Google Meet hardware promises AI features starting at $2,700
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Google today unveiled Google Meet Series One, meeting room hardware that brings its AI-powered video calling features to businesses. Read More.
Aerospike Expands Partner Program to Meet Demand for its Real-Time Data Platform
CTOvision
AUGUST 2, 2021
Aerospike, the provider of real-time data platforms, has expanded its Accelerate Partner Program for systems integrators, independent software vendors, cloud service providers, value-added resellers, and other hardware and software platform providers.
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Meet Microsoft, the New Face of Open Source Data Center Hardware
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 15, 2017
If you’re running a cloud platform at Microsoft’s scale (30-plus regions around the world, with multiple data centers per region) and you want it to run on the best data center hardware, you typically design it yourself. But what if there are ideas out there — outside of your company’s…
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Asus reveals new Google Meet videoconferencing hardware for offices
The Verge
MAY 18, 2020
Asus has announced new videoconferencing hardware designed to run Google Meet meetings ( via 9to5Google ). The hardware could be useful for conference rooms in offices that rely on Google Meet as their videoconferencing tool of choice (once actually going into the office becomes more common, of course).
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Hybrid meetings: 5 best practices for better outcomes
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 16, 2023
They even miss in-person meetings. And that means you are likely looking at hybrid meetings — with some people gathering in a conference room while others call in from home — for the foreseeable future. This meeting model is different from all-video calls or all in-person meetings. What is a hybrid meeting? “A
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Meet the most comprehensive portable cybersecurity device
Tech Republic Security
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The post Meet the most comprehensive portable cybersecurity device appeared first on TechRepublic. This deal is your last chance to get the Deeper Connect Pico Decentralized VPN at $50 off plus free shipping.
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Facebook promises immersive VR meetings with Horizon Workrooms
Computerworld Vertical IT
AUGUST 19, 2021
Facebook on Thursday unveiled its vision to make remote meetings more immersive with the introduction of Horizon Workrooms, a virtual reality app for team collaboration. But convincing employees to put on VR headsets for conference meetings — or companies to buy the hardware in the first place — could be a tough sell, say analysts.
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From edge to cloud: The critical role of hardware in AI applications
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 6, 2023
All this has a tremendous impact on the digital value chain and the semiconductor hardware market that cannot be overlooked. Hardware innovations become imperative to sustain this revolution. So what does it take on the hardware side? Cellular technologies and Wi-Fi work in a complementary manner to meet this demand.
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This is Microsoft’s vision for the future of meetings
The Verge
MAY 21, 2021
Microsoft is outlining its vision for the future of meetings today. While the company has been teasing new concepts for Microsoft Teams in recent months, it’s now starting to bring to life an updated interface for the communications software that will help blend remote colleagues into physical meeting rooms.
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CES 2024: Qualcomm AI Chip for Virtual and Mixed Reality Could Compete with Apple Vision Pro
Tech Republic
JANUARY 10, 2024
The Snapdragon XR+ Gen 2 refines Qualcomm’s hardware that enables virtual and mixed reality meetings. Plus, Qualcomm continues to commit to autonomous car tech.
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Enterprise mobility 2023: UEM meets DEX
Computerworld Vertical IT
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Forrester Research’s 2022 Business Technographics Infrastructure Hardware Survey shows that 28% of infrastructure hardware technology decision makers will be investing in UEM over the next 12 months. UEM has become a critical part of enterprise efforts to manage this complex environment.
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Microsoft’s new Intelligent Speakers deliver its promised meeting room of the future
The Verge
MARCH 2, 2021
Microsoft demonstrated prototype hardware a few years ago that promised meeting rooms of the future with automatic speaker identification, transcription, and even translation. These speakers will automatically generate a transcript during a meeting, with individual identification of those speaking. Image: Microsoft.
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Nvidia is allegedly punishing customers with shipment delays, former AMD VP labels it a "GPU cartel"
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal published a report alleging that Nvidia could be delaying data center GPU orders to companies who are having meetings with rival AI accelerator firms. Hardware startup Groq, which creates AI chips for LLM inference, said Nvidia customers have to be secretive about acquiring or. Read Entire Article
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Microsoft prepping performance and memory guidelines for AI PCs
TechSpot
JANUARY 18, 2024
Both TrendForce and Tom's Hardware sources believe Microsoft will require new Windows PCs to meet a performance threshold of at least 40 TOPS (trillions of operations per second) to be labeled as a true AI PC. Read Entire Article
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The Series One Desk 27 is a $2,000 Google Meet machine that doubles as a laptop monitor
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Google is announcing two new hardware devices designed specifically to work with Google Meet and to look like Google hardware. The Series One Desk 27 and Series One Board 65 are both made by Avocor but are part of the Series One program where Google specifically blesses devices that are custom-built for Meet.
