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Equipping the Revolution: Hardware Wars in the Age of Machine Learning

Posted on November 12, 2018 by John Keck

In the machine learning gold rush, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are competing for cloud computation dominance. Currently second in the market, Microsoft is poised to gain significant market share through its major investment in FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) for advanced, deep neural network applications.

Too Much Data Strikes a Blow to Tableau

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Michael 1

Tableau has historically been a leader in data visualization, but latency issues stemming from cloud deployment could hinder its ability to handle big data analytics.

Walmart’s Acquisition Strategy to Stay Competitive

Posted on November 17, 2016 by GS

Walmart has lagged e-commerce competitors such as Amazon. With the acquisition of Jet.com, Walmart hopes to leverage Jet.com's e-commerce and digital expertise to remain competitive.

Hi. Meet Alexa.

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Roanna

Meet Alexa, the voice service behind Amazon's latest Internet of Things product, the Echo. Think smart speaker / personal assistant.

Amazon Web Services: Greenhouse Gases in the Cloud

Posted on November 4, 2016 by alandon

The Cloud: High Growth, High Energy Usage When you stream video on Netflix or pin photos on Pinterest, you’re using infrastructure managed by Amazon Web Services (AWS), a suite of cloud computing services used by many of the biggest companies […]

On Time, On Budget, Onshape

Posted on December 9, 2015 by MPM

Solidworks meets google docs while Onshape provides a platform for users to engage with CAD, engineering, and design support.

Amazon Web Services: A Down Payment on the Future of Computing

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Micah

The digital retailer’s big bet on the cloud.

Amazon Web Services: Seeing Through the Clouds

Posted on November 28, 2015 by vyazdi

How Amazon abstracts the data center and makes billions of dollars in the process.

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