HPE buys one-time startup wonder MapR to bolster edge-cloud AI portfolio
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has acquired the business assets of big-data firm MapR for an undisclosed fee. California based startup MapR had raised $280 million over eight rounds of funding, …
Las Vegas applies AI to smart city operations to detect faults and outages
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLas Vegas, in Nevada, is using artificial intelligence to detect and fix issues within its IT systems, including those underpinning its various smart city projects. California-based FixStream said its deal …
Hitachi to make Stena Line smartest ‘cognitive shipping’ company by 2021
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEuropean ferry operator Stena Line is working with Hitachi to review its digital operations and smarten-up its fleet with artificial intelligence (AI). The pair will combine to review Stena Line’s …
Toyota buys stake in Japanese AI specialist to boost autonomous driving capabilities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJapan-based Toyota has taken a stake in data analytics firm ALBERT, also from Japan, to bring new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in house, and develop its own …
ABB to invest €100m in industrial automation R&D campus in Austria
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwiss engineering conglomerate ABB is to splash €100 million on a new innovation and training campus at the home of Austria-based automation systems manufacturer B&R. It is the largest internal …
AI in telecoms: practical advice and next-steps for carriers deploying AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe hype surrounding the potentially transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) on the telecoms industry is impossible to ignore. AI was the talk of the town …
AI in telecoms: why carrier SON progress is not faster (clue: it’s not the tech)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailArtificial intelligence (AI) is a crucial sub-text in the evolution of LTE and IoT networks. The deployment of AI-driven applications among the carrier community is limited so far. “We are …
AI in telecoms: categorizing AI applications in network operations
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe categorization of artificial intelligence (AI) in telecoms can be cut any number of ways. Spanish telecoms group Telefónica identifies four business needs: in business optimization, market insights, customer engagement, …
AI in telecoms: why 5G and IoT won’t work for carriers without AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe telecoms industry is heavily invested the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based technologies. “The telecoms network is the basis for the outbreak of AI, and …
How a railway used predictive maintenance to improve operations
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPredictive maintenance improved timeliness and customer satisfaction Finnish railway operator VR Group has implemented SAS Analytics to get predictive maintenance capabilities in order to provide punctual travel service and improve …
