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LoRa is living up to its name, literally. A shortened version of “long range” (ironic!), LoRa is a wide-area wireless modulation technique that encodes information on radio waves. LoRa, which has been around since 2015, is derived from Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) technology and uses chirp pulses to transmit small bits of data. It also uses very little power. The proprietary technology is owned by semiconductor supplier Semtech Corp LoRa’s value is in transmitting data…

As the data center continues to become more disaggregated, the data center itself is also becoming part of a larger distributed ecosystem that includes cloud resources and edge computing. With this shift comes the need to reshuffle IT assets. For companies that have for decades been locked into rigid, expensive single-vendor data center infrastructure, the prospect of disaggregation is extremely appealing. By separating hardware from software and deploying more modular units that can be mixed…

Like many great innovations, HowRU—a virtual visitation solution from Cisco Partners Taleka and Citrus Solutions—was born in a crisis. At Wollongong Hospital in New South Wales, Australia, COVID-19 changed the way the facility’s ICU operated seemingly overnight. ICU bed capacity was tripled to cope with the surge in patients, and restrictions on in-person visits were challenging for patients, their families, and hospital staff, making an emotionally tough situation even more stressful for everyone involved. The…

This blog is a joint collaboration between Ravi Balakrishnan (Cisco) and Tanya Mackenzie (AlgoSec). NCR Corporation is a leading global point-of-sale (POS) provider for restaurants, retailers, and banks and a provider of multi-vendor ATM software. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, NCR has over 36,000 employees in 160 countries, and solutions are distributed in 141 countries. The Challenges NCR was undergoing a modernization of their network to move into the cloud, micro-segmentation, and container security. They were…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — News summary Dell Technologies and AWS bring industry-leading data protection to customers with a public cloud vault, operational air gap and enhanced security Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS offers modern data protection to isolate critical data and help accelerate data recovery New offering is the latest Dell Technologies data protection solution available as a transactable offer in AWS Marketplace Full storyDell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and Amazon…

Ransomware is more dangerous than ever before. Why? It’s partly because successful attacks don’t just affect the victim anymore. Ransomware actors are looking to profit from successful attacks as much as possible. Per Threatpost, malicious actors are turning to customers, partners, and other third parties who are related to the initial victim. Sometimes, they’re targeting those affiliated with ransom demands of their own. Other times, they’re using the threat of a data leak to pressure…

AWS is now offering a mainframe service that promises to help Big Iron customers interested in moving apps to the cloud cut that migration time by two-thirds. The goal of AWS Migration Acceleration Program for Mainframe is to get those customers off of the Big Iron “as fast as they possibly can” in order to take better advantage of the cloud, according to Adam Selipsky, CEO of AWS, speaking at Amazon’s AWS re:Invent conference.  “It…

The mine worker is critical to successful mine operations. This may seem obvious, but in an industry that is focused on moving toward automation and remote operations, this essential worker is not always featured prominently in future scenarios. Today’s mining environment is still very hands-on, with clipboards, manual valves, and unconnected systems. It could be dozens of years before all systems are fully digital and can be automated or remotely managed. Until then, the online…

The humble battery is responsible for running so many devices, but it usually only draws attention when it drains. In the IT infrastructure, where batteries are necessary for backup power supplies, the attitude toward them isn’t much different. IT professionals in charge of uninterruptible battery supplies (UPSs) typically get the responsibility of UPS management by default and are too busy with a lot of other tasks. But ignoring batteries in power supplies and backup systems…

Voice Fingerprints in Webex Speaker Diarization answers the question, “Who spoke when?” Currently, speakers in a meeting are identified through channel endpoints whether through PSTN or VOIP. When speakers in the same meeting are speaking from the same room/device, they are identified as one speaker in the meeting transcript. Because Webex Meetings recordings are provided with transcriptions, being able to answer “Who spoke when?” would allow colleagues who might have missed the meeting to quickly…