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Listen to Google Meet?s impressive new background noise cancellation feature in action
The Verge
JUNE 9, 2020
VentureBeat reports that Google has been working on the feature for around a year and a half, using thousands of its own meetings to train its AI model. However, Lachapelle was keen to emphasize that although the feature will improve over time, the company will not directly use external meetings to train it.
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Nvidia pursuing multi chip module architecture to meet evolving data needs
TechSpot
JANUARY 8, 2022
The COPA-GPU is based on the realization that traditional converged GPU designs using domain-specific hardware are quickly becoming a less than practical solution. Graphics processing units (GPUs) have become one of the primary resources supporting DL due to their inherent capabilities and optimizations.
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Mobile industry accelerates Open RAN to meet 5G global demands at FYUZ 2022
Tech Republic
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The post Mobile industry accelerates Open RAN to meet 5G global demands at FYUZ 2022 appeared first on TechRepublic. Major operators and technology companies met in Spain to discuss the challenges and opportunities of Open RAN in the future of connectivity.
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Chip industry strains to meet AI-fueled demands — will smaller LLMs help?
Computerworld Vertical IT
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
As the use of genAI increases, so too does the strain on the hardware used to run those models, which are the information storehouses for natural language processing. To read this article in full, please click here
The first ‘Designed for Google Meet’ device is a $200 phone dock
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
As cool as videoconferencing hardware can look, it’s often exorbitantly expensive — the $2,000 Series One Desk 27 for Google Meet being a perfect example. Luckily, alongside that expensive Meet machine, Google also announced its “Designed for Google Meet” program and a more affordable first entry, the Rayz Rally Pro.
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Into the Breach: Meeting the Cybersecurity Challenge
IT Toolbox
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Since many vectors of attack focus on known and unknown software flaws and hardware deficiencies, it's impossible to make any network The threat landscape is complex and ever-changing, which leads many organizations to devote a large portion of their technology budget to hardening their defenses against cyber threats.
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A Golden Era of HPC in Government Meets Accelerating Demands
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 21, 2022
federal government agencies like the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), and National Science Foundation have been conducting R&D of hardware and software for HPC and training people to utilize the machines and generate novel applications. For years, U.S.
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What Sundar Pichai’s ‘long-term’ hardware commitment means for the Pixel
The Verge
MAY 19, 2020
Last week, I wrote about Google’s somewhat confounding hardware strategy in the wake of a report about internal conflict from The Information. Not to belabor the metaphor, but when it comes to Google’s hardware efforts, there’s a bit of a “darkest before the dawn” vibe. Hardware is hard. Hardware is hard,” Pichai says.
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Inside our hybrid studio: GeekWire’s tech tips and tricks for the latest twist in virtual meetings
GeekWire
AUGUST 21, 2021
The last 18 months have been an audio-visual adventure, requiring many of us to improve and refine our at-home tech setups for virtual meetings and remote work. We’re sharing some of our hard-earned lessons on this behind-the-scenes episode of the GeekWire Podcast, including details on hardware and software.
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Early reviews of Microsoft’s new Surface Duo praise hardware, pan buggy software and muddy camera
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Tech reviewers are giving the company high marks, mostly, for the unique hardware of the Duo, a hinged device with two 5.6-inch Overall, in terms of the hardware, he says, “I’m not going to say that Microsoft nailed it with the execution, but they came damn close.” inch screens that unfold like a small book.
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Bring your most productive self to work
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 6, 2024
The key consideration for powerful performance is how the hardware is engineered. Connectivity Chances are you’re conducting to more virtual meetings than ever before. All these capabilities remove the technical barriers to remote meetings, so you can focus on collaborating with colleagues and customers.
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Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated — remotely — from Y Combinator
GeekWire
APRIL 26, 2021
You can probably pack a lot more stuff into it because you don’t have to go do these meetings in person. You can go directly from a sales call to a YC meeting.”. We build hardware and it’s hard to relocate that. “It was a lot more convenient and feasible for us to do with families,” Winges said. Worksphere. Worksphere Image).
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Meet the latest Techstars Seattle cohort: 10 startups on how they’ve adapted to the pandemic
GeekWire
APRIL 16, 2021
Bild is a platform that empowers collaboration and more productive engagements for hardware teams, reducing risk in the design process and getting products to market faster. We’re a team that’s lived the painful experiences that hardware teams go through day-in and day-out. Although we were worried at first, remote meetings were great!
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Meta turns focus to GenAI chips for better recommendations
Dataconomy
APRIL 16, 2024
Meta asserts that by managing both the hardware and software components, it can outperform standard commercial GPUs in terms of efficiency. “We As Meta intensifies its focus on AI development, the need for specialized hardware has grown.
