On Tuesday, however, the company launched a virtual currency called Unikoin that users can bet with and use to buy products
from computer companies like Alienware and device accessory companies like Logitech.
For example, if a designer
from a computer company leaves a gadget prototype at a bar where it's discovered by a technology reporter, the designer would likely be in breach of the NDA he signed when he took the job.
Not exact matches
But, in recent years, chatbots, or «bots» for short, have morphed into exceptionally intelligent
computer programs able to assist
companies with essential tasks ranging
from marketing and human resources functions to sales efforts.
Companies no longer need to buy
computers, they simply lease space in the cloud
from Amazon or another provider.
Laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and Blackberries (wireless cell phone and PDA units) use wireless data transfer technologies to provide users with almost instant access to information stored on a
company's
computer networks and servers
from just about anywhere within reach of a cell phone tower or wireless Internet transmitter.
For IBM, Watson Jr. was making big bets, shifting the
company from mechanical tabulating devices to a new thing called a
computer.
The
company — comprising a team of neuroscientists,
computer scientists, astrophysicists, artists and entrepreneurs — says it uses a new type of «neural - network algorithm» to analyze millions of reviews and descriptions, and then recommends restaurants based on the data you have entered into the site, according to a report
from Forbes.
In our world of trying to make everything bigger and faster, the challenge for
companies ranging
from SAP to Google (GOOGL) has been how to get more information into the DRAM, because if you want real - time data processing (for example, the Internet of things or for business transactions) you want jobs performed right next to the
computer processor.
It's a sprawling holding
company, whose activities run the gamut
from investing and real estate to the manufacture and distribution of foreign - brand cola, cookies,
computers, and heavy equipment.
Enterprises are increasingly using shared, rented
computer servers, software, and storage accessed over the internet
from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
The epiphany, as McClurg described it, was that Dell not only had to transform the
company from a traditional
computer seller into an IT services
company, but that security would play a key role in that metamorphosis.
One of the best examples of a visionary CEO is Steve Jobs who transformed Apple
from a niche
computer company into the most profitable
company in the world.
HP's third - quarter report is expected to show earnings that barely beat analysts» expectations after the
company focused on cost - cutting and higher - margin business areas ahead of the impending split of its
computer and printer businesses
from its enterprise hardware and service arm.
One of the biggest hacking threats to
companies and to customers» sensitive data comes
from a surprising source without a
computer's help.
Yesterday at the International CES, for example, home improvement giant Lowe's announced a new wave of products and services associated with Iris, the
company's tool that allows you to customize and monitor your internet - connected home devices — like, say, a water shut - off valve that cuts supply when a leak is detected —
from a single app on your smartphone or
computer.
The Cupertino
company has traditionally seen little need to buy technology
from other
companies, reflecting Apple's confidence in its ability to turn its own ideas into revolutionary products such as the Mac
computer, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.
In late September, the
company signed off on a consent order
from the FTC that bars it
from ever again using, selling or licensing any monitoring technology on rented
computers.
Cap Gemini (up 5.51 %) Europe's largest
computer consultancy
company, Cap Gemini's shares rose, leading French CAC - 40 gainers, after French IT group Atos Origin reported it received an offer
from Permira and Centaurus.
They examined 51
computer companies with outsized CEOs in the period
from 1997 to 2003 and found some commonalities: they tended to be at the top or the bottom of the pack in terms of revenue growth, profits and other metrics.
Anonymous has successfully used this method in the past for shutting down the
computer networks of
companies or organizations it deems fit for attack,
from The Church of Scientology to the municipal
computer system of Ferguson, Missouri (in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown).
It hasn't been worth mining bitcoin using standard consumer
computer hardware for years because of the kind of processing power involved; the overwhelming majority of ordinary members of public pools will have bought hardware
from companies like KnCMiner.
A
company developing software would have to buy
computers and license software
from other
companies and hire the staff to run and maintain it.
Both reports come as
companies are feeling particularly vulnerable: In December's high - profile Operation Aurora, hackers targeted employees (and their social networks)
from Google, Adobe Systems, and two dozen others, hunting for ways to infiltrate the
companies»
computer systems.
