Daily Archives: June 27, 2016

HPE Discover Conference Day Two: Top 6 Industry Analyst Takeaways

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Late last week, I published my Day One overview analysis of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Discover event, which I attended June 7-9, and today I’ll continue with my overview analysis of Day Two. Day One was dominated by customer testimonials and products announcements enveloped in thought-leadership discussions related to the “Idea Economy” and Digital Transformation. Event “day twos” are usually anti-climatic, but HPE had some interesting things to say. Day Two’s session contained several more product announcements and testimonials, but towards the end it took a more theoretical slant than the prior day’s session.

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Juno on Jupiter’s Doorstep

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft obtained this color view on June 21, 2016, at a distance of 6.8 million miles (10.9 million kilometers) from Jupiter. Juno will arrive at Jupiter on July 4. As Juno makes its initial approach, the giant planet’s four largest moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — are visible. via NASA http://ift.tt/29gy6tM

Nick Bostrom On The Single Most Important Challenge That Humanity Has Ever Faced

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There has been a lot written about the transformational power of artificial intelligence. If you are a regular reader of this column, you have gained the perspectives of eight of the leading thinkers on the topic. (See links to each below.) Nick Bostrom is perhaps the most influential thinker on safety concerns associated with the march toward artificial intelligence. He calls artificial intelligence “the single most important and daunting challenge that humanity has ever faced.”

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