Cloud technologies help corporations achieve carbon neutrality Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - January 14, 20220 The past two years of pandemic-related challenges have accelerated the adoption of cloud across industry at an unprecedented rate. This increased investment in cloud can serve to reinvigorate sustainability goals and provide the ability to measure the impact of an investment. The consequences of climate change are no longer theoretical,
Shaping the future of hybrid work Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - January 13, 20220 “Workplace” used to be defined by physical location. Even when employees were hard at work elsewhere, from home or on the road, they were “out of the office.” When offices began to shut down in March 2020 to slow down the covid-19 pandemic, few realized that they were embarking on
First for software, agile is a boon to manufacturing Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - January 10, 20220 When Zipline, the operator of the world’s largest autonomous drone delivery system, began building its logistics service to deliver medicines, vaccines, and medical supplies to health facilities across rural Africa, the company needed a development and manufacturing process that could quickly incorporate design improvements. It also needed to remain flexible
Digital twins improve real-life manufacturing Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - January 5, 20220 Before reality, there’s simulation. A 2021 missile-inceptor test conducted by aerospace and US defense technology provider Raytheon Technologies held no surprises because the company had already tested almost every aspect of the launch in simulation. Siemens and space agency NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory worked together on a digital twin of the
Building the future with software-based 5G networking Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - December 15, 20210 Next-generation solutions and products are hitting a wall with wi-fi: it’s not fast enough, and latency and connectivity issues mean it’s not reliable enough. What’s an innovator to do? Focus on what’s next: 5G and software-defined networking. Nick McKeown, senior vice president and general manager of the network and edge group
Embracing the promise of a compute-everywhere future Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - December 14, 20210 The internet of things and smart devices are everywhere, which means computing needs to be everywhere, too. And this is where edge computing comes in, because as companies pursue faster, more efficient decision-making, all of that data needs to be processed locally, in real time—on device at the edge. “The type
The employee-driven future Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - December 8, 20210 The global pandemic accelerated the trend toward a work-from-anywhere, distributed workforce. As we approach a post-pandemic world, companies—and employees—expect this trend to become the norm. While IT departments are rapidly configuring and deploying devices, infrastructure, and software to support the shift in a secure and productive way, employees are likewise
Security is everyone’s job in the workplace Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - November 22, 20210 Hackers around the globe are smart: they know that it isn’t just good code that helps them break into systems; it’s also about understanding—and preying upon—human behavior. The threat to businesses in the form of cyberattacks is only growing—especially as companies make the shift to embrace hybrid work. But John Scimone,
Engineering the future of mobility Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - November 18, 20210 From cars to planes, the future of transportation is already here—and is changing rapidly. Software engineering is increasingly central to both the development and maintenance of all kinds of vehicles. That means more people need to start thinking like systems engineers. Dale Tutt, vice president of aerospace and defense industry
Accelerating development in aerospace for more urban mobility Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - November 16, 20210 The next wave of aerospace is just around the corner, and a lot of that innovation is happening thanks to new, faster methods of development. “What’s happening now is that companies are trying to understand how they take the lessons from Agile software development and apply those to Agile product development,”