SYS-CON Events announced today that Qubell has been named "Platinum Sponsor" of DevOps Summit Silicon Valley, which will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Qubell, an innovator in application deployment and configuration management, empowers online companies to do what they have never been able to do before: put into consumers' hands innovative new features and services, almost as fast as they can conceive them, without sacrificing control, reliability or uptime. An Exclusive Interview with Quebell's Stan Klimoff Read Latest Qubell Blog Post Contact @QuBellInc for your FREE @CloudExpo pass. Use Cases and Related Features (Learn more) Qubell emerged from stealth in the summer of 2013 (see related press release) and announced that Kohl's completed its initial implementation (see press release). Founded by pioneer... (more)

Artificial Intelligence in Games | #ExpoDX #AI #ML #IoT #ArtificialIntelligence

Of course, AI in gaming is far from a recent innovation. The concept of a one player chess game involving a human player versus a computer, was first born from the ponderings of mathematician and cryptographer Claude Shannon, way back in the mid-20th century. Indeed, gaming has always been a key driving force behind AI. Some would even say that video game AI is changing the world. Presently, this technology is the foundation of virtual experiences. That being said, more specifically, the following are 3 ingenious ways in which artificial intelligence is currently being utilized in the gaming industry: 1. Game Development – Beyond Human Imagination Today’s AI technology is evolving beyond the typical game-generating algorithms that are generally focused on creating terrain and other simple game art. Now, in order for game developers to be cutting edge, they need to ... (more)

Marvell Delivers End-to-End Complete Mobile Solutions by Introducing Industry Leading SSD-Class eMMC Controller for the Fast Growing Mobile Storage Market

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today announced the launch of its industry leading SSD-Class eMMC Controller for the fast growing mobile storage market, the new 88NV1088 5.0 NAND Flash controller. It supports HS400 high data transfer speed and high capacity point with high reliability and ultra high performance, very low latency and efficient power consumption. With this new controller, Marvell is extending its leadership in proven SSD controller technologies for enterprise in client market with mobile storage offering, fueling the rise of fast-growing Mobile and  Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. As smartphone and tablet demands rise, the eMMC interface for storage devices has become the de-facto standard. Marvell's new high-performance eMMC 5.0 controller offers man... (more)

Actions Semiconductor's Tablet Chipsets Provide Advanced, Efficient Graphics with Imagination's PowerVR GPUs

ZHUHAI, China and BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) and Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS), one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies, are extending their collaboration in bringing advanced graphics to a range of Actions' OWL chipsets which are designed to address each segment of the tablet market. Actions is leveraging Imagination's PowerVR graphics in multiple generations of its OWL chipsets, including ATM7021, ATM7039 and ATM7029B, and will continue to use PowerVR for future generations. Already reaching significant volume shipments following its release six months ago, Actions' ATM7021 chipset leverages a PowerVR SGX540 GPU, and brings advanced performance and multimedia capabilities to entry-level tablets. The company's high-performance ATM7039 chipset, featuring a PowerVR SGX544MP GPU and... (more)

Why Are APIs So Popular? | @CloudEXPO @AndyThurai #AI #API #IoT #IIoT #SmartCities #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTransformation

Kin Lane recently wrote a couple of blogs about why copyrighting an API is not common. I couldn’t agree more that copyrighting APIs is uncommon. First of all, the API definition is just an interface (It is the implementation detail that is important, and needs to be guarded), so it doesn’t make any sense to copyright an interface. (It is almost like copyrighting a pretty face ). Secondly, the whole idea of exposing an API is you are looking for others to finish the work you started by just providing the plumbing work. Why would anyone want to get involved with a copyrighted API and finish your work for you? Kin Lane says, “API copyright would prevent the reuse and remix of common or successful API patterns within a space. We are at a point where aggregating common, popular APIs into single, standardized interfaces is emerging as the next evolution in web and mobil... (more)

ARM Server to Transform #BigData to #IoT | @CloudExpo #IIoT #AI #ML #DX

A completely new computing platform is on the horizon. They're called Microservers by some, ARM Servers by others, and sometimes even ARM-based Servers. No matter what you call them, Microservers will have a huge impact on the data center and on server computing in general. What Is a Microserver...and What Isn't Although few people are familiar with Microservers today, their impact will be felt very soon. This is a new category of computing platform that is available today and is predicted to have triple-digit growth rates for some years to come - growing to over 20% of the server market by 2016 according to Oppenheimer ("Cloudy With A Chance of ARM" Oppenheimer Equity Research Industry Report). According to Chris Piedmonte, CEO of Suvola Corporation - a software and services company focused on creating preconfigured and scalable Microserver appliances for deployin... (more)

