This IDC Survey Spotlight provides a U.S. view on how enterprises IT teams coordinate endpoint management and security duties. The document contains data from IDC's July 2021 U.S. Enterprise Workspace and Security Survey of 815 IT decision makers.

"We saw the endpoint management roles around PC and mobile devices, respectively, covered with unified endpoint management," says Phil Hochmuth, program VP, Endpoint Management and Enterprise Mobility, IDC. "Now, we're starting to see the convergence of endpoint device and security management, as these functions, and the tools used to execute these functions, become more integrated and packaged by vendors."

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Every startup wants to be a predictable success, yet so few ever achieve this enviable position. In reality, getting there is not a random walk, and requires an understanding of the stages that every business must navigate and the organizational characteristics necessary at each stage.

“We have a ton of information that could potentially be converted into insights. But how to use data for better decision-making with accuracy, reliability, and sustainability? Democratising data with tools and solutions is what we need for robust data analytics,” said Aparna Gupta, Executive Director - Customer Success, Microsoft.

Aparna was speaking at a roundtable discussion titled ‘Building a scalable data business’ co-presented by Microsoft and YourStory, to discuss how data is scrutinised to generate in-depth, actionable inferences.

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This IDC Survey Spotlight examines the efforts of Canadian businesses to modernize their application and IT infrastructures. "IT modernization is a core component of the digital transformation activities of Canadian businesses. There are multiple options for businesses to modernize their IT infrastructure, and vendors can work with buyers across a spectrum of services to achieve key business objectives," says Jim Westcott, research manager, Services, at IDC Canada.

The German brand sold €33.1 billion ($36.6 billion) worth of cars in 2021, approximately a 15 percent growth compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, its operating profit was €5.3 billion ($5.8 billion), exceeding 2020’s figure by 27 percent.

In terms of vehicles, no fewer than 301,915 Porsche models found new owners last year, which resulted in Porsche eclipsing the 300,000-unit mark for the first time in its history.

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As the world struggles to improve the efficiency of cars and other vehicles in order to curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve the range of electric vehicles, the search is on for ever-lighter materials that are strong enough to be used in the bodies of cars.

Lightweight materials made from carbon fiber, similar to the material used for some tennis rackets and bicycles, combine exceptional strength with low weight, but these have been more expensive to produce than comparable structural elements made of steel or aluminum. Now, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have come up with a way of making these lightweight fibers out of an ultracheap feedstock: the heavy, gloppy waste material left over from the refining of petroleum, material that refineries today supply for low-value applications such as asphalt, or eventually treat as waste.

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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop arrived at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday in preparation for a final test before its Artemis I Moon mission.

The Moon is seen rising behind NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out to Launch Complex 39B for the first time, Thursday, March 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ahead of NASA’s Artemis I flight test, the fully stacked and integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will undergo a wet dress rehearsal at Launch Complex 39B to verify systems and practice countdown procedures for the first launch. Credits: NASA The uncrewed flight test will pave the way for missions to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon under Artemis, and the rocket rolled to the pad for a final test before launch.

Image: NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Friday, March 18, 2022, after being rolled out to the launch pad for the first time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ahead of NASA’s Artemis I flight test, the fully stacked and integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will undergo a wet dress rehearsal at Launch Complex 39B to verify systems and practice countdown procedures for the first launch. Credits: NASA

I decided to become a full-time angel investor 12 months ago after spending close to a decade in a fast-scaling tech company. It was time to hit the reset button; I wanted to control how I spent my time and who I spent my time with — and learn something new. 

More operators choose to give back to the next generation of companies as angels, but the path is often not straightforward or clear. And once you advertise that you’re investing, messages from founders looking to raise pour in. 

WASHINGTON — The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released the latest edition of its report highlighting the economic contributions of industries that make greater use of intellectual property (IP) protection, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights, titled "Intellectual property and the U.S. economy: Third edition.”

"Intellectual property protection is vital for American innovation and entrepreneurship,” said United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “This report underscores the key benefits associated with a strong intellectual property system and reinforces the Biden administration’s commitment to expanding our innovation economy by ensuring that more Americans have equitable access to the goods, services, and quality jobs that stem from American innovation. Employees working in IP-intensive industries are more likely to earn higher wages compared to non-IP-intensive industries. IP protection isn’t just good for American businesses, it’s good for American workers.”

