Rob Enderle

I recently received a reminder about NVIDIA’s on-demand virtual Recommender Systems Summit. But this also reminded me that recommender systems, backed by more powerful artificial intelligence (AI), are increasingly a critical part of any e-commerce solution on the web.  Why? Because when they are done right, they can significantly increase close rates on sales efforts. […]

I met with Chris Piche, CEO of Smarter AI, recently, and I’ve been following Qualcomm’s Connected Intelligent Edge effort for some time.  In some ways, the two companies are potentially synergistic in that Qualcomm created and drives the hardware side of smarter edge devices, like cameras, and Smarter AI is focused on making those cameras […]

I recently attended a briefing on artificial intelligence (AI) hosted by Kavitha Prasad, the VP and GM of Intel data center, AI, and cloud execution and strategy.  Intel was one of the first component companies to begin work on AI and had some impressive early examples of applying the technology to things like drone swarms […]

I recently visited Lenovo, which claims, with a solid foundation, to be a leader in water cooling. It is hard to argue with that position, given Lenovo is aggressive in implementing this technology.  I was at Dell Technologies World recently and was also impressed by Dell’s joint effort with Intel and GRC to create a […]

One of the more interesting sessions at the recent Cisco Live featured Ford CEO Jim Farley on stage talking about the future of electric and autonomous cars. Ford is one of the few automotive companies that has seriously considered what the emergence of autonomous cars means for the industry and has begun exploring a potential future […]

I attended Dell Technology World recently and on the show floor was a container that looked like it would be more at home on a “Star Trek” set than in a data center.  It was a server immersion chamber from Green Revolution Cooling (GRC) that’s used to reduce server energy costs while increasing reliability.   I’ve […]

I had a nice chat recently with Steve Mills, chief AI ethics officer at BCG, about its “AI Ethics Code of Conduct,” which surrounds the firm’s efforts to develop and sell AI instances to its customers. AI represents one of the biggest opportunities for massive automation, but it also represents substantial risks given it operates […]

Microsoft Build is my favorite Microsoft conference, because it showcases the things that developers can, are, and will do using Microsoft’s products. The live version of Build 2022 was last month, and if you didn’t attend at least the keynotes, you likely aren’t aware things are about to change in a big way. Ever since […]

IBM’s recently expanded its “Quantum Roadmap.” It’s important, because it shows that if you aren’t developing quantum programming skills now, you’re already behind.  Up until now, most of us were still thinking that we had around a decade before we’d need to be competent in this space to remain competitive, but this roadmap suggests the […]

Editor’s note: The author’s firm provides advisory services to various companies, including Dell Technologies. Dell is interesting in a way that shouldn’t be interesting. It’s a technology company that has truly embraced operating data heavy.  What I mean is that Dell management, and I see this when someone transfers into Dell from another technology firm, […]