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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards
GeekWire
APRIL 4, 2023
He has helped steer F5 beyond its roots as a hardware company, expanding into application security and delivery software through multiple acquisitions. (GeekWire Photo / Curt Milton) Locoh-Donou joined F5 as president and CEO in 2017 after serving in various executive roles at telecommunications equipment and software supplier Ciena.
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Series X launch is ‘largest in Xbox history’ as Microsoft tries to meet demand
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
As part of its most recent earnings report , the company said gaming revenue increased to $3 billion, up 22% year-over-year, while Xbox hardware revenue declined 27% ahead of the November launch. Some fans have reported issues with their new Xbox hardware, such as particularly loud or wholly non-functional disc drives.
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Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these Seattle entrepreneurs
GeekWire
AUGUST 19, 2021
Virtual and augmented reality still have yet to hit the mainstream after years of hype, largely due to expensive hardware and lack of use cases. Envelop for Windows let users work in a virtual environment with infinite monitors in a 3D space. The company shut down in 2017. Envelop Image).
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VMworld 2019 Vendor Meeting: Lightbits Labs
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Last week at VMworld , I had the opportunity to meet with Lightbits Labs , a relatively new startup working on what they called “disaggregated storage.” Lightbits has their own operating system, LightOS, which runs on industry-standard x64 servers from Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. NVMe/TCP acceleration.
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Poly and Nureva make big hybrid conference rooms work at Zoomtopia
ComputerWorld IT Management
OCTOBER 6, 2023
When it comes to hybrid meetings, big rooms are a significant problem. The resulting installation is virtually permanent, so if you move or change the configuration of the room, much of the related hardware can’t be moved without significant additional cost. Until now, that flexibility has been elusive.
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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford
The Verge
AUGUST 17, 2021
I feel like maybe the frame of our conversation is a little different — Argo makes self-driving hardware and software for cars. You make hardware and software that allows cars to drive themselves. Do you have any hardware demands? Is this meeting the promise that we made and the promises embedded in our core values?
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Microsoft tells Windows 11 Insider build users with unsupported PCs to reinstall Windows 10
TechSpot
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Twitter account @BetaWiki published an image of a message seen by testers in both the Dev and Beta channels running Windows 11 on hardware that doesn't meet Microsoft's requirements for the new OS.
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Sneak peak: Microsoft’s Athena AI chip project
Dataconomy
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The goal is simple: to reduce reliance on third-party hardware providers, like Nvidia, by crafting in-house solutions that meet the specific requirements of Microsoft’s AI ecosystem. This demonstrates Microsoft’s dedication to long-term innovation in the AI hardware space.
Fountainhead: Meeting IRL: Why The Valley's So Cool
Fountainhead
MARCH 6, 2012
Meeting IRL: Why The Valleys So Cool. Sometimes we underestimate the value of meeting in real life. The value of meeting in real life struck a chord a few weeks ago while in Santa Clara at the Cloud Connect conference. It's no wonder that the presence of more physical "meet-ups" is increasing at these events.
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Analysis: Video game spending is setting records, but can the industry meet increasing demand?
GeekWire
APRIL 16, 2021
billion on video game hardware, accessories, and assorted content, which marks an 18% increase over March 2020 and sets a record for March in any year. Now, the question is whether the industry, between the semiconductor shortage and the slowdowns in game development, can continue to meet that demand. NPD Group Chart).
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The Gmail app takes calls now, too, because Google wants it to do everything
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
To begin, Google is adding the ability to “ring” another Google user with Google Meet — but inside the Gmail mobile app, not inside the Meet app. When the feature rolls out and turns on, your Gmail app will be able to be called just like any other VOIP app (in addition to being able to join Google Meet meetings).
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Microsoft won’t stop you installing Windows 11 on older PCs
The Verge
AUGUST 27, 2021
While the software maker has recommended hardware requirements for Windows 11 — which it’s largely sticking to — a restriction to install the OS will only be enforced when you try to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 through Windows Update. Devices that meet the official minimum specs “had a 99.8 Image: Microsoft.
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Vendor Meetings at VMworld 2013
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
So, I decided to meet with some vendors that seemed interesting and get some additional information on their products. Here’s the write-up on some of the vendor meetings I’ve attended while in San Francisco. This was probably one of the more fascinating meetings I had at the conference. Jeda Networks. SwiftStack.
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Planning to update to Windows 11? A checklist before you do
Computerworld Vertical IT
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
5 to computers that fully meet its hardware requirements. Now that we can update ourselves (assuming you have the right hardware), my recommendation is to hold off. The date has been announced: Microsoft will start offering Windows 11 on Oct. But should you update? With Windows 11, the decision isn’t so clear.
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