Allscripts and Microsoft Extend Cloud-based Health IT Partnership
Allscripts and Microsoft Corp. announces a five-year extension to their strategic alliance to enable the expanded development and delivery of cloud-based health IT solutions.
Oracle Cloud Volunteer Screening Registry is a Key Part of the NIH’s COVID-19 Prevention Network
Oracle Cloud has partnered with the NIH to build a COVID-19 Volunteer Screening Registry in order to screen millions of volunteers eager to participate in hundreds of clinical trials by year’s end. This will no doubt put Oracle’s cloud capabilities to the test — we’re betting the company is up for the challenge.
What the Massive Twitter Hack Means for CISOs and Security Vendors
The massive Twitter hack this past week was a wake-up call for many of the vulnerabilities our collective reliance on social media channels presents. Here is a short overview of the specifics that have been uncovered as a result of investigation by the FBI, lawmakers, cybersecurity experts and Twitter itself, as well as what the impact of a hack of this nature means for CISOs and their security vendor partners.
Siemens Partners With Salesforce for New Workplace Technology Suite
Siemens and Salesforce have partnered to provide an innovative workplace technology suite that allows employees to safely come back to work in physical offices and sets the stage for a next generation framework for the future of work. Siemens and Salesforce will first deploy this workplace offering in their own offices, including Siemens Smart Infrastructure headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, and Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. We are looking forward to hearing the results from these first deployments.
Alphabet Loon Has Largest Deployment to Date In Kenya
Alphabet’s Loon has launched its commercial internet service in Kenya through partnership with Telkom Kenya providing cellular service through their network to an area covering roughly 50,000 square kilometres (31,000 square miles). Here’s why I’m bullish on Alphabet Loon filling a significant void in the internet market for the underserved.
BMW Car Subscription Updates Spark Customer Experience Questions
BMW car subscription updates spark the conversation whether consumers are willing to pay for additional features after purchase. Known for its controversy in subscription service, the auto manufacturer argues that this benefits current and future owners.
HPE Announces Updates to Its HPE GreenLake for Partners Program
HPE announces updates to its HPE GreenLake for Partners program with emphasis on expanded storage, management services, container enablement, enhanced learning, sales and marketing. This strategy is solid, and likely to spur continued steady growth.
HPE Announces Updates to Its GreenLake Cloud Services
HPE announces updates to its HPE GreenLake Cloud Services which include services across container management, ML operations, virtual machines, storage, compute, data protection, and networking.
HPE Turns to Containers With Its Ezmeral Software
At its virtual Discover event this week, HPE announced the launch of its kubernetes-based container software, HPE Ezmeral. This announcement shows HPE’s continued dedication to its goal of everything-as-a-service by 2022 and heats up the container wars with competitors like IBM RedHat and VMWare.
HP Makes 3D Printing Technology and Digital Manufacturing Announcements
New partnerships and alliances like what we are seeing HP do here will help enterprises of different sizes have more resources for 3D technology equipment, training and support. These efforts will help leverage and continue the 3D printing technology efforts HP has made during the pandemic, and it will be interesting to see what the company does moving forward. Overall, we expect to see continued growth in the 3D printing and additive manufacturing space.
Cloud Providers Look to Further Serve the Healthcare Vertical – Futurum Tech Webcast
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman and analyst Sarah Wallace discuss how cloud service providers are looking to further serve the healthcare vertical, and explore some of the interesting market opportunities that presents.
Amazon’s AWS MetroPlus Chatbot Delivered a Significant Assist to NYC Non-Profit Insurer
Amazon’s AWS MetroPlus chatbot program, developed free of charge by Amazon with project management help from Bain & Co., delivered a significant assist to a NYC-based non-profit insurer that continues to pay dividends now and into the future. Here’s the backstory there, and a look at how simple solutions like the one developed here often can have far-reaching benefits.
