Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of April 25-29, 2016. Intel anticipates a shift towards large-scale computing in data centers Following the announcement of future plans to cut down on 11 percent of their workforce, Intel explained as much as 80 percent of data centers will switch to “scale computing” …
Intel anticipates as much as 80 percent of data center systems will employ “scale computing” within the next 10 years. What Intel means by this, is most average data centers will begin computing at a large scale, similar to the data centers that tech giants like Google or Microsoft are currently utilizing. This doesn’t mean …
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Educational technology adoption is anticipated to see major growth within the next five years. School districts and universities will need to plan accordingly before implementing new technologies into the classroom, because without proper planning, educational technology implementation can go awry. Here are three possible pitfalls when not planning for implementation: Lack of training Implementing an …
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MRRSE reports the global IT asset disposition market is anticipated to grow and addditional 7.1 percent from 2016 to 2024, from an initial reported value of $9.9 billion in 2015. The market includes all typical ITAD procedures such as data sanitization, data recovery and end-of-life services for devices. The overall growth is attributed to an …
A report issued by the Cloud Security Alliance indicates 17 percent of interviewed enterprises have reported a data breach. The study, called “Identity Solutions: Security Beyond the Perimeter,” interviewed 325 enterprises about their current security protocols. In addition to the 17 percent of interviewed companies that reported a data breach, 22 percent indicated they were …
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Today marks the 46th annual Earth Day. This year, Earth Day Network chose to emphasize the importance of trees in our environment with the Trees of the Earth campaign. The network plans to plant 50,000 trees by the end of the day. While people may not have the resources or space to plant trees this …
Apple issued its annual environmental responsibility report this week. According to the report, Apple recovered close to 61 million pounds of e-scrap throughout 2015. The recovered material included 23.1 million pounds of steel, 13.4 million pounds of plastics, 11.9 million pounds of glass, 4.5 million pounds of aluminum, 3 million pounds of copper, 190,000 pounds …
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Intel plans to lay off 11 percent of their global workforce in a response to the decreasing PC market. The company will lay off up to 12,000 employees and anticipates $750 million in savings during 2016 due to the layoffs. Last year, the PC market saw the slowest amount of growth since 2008, with less …
American citizens are now using mobile devices for longer period times than ever, the Wall Street Journal reports. The increasing amount of time between consumer phone upgrades is attributed to carriers’ abandonment of the traditional subsidized model and consumers seeing less benefit in upgrading devices frequently. The overall phone-replacement cycle is estimated to reach 29 …
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OpenText, a Canadian content management firm, announced their acquisition of large majority of HP Inc’s customer experience content management division earlier today. The $170 million purchase includes products from the HP Engage line: HP MediaBin, HP Qfiniti, HP Explore, HP Aurasma and HP Optimost. The extension of content management offerings can be seen as a …
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