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Customer-Obsessed Businesses Driving Infrastructure Transformation

Forrester IT

Access to mobility, social networks, wearable devices, connected cars and hotels managed by robots are rapidly changing the behaviors of how customers engage and purchase. This software focus fueled a rapid expansion of cloud services and many argue that there is no longer a necessity to own hardware. Containers.

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Tech Moves: Former Ada Developers Academy CEO joins venture studio; Riveter co-CEO steps down; and more

GeekWire

Conduit Venture Labs Photo) — Seattle tech leader Lauren Sato joined Seattle hardware startup studio Conduit Venture Labs as an entrepreneur-in-residence. “Conduit is unique in that hardware is an incredibly difficult space to get into as a standalone founder,” Sato said. Lauren Sato.

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MWC 2022: 5G software, service assurance and sustainability

TM Forum

There was, however, a noticeable lack of delegates from APAC and particularly China whose Covid-19 isolation rules meant attendance would have involved a month’s worth of quarantine in various hotels. Nonetheless, many of the usual booths were there and gaps were filled with much needed seating areas and networking spaces.

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IDF 2013: Virtualizing the Network to Enable SDI

Scott Lowe

This is session EDCS008, “Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI).” This naturally leads to a discussion of software-defined networking (SDN) as a means whereby the network can evolve to keep up the rapid pace of change and innovation in other areas of the data center.

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What legacy tech teaches IT leaders about projects that last

CIO Business Intelligence

It processes hundreds of thousands of revenue-producing hotel reservations that come in each day. The unsung value of support The best legacy systems have a large ecosystem of third-party consultants and companies that support these systems with technical consulting, software and hardware services, and training. It has never failed.”

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

GeekWire

But efforts are picking up steam to pump billions of dollars nationwide into the construction of charging networks, improve charging technology, and provide resources for charging at home and work. ” A network of EV charging. Tesla has a network of proprietary fast-charging stations that work only with its vehicles.

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The most secure home computer ever

Network World

We’ve all heard tales of foreign intelligence entities breaking into hotel rooms and cloning a person’s hard drive while he or she is in the bar downstairs. Cold boot attacks, USB exploits, or DMA attacks over FireWire, among other breaches, are all possible if a bad actor can get his or her hands on the hardware.

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