Cisco DevNet certifications explained
The enterprise network is undergoing a fundamental transition from manual to automated, from hardware to software-defined, from tightly controlled to sprawling across SaaS, multi-cloud, remote work and IoT environments. Network professionals are expected to not only extend existing functionality across all of those environments, they must elevate the capabilities of the network
How SASE uses AI
Secure access service edge, or SASE, combines networking and security into a cloud-based service, and it’s growing fast. According to Gartner projections, enterprise spending on SASE will hit almost $7 billion this year, up from under $5 billion in 2021. Gartner also predicts that more than 50% of organizations will
Denial of Service Attacks Expected To Get Bigger, Nastier
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack can take down a company’s infrastructure, communications, applications, or other services. It costs money to recover from such an attack, but the revenue losses due to outages can be even higher. In 2021, the scale of these attacks hit record highs, and they
Top Three Use Cases for AI in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity professionals are facing an unprecedented threat environment, with record-high numbers of attacks, shortage of qualified staff, and increasing aggression and sophistication from nation-state actors. For many data center cybersecurity managers, the silver bullet for all these problems is artificial intelligence. It promises to allow security teams to handle more
Is a Recession Coming? Here’s How to Cut IT Costs Wisely
A growing number of financial experts predict that a global economic slowdown — possibly a recession — is on the way. As CEOs prepare for an economic decline, they’ll be asking their chief technology officers and IT managers to cut costs. Read the full story at The New Stack.
Q&A: Why Devs Are at the Forefront of a ‘Revolution in Data’
The database field is full of vendors that seek to make it easier for developers and their teams to run their workloads in cloud native environments. For example, with the recent release of Aerospike Database 6, data-platform company Aerospike has added developer-friendly features to its database, including native support for
Everyone’s Seeking AI Engineers — Here’s What They Want
There’s no doubt: Machine learning and artificial intelligence are the hot specialties in IT right now — but filling those jobs is proving to be tough. Read full story at The New Stack.
Neuralink says monkeys died because of brain implants
Neuralink says monkeys died because of brain implants By Alex Korolov Don’t rush out and get Elon Musk’s brain implant just yet. According to news reports, 21 percent of Neuralink’s test monkeys died after experiments. Earlier this week, Neuralink admitted in a blog post that they have euthanized a number
Gaming industry heavyweight launches metaverse for music and games
Gaming industry veteran Steve Gray, former executive at Tencent Games, the world’s largest gaming studio, is getting into the metaverse business. His new company, Meta Music Studios, launched The Apollo Project last week, a blockchain-based gaming platform for music and games, with its first game TAP Stars, an avatar growing game, set
AI in 2020: Facial recognition discriminates against race and gender
One thing we learned from 2020 is not to trust AI facial recognition –it’s biased against race and gender. Racial inequality is a big deal in 2020. You might recall the Black Lives Matter protests that brought millions of people out into the streets over the summer. Large tech companies
Marketplace suspends almost all NFT sales due to rampant fakes
Plagiarism and scams are a serious problem in the NFT space — and it’s gotten so bad that one NFT marketplace has suspended almost all NFT sales on its platform. Cameron Hejai, founder and CEO of Cent NFT marketplace, announced in a statement that Cent is removing the ability to
Motorola and Verizon release 5G neckband to lighten up virtual reality headsets
Virtual reality headsets are bulky and two companies have collaborated to take the weight off your head for augmented and virtual reality — and put it around your neck instead. Motorola yesterday announced a 5G neckband that’ll put connectivity, processing, and the battery in a collar and leave your heads up
Biggest marketplace for non-fungible tokens admits at least 80 percent are knock-offs
OpenSea, the largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens openly admitted last Thursday that over 80 percent of the items created using their free minting tool were plagiarized works, fake collections, and spam. Read full article at Hypergrid Business.
New VR boots aim to make walking realistic for job training
It’s too expensive and it’s not available yet, but there’s a startup company that says we’ll be able to walk in VR. Ekto VR, a VR hardware startup, has invented a pair of boots that allow realistic walking in virtual environments with no risk of running into a wall or
Fence in VR with a real sword
Wouldn’t it be cool to fence with a real sword in VR? Russian VR studio Boxglass has released Fencer, a VR fencing trainer designed to help new players learn the sport of fencing while using a real fencing weapon. Read the full story at Hypergrid Business.
First Apple VR headset could be expensive and bulky
Apple’s first entry into virtual reality could be an expensive VR headset with limited AR capabilities, according to a Bloomberg report. “Apple Inc.’s first crack at a headset is designed to be a pricey, niche precursor to a more ambitious augmented reality product that will take longer to develop, according