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Enterprise Connect Becomes Latest Tech Event to be Impacted By Coronavirus

The enterprise technology event featuring keynotes from Big Tech companies is being postponed until August and relocated to San Francisco.

March 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Enterprise Connect Orlando, scheduled for the end of the month, has been postponed until August due to concerns about the novel coronavirus which is impacting travel and leading to the cancellation of other tech events and conferences. The show — which features new enterprise technology from tech companies of all sizes — is rescheduled for […]

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Google Slides Home Safe Into MLB Deal After AWS Strikes Out

Major League Baseball is switching to Google Cloud to power its advanced analytics and business operations after working with AWS since 2014.

March 5, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Major League Baseball is ditching Amazon Web Services in favor of Google Cloud for the league’s business processes and support for automated services. Google’s cloud offerings will serve the league’s data and analytics needs, including Statcast, MLB’s automated tool or analyzing player movements and abilities. The multi-year deal also includes the use of Google Ad […]

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Remember These Nostalgic Tech Gifts?

Remember some ghosts of holidays past with these nostalgic holiday tech gifts. They aren’t all popular now, but they make great tech nerd gifts nonetheless.

December 23, 2019 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

I’m not necessarily a super nostalgic person, nor am I much of a gamer… but when looking through our sister site, Commercial Integrator‘s list of nostalgic tech gifts throughout the ages, I felt a sudden longing for some days gone by. The list was a recapitulation of holiday tech nerd gifts through the ages: from Ataris […]

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Smart Home Standards

Big Tech Is Developing Standards For Smart Homes

Google, Amazon, Apple and The Zigbee Alliance form working group to develop smart home device connectivity standards to increase compatibility.

December 20, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Big Tech is joining together to solve some of the industry’s challenges when it comes to smart homes. Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance on Thursday announced a new working group that plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard — centered around security — to increase compatibility among […]

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Samuel L. Jackson’s Voice is Now Available on Alexa Devices

Thanks to advancement's in Alexa's technology, Samuel L. Jackson's voice is available on Alexa-enabled devices. And yes, he can swear at you.

December 16, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Instead of Alexa’s pleasant voice helping you run your company, Amazon is now offering a slightly more aggressive and intimidating voice. For just $0.99, Alexa users can be berated by Samuel L. Jackson’s voice, which can add some fun — or fear — to the office. The actor, best known for his tough guy roles […]

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PayGo Ensures High Availability of SQL Server with SIOS DataKeeper

PayGo's use of their SQL Server’s transaction logging to protect data could not ensure high availability, so they sought out a SIOS DataKeeper solution.

December 16, 2019 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

PayGo is an integrated utility payment solution provider that manages the largest energy company prepay programs in the United States. They’re currently running four production environments in AWS, with another coming online soon, and SQL Server 2017 Standard Edition running on Windows Server 2012 R2. The company plans to migrate to Windows Server 2019 after […]

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Cloud Computing and Security: The Risks You Need to Know

Cloud operations are great, but they don’t eliminate user vulnerabilities. Here are the cloud computing risks you need to be aware of.

December 12, 2019 Arun Kothanath Leave a Comment

Cloud computing has become a valuable and increasingly popular approach to digital technology that includes on-demand self-service, broad network access, software as a service, and much, much more. As businesses continue to explore cloud options for a number of applications, it’s critical that they assess and align specific needs with the appropriate cloud vendor and […]

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