The pandemic could have been the moment when AI made good on its promising potential. There was an unprecedented convergence of the need for fast, evidence-based decisions and large-scale problem-solving with datasets spilling out of every country in the world. Instead, AI failed in myriad, specific ways that underscore where this technology is still weak: Bad datasets, embedded bias and discrimination, susceptibility to human error, and a complex, uneven global context all caused critical failures.

On Tuesday afternoon, just two days after Americans set their clocks forward an hour for Daylight Saving Time, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, so that Americans wouldn’t have to turn their clocks back an hour. The overall effect of such a change would be that, in the winter when days are shorter, the extra darkness would shift toward the morning; rather than the sun setting in the middle of the afternoon in some places, it would rise later in the day.

Researchers may have solved Stephen Hawking’s famous black hole paradox – a mystery that has puzzled scientists for almost half a century.

According to two new studies, something called “quantum hair” is the answer to the problem.

In the first paper, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, researchers demonstrated that black holes are more complex than originally thought and have gravitational fields that hold information about how they were formed.

Image: Scientists may have solved Professor Stephen Hawking’s black hole paradox (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration/PA)

In a few weeks, BMW plans on unveiling its latest electric vehicle, the i7 luxury sedan. Ahead of that, the German automaker is offering a few teaser images, some interesting specs, and — of course — confirmation that this EV will have an absolutely massive, entirely unnecessary kidney-shaped grille.

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Hybrid work, in the authors’ experience, only works when all employees are treated as remote employees. To do this, companies need to do five things: embrace asynchronous communication, make communication boundaries clear, champion documentation and the production of artifacts, share information widely, and provide the right tools for employees to succeed.

Venture capitalists’ role as funding source and mentor of tech start-ups makes them uniquely placed to press for more responsible use of technology.

When whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed last year that Facebook knew about the impact of its products on teenagers and the extent of misinformation on its platforms, it was only the latest, albeit devastating, warning of the harm technologies once hailed as transformative can inflict if not properly harnessed. Lawmakers and regulators from Europe, the Middle East and the United States are preparing to enact more regulations to hold Big Tech to account, but venture capital has a unique role to play in keeping artificial intelligence ethical – today and in the future.

Chennai-based Neeyamo is a technology-enabled global payroll and human resources services provider for multinational and micro-multinational corporations.

Founded by Ashok Bildikar, Chairman and Managing Director; Rangarajan Seshadri CEO; Guhan Ramanan, Head - Customer Success; Vivek Khanna, Chief Client Partner and Samuel Isaac, Head - Global Marketing and Strategy— former employees of IT service company Hexaware — Neeyamo is now positioning itself as a global payroll solutions provider, a bet that seems to be paying off.

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Fundica, North America’s leading funding search engine, is pleased to announce its partnership with NorCal SBDC, a one-stop shop for accelerating small business success. Fundica will help NorCal SBDC effortlessly acquire and retain clients by connecting small businesses with relevant funding opportunities. In addition to representing a powerful expansion of NorCal SBDC’s service offering, this announcement officially marks Fundica’s launch in the United States.

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Many CEOs and senior executives tend to view senior-level hires as empty positions that simply have to be filled. Instead, consider these positions as supplements to your own leadership style. This will give you a way to prioritize which positions you focus on filling first and which roles are negotiable for your unique circumstances.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo "meaningful" developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully caught up with technological developments.

Speaking at the South by Southwest music, technology and film festival (SXSW), Buttigieg said regulation had to set boundaries for self-driving without stifling innovation in an industry that "is still largely in its infancy."

Image: A self driving Volvo vehicle moves along the streets of Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S., December 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Natalie Behring 

The metaverse is a new way to engage with computers through artificial intelligence (AI), widespread connectivity, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Instead of interacting with a two-dimensional application or website via screen and keyboard, the metaverse adds a figurative “third dimension” for users to explore in an intuitive, realistic manner. The metaverse is also an opportunity for a new digital economy. Users can buy and sell goods, services, and property, and even attend events virtually. Like the Internet before it, the metaverse is expected to lay a foundation for the creation of business, art, and technology.