contemporary art at the moment.

Swiss Dating App Blinq Acquired By Outdoor Ad Firm APG|SGA

Feb 3 – The price of the deal wasn’t disclosed, but given Blinq’s limited traction, it probably wasn’t very high. The dating app, that was incorporating beacon proximity technology, and the algorithm to judge physical attractiveness, also develped by the startup, will be both shut down within two weeks.

Supercomputing, experiment combine for first look at magnetism of real nanoparticle

Barely wider than a strand of human DNA, magnetic nanoparticles — such as those made from iron and platinum atoms — are promising materials for next-generation recording and storage devices like hard drives. Building these devices from nanoparticles should increase storage capacity and density, but understanding how magnetism works at the level of individual atoms is critical to getting the best performance.

January Week 5

If you need to know what’s important for the developer, you can rely on I Programmer to sift through the news and uncover the most relevant stories. Our weekly digest gives a handy summary.

Robots are changing the global manufacturing market

Inside Machines: Robots will need to become more flexible and agile on the manufacturing floor as production becomes more specialized and as robotics start being used in the agricultural, medical, and automotive industries. Industries such as personal electronics, where there is a need for customization and a high expectation for quality, are driving major changes in the manufacturing industry, and integrated robotic applications are helping.

Snap Pays $2B for Google Cloud Services

When Snap Inc. , the parent company of social media app Snapchat, filed its IPO paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 2, the company unveiled a number of new details about its inner workings, including how it uses cloud computing to support its business. Specifically, Snap is paying Google and its Google Cloud Platform $2 billion over the course of the next five years for a variety of services, including storage, compute power and bandwidth.

Could Engineers be Accused of Killing Jobs? | EE Times

Will robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars make us more productive, put us out of work, or create jobs that require new skills? Every so often, an article comes along that discusses technology replacing people. Usually, these articles are doomsday stories about how we’ll all lose our jobs to robots and apps.

Global Application Delivery Network (Adn) Market is Forecasted to…

Global Application Delivery Network market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 13.28% over the forecast period to reach US$7.633 billion by 2021, PUNE, INDIA, February 2, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Global Application Delivery Network market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 13.28% over the forecast period to reach US$7.633 billion by 2021, increasing from US$4.092 billion in 2016. Application Delivery Network is an advanced traffic management system which provides visibility, availability, security and application acceleration.

Global Home Automation Market Will Reach Around USD 21.0 Billion by 2020

Zion Research has published a new report titled “Home Automation and Managed) Market by Networking Technology for Lighting, Safety and security, HVAC, Entertainment and Other Applications – Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecast, 2014 – 2020”. According to the report, global home automation market was valued at around USD 5.0 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach USD 21.0 billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of around 25% between 2015 and 2020.

Cisco Buys AppDynamics for $3.7B

IT sector yesterday with the announcement that it has agreed to acquire business software company AppDynamics for $3.7 billion shortly before the latter was slated to launch its initial public offering. The deal should help Cisco appeal to enterprise clients struggling to manage business applications running across multiple cloud deployments.