If data is king of this artificial intelligence-driven world, Cisco Systems Inc. is making a play for the throne with its acquisition of Splunk Inc., long-rumored and finally announced this morning.

Cisco has been expanding from its hardware roots over the past few years, and this all-cash $28 billion acquisition will push it even further on its journey to building its business around recurring revenue.

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AI and security headline Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk, but other synergies exist

HP Inc. just released its first annual study exploring the relationship between employees and work, particularly the gap between evolving work expectations and reality, and that gap is surprisingly wide on a range of drivers for a healthy relationship.

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Employers take note: HP study finds the business-employee relationship is broken

From hotels to hospitals to universities, enterprises everywhere can relate to the longstanding problem of poor in-building public cellular service coverage. Meanwhile, they want to simplify their infrastructure. But with separate public and private wireless deployments, they’ve been moving in the wrong direction.

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Celona bids to unify indoor private and public wireless with neutral host service

There is currently a tremendous amount of interest in quantum computing, which can potentially solve some of the world’s biggest problems. However, despite the feverish efforts of cloud providers, hardware manufacturers, and software industry, quantum computing is still on the drawing board.

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Nvidia’s cuQuantum software development kit sings PennyLane’s song

The Boston Red Sox, one of the iconic names in the world of baseball, is reinventing the fan experience. In an age of data-driven decisions and personalized outreach, the Major League Baseball team is tapping into generative artificial intelligence to revolutionize its marketing campaigns.

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How the Boston Red Sox are looking to use generative AI to reinvent the fan experience