The big-ticket fight on the tech frontier is happening in warehouse-sized buildings that house rows upon rows of computer equipment that function as the invisible locomotive of the internet.
The technology could potentially speed up compute power so that some problems that are now intractable to classical computers could finally yield solutions.
At its developer conference in San Jose, the firm unveiled new iMac desktop computers with brighter displays, faster chips and more powerful graphics processing for virtual reality applications.
Glassdoor has released its annual look at the best jobs in America, based on hiring demand and pay potential. Once again, data scientist tops the list, with 18 of the top 50 jobs in the tech and data fields.
Intel reported 8 percent revenue growth to $4.67 billion in its data center unit, a slower increase than the companys target. Server sales were hurt by the shift of corporate computing to cloud outsourcing.
The operational activities and financial management of a traditional IT environment are different than those in a cloud environment. An organization may need to consider a redesign of its structure to cater to both.
Qualcomms most lucrative business is technology licensing. The chipmaker gets most of its profits from selling the rights to use patents that are essential to all modern mobile phone systems.
