For customers of security provider Fortinet Inc., its annual Accelerate user event this week in Orlando, Florida, is an important event because it typically includes new products as well as updates to existing products — and the 2023 version of Accelerate held true to that expectation.
Many of the job functions within IT operations that have operated in silos have, over time, been converged with other functions where it makes sense. This is particularly the case with changes brought on due to the hybrid work model. For example, in the past, network engineering and telecom eventually came together, as did storage and server operations.
The communications industry’s largest show, Enterprise Connect, is being held this week in Orlando, Fl. At the event, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced its new Amazon Chime SDK call analytics, which are a set of capabilities that simplify and lower the cost of recording and generating insights into real time audio calls.
GPU market leader NVIDIA recently held its virtual GPU Technology Conference (GTC). The show is loaded with product updates on how accelerated computing and artificial intelligence (AI) can change the way we work, live, and are entertained. Much of the historical GTC content has been geared toward the early adopters of AI, including healthcare, gaming, media and entertainment, and science and research.
At Enterprise Connect 2023, Cisco introduced several artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Webex capabilities designed specifically for hybrid work. Chief among them are smart lighting and smart backgrounds for Webex meetings, improved video resolution when bandwidth degrades on one side, and improved camera tracking in a meeting space during a hybrid meeting.