Phocas Software‘s cloud data analytics tools might be best known in Australia, where they’re used by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Fiskars Royal Doulton, and Burson Automotive to streamline employee access to key financial data, but the company is planning to become more aggressive globally in 2021. Today, Phocas announced that it raised $34 million to bolster […]
Microsoft cloud growth surges 50%, beating analyst expectations
(Reuters) — Microsoft on Tuesday reported its Azure cloud computing services grew 50%, as the global pandemic benefited the software maker’s investment on working and learning from home. The company’s shares rose 6% in extended trading after gaining about 41% in 2020 as COVID-19 shifted computing to areas where the software maker has bet big. […]
7 Benefits of Using Cloud VPS Hosting for Your Business
The VPS (virtual private server) hosting is popular, but the cloud VPS hosting is now growing very big because it takes our Internet experience to a whole new level. Most of the Internet things today are cloud-based, including virtual memory storage, and the option to access your files no matter where you are. Many companies […]
‘AR cloud’ will drive the next generation of immersive experiences
Imagine: You’re walking down the street in an unfamiliar city and decide to stop for lunch. You put on your augmented reality (AR)-enabled glasses and look around you, and certain restaurants’ ratings and recent reviews appear overlaid on their storefronts. After you select a restaurant and sit down, you put the glasses on once again […]
How does cloud gaming work?
There’s a quote attributed to Albert Einstein* explaining how radios work: *Einstein definitely did not say this. It might be more accurate to say that there’s still a cat, but the cat is made of light. But this picture book isn’t about cats. It’s about cloud gaming. What is cloud gaming, and how does it […]
Cloud Saves On Xbox 360 Soon Won’t Require A Gold Subscription
The fans who are still enjoying Xbox 360 games after all these years will soon be able to use cloud saves without needing an Xbox Live Gold subscription. The different console makers have their own rules for cloud saves. Nintendo requires a Switch Online subscription for its cloud saves, even if some of the most important games […]
Qualcomm details Cloud AI 100 chipset, announces developer kit
During its AI Day conference last April, Qualcomm unveiled the Cloud AI 100, a chipset purpose-built for machine learning inferencing and edge computing workloads. Details were scarce at press time, evidently owing to a lengthy production schedule. But Qualcomm today announced a release date for the Cloud AI 100 — the first half of 2021, […]
Microsoft's cloud gaming service isn't finished until there's a Windows 10 app
On Monday, Microsoft announced more than 150 games that consumers will be able to play on its cloud gaming initiative (formerly known as Project xCloud) beginning September 15. But the cloud-gaming initiative omits one key feature: the ability to play on a PC. Microsoft began offering Project xCloud as a beta late last year, and […]
Annex Cloud Listed as Pure Play Loyalty Solution Vendor in 2020 Gartner Market Guide for Loyalty Management
Annex Cloud also Featured as a Gartner Cool Vendor and Referenced in Gartner Multichannel Marketing Hub (MMH) Magic Quadrant with SAP LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 19, 2020– Annex Cloud, a technical solutions provider of advanced personalized and experiential customer retention and loyalty solutions to businesses in both B2B and B2C, announced their inclusion in the 2020 […]
Understanding Cloud Object Storage and How to Use it
Modern companies generate large amounts of data, which need to be stored somewhere. Unstructured data dominates the vast amount of stored data. Object storage is the answer for the massive growth of unstructured data that most organizations are experiencing. This article covers what practical advantages can object storage systems provide to the business, what kind […]