Using @Docker For a Complex #IoT Application | @ThingsExpo #DevOps #M2M

View Aaater Suleman's @ThingsExpo sesion here The goal of any DevOps solution is to optimize multiple processes in an organization. And success does not necessarily require that in executing the strategy everything needs to be automated to produce an effective plan. Yet, it is important that processes are put in place to handle a necessary list of items. Register For DevOps Summit FREE (before Friday) ▸ Here Flux7 is a consulting group with a focus on helping organizations build, maintain and optimize DevOps processes. The group has a wide view across DevOps challenges and benefits, including: The distinct challenge of a skills shortage in this area and how organizations are coping to meet demands with limited resources. The technical requirements: From stacks to scripts, and what works. The practical and political challenges: Beyond the stacks and the human element... (more)

Many IoTs Power Panel | @ExpoDX #IoT #IIoT #API #BigData #SmartCities #FinTech #Blockchain #DigitalTransformation

From CloudEXPO TV Archives: The World's Many IoTs: Which Are the Most Important? The Internet of Things is clearly many things: data collection and analytics, wearables, Smart Grids and Smart Cities, the Industrial Internet, and more. Cool platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel's Galileo and Edison, and a diverse world of sensors are making the IoT a great toy box for developers in all these areas. In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists discussed what things are the most important, which will have the most profound effect on the world, and what should we expect to see over the next couple of years. Panelist Bios: Chris Matthieu is the co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, a revolutionary real-time IoT platform recently acquired by Citrix. Octoblu connects things, systems, people and clouds to a global mesh netwo... (more)

Myths of Cloud Computing with @Wrecks47 | [@CloudExpo @OracleCloudZone]

Ten Myths of Cloud Computing Cloud computing is transforming the way businesses think about and leverage technology. As a result, the general understanding of cloud computing has come a long way in a short time. However, there are still many misconceptions about what cloud computing is and what it can do for businesses that adopt this game-changing computing model. In this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan, Rex Wang, Vice President of Product Marketing at Oracle, discusses and dispels some of the common myths about cloud computing that still exist today. Cloud Computing Journal: Why do you think organizations often misunderstand cloud computing? Rex Wang: Overall, the understanding of cloud computing has come a long way over the past few years. Cloud technology is being embraced by a growing number of organizations each year, while other... (more)

IoT Keynote by @ChrisMatthieu | @ExpoDX @Citrix #AI #IoT #IIoT #API #WebRTC #SmartCities #DigitalTransformation

From CloudEXPO TV Archives: In his keynote at @ThingsExpo, Chris Matthieu, Director of IoT Engineering at Citrix and co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, focused on building an IoT platform and company. He provided a behind-the-scenes look at Octoblu's platform, business, and pivots along the way (including the Citrix acquisition of Octoblu). Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Speaker Bio: Chris Matthieu is the co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, a revolutionary real-time IoT platform recently acquired by Citrix. Octoblu connects things, systems, people and clouds to a global mesh network allowing users to automate and control design flows, processes and sensor data, and analyze/react to real-time events and messages as well as big data trends and anomalies. Prior to co-founding Octoblu, Chris was the founder of Nodester, an open-source Node.JS PaaS which was acquired by AppFog... (more)

It's All About the Data: #MachineLearning | @ExpoDX @EFeatherston #BigData #AI #SmartCities #DigitalTransformation

Download Slide Deck ▸ Here Download Slide Deck ▸ Here Download Slide Deck ▸ Here Machine Learning - It's All About the Data Data is the fuel that drives the machine learning algorithmic engines and ultimately provides the business value. Download Slide Deck ▸ Here In his session at Cloud Expo, Ed Featherston, a director and senior enterprise architect at Collaborative Consulting, discussed the key considerations around quality, volume, timeliness, and pedigree that must be dealt with in order to properly fuel that engine. Download Slide Deck ▸ Here Speaker Bio Ed Featherston is a director/senior enterprise architect at Collaborative Consulting. He brings 35 years of technology experience in designing, building, and implementing large complex solutions. He has significant expertise in systems integration, Internet/intranet, and cloud technologies, Ed has deliv... (more)