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Samsara: Internet connected sensors enabling smart, scalable, managed IoT

CTOvision

Breakthroughs in semiconductors are making sensors smaller and radically cheaper, and wireless Internet connectivity is becoming ubiquitous. billion in 2012, and under Sanjit and John's continued leadership became one of Cisco’s fastest growing businesses. Research Team. Meraki was acquired by Cisco for $1.2

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets. billion or $11.7

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

While Apple had been ahead in producing mouse-driven GUIs at the time, it remained focused on the combination of hardware and software. This approach to providing software for hardware partners to sell their own machines created a huge platform for Microsoft. With Windows 1.0, Windows NT 3.5 Windows 95 (1995). Windows 95 (1995).

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Chinese CIOs Find Ways To Put Robots To Work

The Accidental Successful CIO

The engineers at this firm work to find out how to make their products better by analyzing the information that is sent to them in real-time by the 380,000 internet-connected concrete mixers, cranes, and excavators. To date, the company has collected over 100 billion data points from its deployed machines.

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ChefSteps founder returns to the kitchen with new startup and another high-tech cooking device

GeekWire

Young started ChefSteps in 2012 and it was acquired by kitchen appliance giant Breville Group in July 2019. There’s no need to fumble with a smartphone app or connect to the internet — although Combustion Inc. He had planned to take 2020 off, travel abroad with his family and not do anything. Then COVID-19 hit.

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Interoperability: A Much Needed Cloud Computing Focus

Cloud Musings

Cloud computing transitions information technology (IT) from being "systems of physically integrated hardware and software" to "systems of virtually integrated services". In today''s internet-scale IT world, stovepipe designs that do not address interoperability will not lead to successful outcome. Jackson 2012 ).'

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How Big is the Hosted Desktop (DaaS) Market - Part 1

Fountainhead

This environment is also traditionally run locally on your personal hardware (laptop, desktop, etc.). Its data and user experience is delivered over the public internet. MSPmentor, in their 2012 Global Report (part of TalkinCloud), notes that Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) represents is offered by 48.9% Part 2 Here ].

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