How to back up Android devices: The complete guide
Make sure all your important data is always synced and protected with this easy-to-follow Android backup guide. Thinkstock ‘Twas a time not so long ago when backing up an Android phone was a massive, migraine-inducing undertaking. It’s true: A mere matter of years back in our mobile device saga, a proper Android backup required physical computer connections, complicated third-party software and more than a few adult beverages. But my, what a difference a few years makes. These days, backing…
6 great apps for the iOS mobile enterprise
Here are six cloud-based solutions with excellent mobile/iOS apps that are seeing rapid enterprise deployment. Thinkstock There’s more to enterprise apps than Office, Salesforce, Slack or G-Suite. Here are six cloud-based solutions with excellent mobile/iOS apps that are seeing rapid enterprise deployment, according to Okta. Every enterprise is now a digital enterprise Today, every enterprise is a digital enterprise. This has created profitable opportunities for big tech (just look at Apple’s eye-watering $91.82b Q1 2020 revenues) while offering up numerous opportunities…
Women IT leaders bring fresh perspectives to corporate boards
Organizations with diverse corporate boards perform better, innovate more, and attract and retain better talent. Women IT leaders are ready and are heeding the call Destiny Transformations Group Attention corporate boards: If you’re in the market for a new board member, Jaynee Beach wants to talk to you. Beach, director of IT application development at Woodforest National Bank, in The Woodlands, Texas, is ready and hopeful she will be able to obtain her first board position in the not-too-distant future.…
Biggest technology acquisitions 2020
We round up the biggest technology industry mergers and acquisitions of the year so far Thinkstock Last year marked a slight decrease in global technology M&A activity from the blockbuster year that was 2018 – when SAP bought Qualtrics for $8 billion, IBM acquired Red Hat for a staggering $33 billion and Broadcom picked up CA Technologies for $18.9 billion in cash. As of the end of Q3 2019, technology M&A deals worth $245 billion had been announced…
What the UK government’s Huawei decision means for 5G
The UK has made its much-anticipated decision to allow Huawei to participate in the development of the UK’s 5G networks, with restrictions Huawei Chinese telecoms firm Huawei and other ‘high risk vendors’ have been given the green light to play a role in the UK’s 5G and gigabit-enabled networks, but with several key restrictions after the government issued guidance for telecoms providers today. Following a long awaited call-to-action, prime minister Boris Johnson announced at a meeting with the National Security Council…
8 misleading AI Myths — and the realities behind them
With all of the hype around AI and machine learning come many factual inaccuracies. Let’s separate the truth from the fiction Cryteria / Insspirito (CC BY 3.0) Computer sentience has been fodder for Hollywood for decades. Usually it’s for the bad, whether it’s HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey” or the T-800 in “Terminator.” Occasionally it’s been thoughtful, like Project 2501 in “Ghost in the Shell.” Whatever the plot, few themes elicit such fear and loathing as the robot armies and…
Telco core upgrades, mmWave spectrum to unlock 5G for enterprises
The Australian auction later this year of millimetre spectrum will mark a significant step towards 5G in the enterprise Vertigo3d / Getty The planned release of a significant amount of new spectrum for use by Australia’s mobile network operators (MNOs) and upgrades to telcos’ core networks will help unlock key enterprise use cases for 5G, including end-to-end network slicing, edge compute and high-speed indoor coverage. Both Telstra and Optus last year began offering 5G mobile coverage in select locations,…
Cisco and IBM offer a managed private-cloud service
Cisco and IBM have partnered to offer Managed Private Cloud-as-a-service for VMware and IBM/RedHat OpenShift environments. rclassenlayouts / Aleksei Derin / Getty Images Cisco and IBM have rolled out a pair of managed private-cloud services aimed at customers looking for the utility of a public cloud delivered on premises. Cisco and IBM Services have partnered to offer a Managed Private Cloud-as-a-service powered by Cisco’s Unified Computing System and available in two varieties, one for VMware and one for RedHat OpenShift environments.…
