Author Archives: George Leopold

George Leopold

George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).

Workflow Specialist ServiceNow Acquires Element AI

November 30th, 2020 Comments Off

Cloud services vendors are striving to add intelligence to their enterprise platforms, including those designed to streamline workflows. That’s the rationale behind ServiceNow’s acquisition of Montreal-based Element AI, its fourth AI acquisition this year. The buyer said Monday (Nov. ...

AI Sensors, NLP Enter the Mainstream

November 20th, 2020 Comments Off

Development and deployment of AI-based sensors has been rising steadily over the last several years as advancements in machine learning and computer vision allow early adopters to gather and analyze more data from AI sensors added to existing hardware. ...

Cloud Effort Looks to ‘Turbocharge’ Telecom Networks

November 19th, 2020 Comments Off

The convergence of cloud computing and high-bandwidth telecommunication networks has spawned an industry group to begin forging best practices for using cloud-native frameworks in telecom while defining cloud-native network functions. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the network ...

IBM Adds App Monitoring Tools With Instana Deal

November 18th, 2020 Comments Off

IBM moved again this week to bolster its strategic hybrid cloud offerings built around Red Hat OpenShift with the acquisition of application performance monitoring specialist Instana Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. IBM (NYSE: IBM) said Wednesday ...

EdgeQ Brings its SoC for 5G, AI and the Edge to Market

November 18th, 2020 Comments Off

The low-latency connectivity of 5G wireless is being combined with AI-based computing in an edge computing platform unveiled by system-on-chip startup, EdgeQ, which is emerging from stealth mode. Founded in 2018, EdgeQ surfaced this week with a $38.5 million ...

Report: R&D Funding Will Help U.S. Retain AI Lead Over China

November 16th, 2020 Comments Off

Reports of China’s advantages in AI development and data access have been greatly exaggerated, concludes a report advocating greater U.S. investment in basic research and a reassessment of how to manage risks posed by Beijing’s technology push. “China’s exalted ...

GitOps Upgrade Targets Observability

November 16th, 2020 Comments Off

Efforts to improve software development and reliability are focusing on standardization around new tools that can sustain continuous integration and delivery goals, resulting in shipping better code faster. The response as more code is delivered by Kubernetes infrastructure are ...

U.S. Looks to Smart Radio to Secure Data Networks

November 13th, 2020 Comments Off

U.S. military and intelligence agencies are looking for ways to boost data security when communicating “in the wild.” Among the proposed approaches are emerging smart radio platforms that can secure classified information. Heading one effort is the Intelligence Advanced ...

FedEx Enlists Dell, Switch for Logistics Hub

November 13th, 2020 Comments Off

Global shipper FedEx Corp. is upgrading its logistics infrastructure through a multi-cloud and edge computing partnership with Dell Technologies and data center operator Switch Inc. The cloud partnership announced by Dell (NYSE: DELL) this week would help FedEx (NSYE: FDX) deploy ...

Google, SkyWater Partner on Open ASIC Designs

November 12th, 2020 Comments Off

Google along with chip foundry partner SkyWater Technology and an IC design kit vendor are joining forces to offer what they promote as “open source manufacturing of custom ASICs.” The Google-sponsored Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) initiative, one of several being ...