AI Technology to Implement Secure End-To-End Elections
Wintergreen Research: AI provides the technology to implement secure end-to-end elections. Modern secure systems depend on new technology, new ways of conducting elections, new approaches to getting voters registered, new ways of casting votes, and new ways of getting votes counted. AI has the ability to implement secure systems that go end-to-end to protect the will of the voters and mitigate fraud by making it detectable.
AI Voting Systems - Wintergreen Research
Unpacking the Intel Unleashed Video
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger packed a lot of information into the Intel Unleashed – Engineering the Future video. Packed into the first 11 minutes of the Intel Unleashed presentation is a wide-ranging vision of a new and emerging pattern for Intel investments, partnerships and product focus.
Unpacking the Intel Unleashed Video
IBM POWER10 is on the Near Horizon
by Jean S. Bozman
Even in the teeth of the pandemic, IBM is expected to deliver its POWER10 processors in calendar 2021, continuing its drive to place a new generation of POWER microprocessor engines in the world’s cloud data centers. Cloud migrations, accelerated by the pandemic’s impact on business worldwide, are making it possible to deploy many types of CPUs and GPUs in the cloud infrastructure, which is dominated by servers based on Intel x86 processors.
IBM POWER10 is on the Near Horizon
POWER10 processors are aimed at running in the hybrid cloud, supporting AI/ML analytics applied to enterprise applications and scalable enterprise workloads (e.g. SAP, SAS). That strongly aligns the POWER10 processors with IBM’s strategic marketing priorities for hybrid cloud and AI/ML.
IBM Delivers Block Storage to the Edge with a Thin Pizza Box
by Jean S. Bozman
During a refresh of IBM’s FlashSystem storage product line, the company revealed that the new entry-level model supports block storage at the Edge. Although it is part of a much broader IBM Storage launch, this ability of the new IBM FlashSystem 5200 to support edge block storage strongly aligns with IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy.
IBM Delivers Block Storage to the Edge with a Thin Pizza Box
IBM Storage Expands Container Support for Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Clouds
RFG Perspective: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the New Normal work environment, customers are accelerating their move to cloud-native applications in the hybrid cloud and in private clouds leveraging cloud infrastructure inside corporations.
IBM Storage Expands Container Support for Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Clouds
Cloudera Builds on Its CDP Data Platform, Embraces Private Cloud, Streaming
RFG Perspective: Cloudera Inc. is expanding its total available market (TAM) by building on its Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) – by entering the market for managed streaming and by making CDP available for private clouds, multiple public clouds and hybrid cloud deployments.
Cloudera Builds on Its CDP Data Platform, Embraces Private Cloud, Streaming
Nutanix Focusing on Enterprise Customers’ “New Normal” Migrations to the Hybrid Cloud
RFG Perspective: Nutanix Inc.'s strategy to change the company’s marketing emphasis from ‘hyperconverged’ software to 'hybrid cloud' enablement software is linked to an acceleration of enterprise customers' cloud migrations due to COVID-19.
Nutanix Research Note
Oracle Expands Its Oracle Gen 2 Cloud with Dedicated Region On-Premises Cloud Offer
By Jean S. Bozman
On July 8, 2020, Oracle announced the new Oracle Dedicated Region Cloud
Customer private cloud service. It provides automatic management of Oracle Cloud Gen 2 services that scale up and down, depending on customer demand.
Oracle Expands Its Oracle Gen 2 Cloud with Dedicated Region On-Premises Cloud Offer
IBM’s Distributed Data Security for the Edge
IBM is extending highly secure data from customers’ IBM z Systems mainframes, across IBM Cloud – and out to remote edge locations. Edge locations now covered by core-to-edge data security links include sites like retail stores, factories, bank branches, regional insurance offices, and oil/gas refinery locations.
IBM's Distributed Data Security for the Edge
Digital Transformation Metrics
RFG Perspective: Some think digital transformation is just an IT-related project without impact on the lines of business while others believe it is some form of digital business transformation. For an enterprise to be successful in transforming the company, it is necessary for all executives and all departments to understand the goals, metrics, and desired outcomes and to be fully on board. Additionally, everyone needs to know the role they will play throughout the process and after the solution is in production.
Digital Transformation Metrics