The
company has, over the past decade, transformed itself
from a humble maker of
computers into the biggest and most important technology
company on the planet, mostly by eschewing the gadget - only approach.
In a suit filed in a US Federal Claims court on July 15, Bitmanagement alleges that the US Navy installed its 3D virtual reality software «BS Contact Geo» onto «hundreds of thousands» of
computers without permission
from the
company and without obtaining the appropriate licenses.
The idea of augmented reality, the layering of
computer - generated information over real - world scenes, has been around for a while, but recently, some new
companies — Daqri, Blippar, and Layar, to name a few — have been transforming the technology
from a novelty into a serious business tool.
For the second consecutive year, the
company recorded a 20 % increase in revenues in 2011, to more than $ 79 million,
from sales of IT asset management, data security and
computer theft recovery services.
According to a snazzy
computer rendering
from the
company, it's building perfectly symmetrical, bidirectional, neon - green - and - black robo - taxis that look like giant remote - control toys.
Human Resources mentor Robert Hoffman responds to the following question
from an inc.com user: After an employee resigns, and you're clearing out the e-mail on his
computer, you find that he has bad - mouthed you and the
company to other people.
If you're opening a business with low overhead costs — like a consultancy or graphic design
company — and all you need to start your business
from home is a
computer and an Internet connection, business credit cards may be all the capital you need.
Dell Technologies said on Monday it has combined the venture capital operations
from its two predecessor
companies,
computer maker Dell Inc and data storage firm EMC, and said it plans to invest about $ 100 million a year in startups.
The search giant («a multinational technology
company, specializing in Internet - related services and products» in the words of the indictment) became a target because, like Facebook, it buys enormous amount of
computer servers
from Quanta.
The main goal then: keeping unauthorized users
from gaining access to government or
company buildings,
computer systems and information.
The Ashley Madison hack, meanwhile, had the song «Thunderstruck» played
from the
company's
computers.
The second was that the
company was changing its name
from Apple
Computer, Inc. to simply Apple Inc. — showing that even before it went on sale the
company recognized how transformative to its business the iPhone would become.
Now cross reference this with the assertions in the Bloomberg story about the various American
companies, which run the gamut
from banks to ISPs and
computer hardware / software makers:
1994: McAfee resigns
from his
company, possibly due to continuing controversy over his statements about the Michelangelo virus, a
computer bug that caused a scare in early 1992 after McAfee told reporters it could affect as many as 5 million machines.
With that, he not only announced the first iPhone, but also said that the
company was dropping the «
computer»
from its name.
In 1996, after graduating
from college and working at another
computer company, Vaca co-founded Pinnacle Technical Resources, an IT staffing and payroll
company.
It's likely a lot of people still think of IBM as a
computer company, but that couldn't be further
from the truth.
Many credit card
companies automatically double a manufacturer's warranty, so keep this in mind when considering an extended warranty
from the
computer manufacturer or retail store.
In a world where technology advances are measured in months, not years,
companies selling everything
from computers and cellphones to cereal and sneakers are trying desperately to adapt.
With that $ 20 million investment, Zhang put his money in
companies across different stages and sectors,
from biotechnology to
computer science and traditional appliance
companies.
Miami is 100 miles away
from the $ 20 - million international
computer company's headquarters, in Naples, Fla., and Roberts is doing all that treasury management on his personal
computer.
Instead of taking Sculley's advice to focus on the Apple II
computer, by far the
company's greatest moneymaker, Jobs stubbornly rejects the only strategy that could save Apple's stock price
from plummeting.
HPE is the enterprise information
company formed in 2015 after splitting off
from the
computer and printing
company Hewlett - Packard, which renamed itself HP Inc..
This requires
computer vision expertise that
companies such as Google, Microsoft, Baidu, and others are currently researching for everything
from self - driving cars to silly web products such as Microsoft's How Old Do I Look?
While back then the
company got most of its revenue
from computers and iPods, today the majority of it comes
from the iPhone.
Website design
company Bluegem E-Link will offer free web pages to visitors to the
Computer and Technology Expo to be held at Burswood Dome
from 11 to 14 November.
Charney was never charged or convicted for the sexual harassment claims brought against him, which included allegations
from American Apparel board members that he kept kept graphic photographs of him having sex with staff members on
company computers.