IBM Says Blockchain-Powered Shipping Industry Platform Will Dramatically Reduce Costs

Major ocean container carriers CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) are joining TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled digital shipping platform, jointly developed by A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM. With the addition of these carriers on the TradeLens platform, nearly half...
Posted On 30 May 2019
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Bing turns 10: Why it’s been more disruptive than you think

A look back, and ahead, at Microsoft’s search business. en years ago today, Microsoft launched Bing. A decade in, Bing’s evolution looks different depending on your perspective. After investing billions, Bing’s market share is still small, but Microsoft has stayed committed...
Posted On 29 May 2019
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Still have active destination URLs in Bing Ads? It’s time to migrate to final URLs

Say goodbye to standard text ads by the end of the year. If you have any older campaigns running on Bing Ads, now’s a good time to double check if you have any lingering standard text ads and destination URLs still active. You won’t be able to create new destination URLs as of...
Posted On 25 May 2019
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Oracle CIO: Every Enterprise Has the Security it Deserves

“Every Enterprise has the security it deserves,” says Oracle Chief Information Officer Mark Sunday. “It begins at the very top. It truly begins with the board, CEO, and the Executive Committee to set the culture and to ensure that the people, process, technology, and the...
Posted On 22 May 2019
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New visual search innovations tap human emotions and biological buying triggers

There’s a science behind what engages shoppers and gets them to purchase and new visual search tech implementations promise to exploit that and reinvent ecommerce as we know it. A shopper’s decision to buy products is more influenced by the primal brain areas and less from the...
Posted On 21 May 2019
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HPE CEO: Reason For Acquiring Cray – The Data Around Us is Exploding

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Cray have announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which HPE will acquire Cray for $35.00 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion, net of cash. “The main reason why we decided to...
Posted On 20 May 2019
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Salesforce co-CEO: We Are Just at the Dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

“Our customers, they’re betting their business on us,” says Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block. “They’re disrupting their business models. They’re reinventing themselves leveraging our technology. They want to know that we have a trust-based relationship. At the end of the day, it is...
Posted On 18 May 2019
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U.K.’s Theresa May to Put Brexit Plan Up for Fourth Vote, Set Terms for Her Departure

May’s Brexit plan has been rejected by lawmakers three times. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will decide on a timetable for her departure in early June as part of a fourth attempt to get approval for her plan governing the country’s departure from the European Union....
Posted On 17 May 2019
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AI-Powered Conversational Bots Are Changing the Game, Says LivePerson CEO

“T-Mobile literally pulled the hold technology out,” says LivePerson CEO Robert Locascio. “Millions of customer at T-Mobile don’t have to be put on hold. There’s no press one or press two. They go straight to a person. You are messaging them. You are doing what’s natural to you....
Posted On 16 May 2019
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Is Microsoft Edge Better Than Google Chrome?

If you value your internet browser’s speed and security, you might have to ditch your current one. There’s a new kid on the block, one that claims to be even faster and more secure than the world’s leading browser, Google Chrome. Google Chrome slower, less secure and worse for...
Posted On 16 May 2019
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