James Sanders, Author at TechRepublic

James Sanders

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James Sanders is an analyst for 451 Research. He was formerly a Staff Technology Writer for TechRepublic.

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Innovation

10 Japanese office products you didn’t know you need

There's a wealth of utilitarian yet functional office supplies sold in Japan that can make your day easier.

Software

Why Microsoft is building Cortana for business interactions

Andrew Shuman, corporate vice president for Cortana discusses how the smart assistant has pivoted since it was originally introduced five years ago.

Innovation

AWS re:Invent 2019 with Corey Quinn: The biggest announcements from the conference

Corey Quinn, cloud economist at the Duckbill Group, shares his views on product announcements and pricing strategies unveiled at AWS re:Invent 2019.

Cloud

AWS re:Invent 2019: Why Outposts, Local Zones, and Wavelength are game changing for enterprises

Mark Bowker at ESG reacts to keynotes delivered at AWS re:Invent 2019, focusing on how Amazon's interests in on-premises and edge solutions impact enterprise compute.

Cloud

AWS re:Invent 2019: Why Arm Neoverse N1 is at the core of Amazon Graviton2

Mohamed Awad, VP of Infrastructure Business at Arm, discusses how Neoverse is at the center of Amazon Graviton2, and offers opinions on announcements at re:Invent 2019.

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Innovation

Amazon Braket quantum computing service glues together three unrelated systems

Amazon is taking a "choice is good" approach to quantum, as different qubit designs are suited to different classes of problems.

AWS CEO Andy Jassy presents the keynote address at re:Invent 2019 in Las Vegas.

Cloud

re:Invent 2019: Amazon is all-in on custom silicon

Amazon is relying heavily on Arm Neoverse with the second-generation Graviton2, as well as customized instances for AI model training.

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Storage

Best 2019 Black Friday deals on hard drives, NAS, USB, and flash storage

Black Friday is a great opportunity to get bulk storage for cheap. Here's how to put the "inexpensive" back in RAID.

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Security

Cybersecurity in 2020: More targeted attacks, AI not a prevention panacea

As cloud complexity increases, hackers are relying on more targeted attacks, scoping out weak points across a larger attack surface.

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Hardware

8 holiday tech gifts for people you secretly hate (yes, seriously)

If talking politics at Thanksgiving is not enough to get you removed from the guest list for holidays in December, here's some gift ideas that will ensure you won't get invited back next year.

In order to maintain a consistent, predictable and supportable computing environment it is essential to establish a pre-defined set of software applications for use on workstations, laptops, mobile devices and servers. When employees install random or questionable software on their workstations or devices it can lead to clutter, malware infestations and lengthy support remediation. Company-approved ...

Password-driven security may not be the perfect solution, but the alternatives haven’t gained much traction. This policy defines best practices that will make password protection as strong and manageable as possible. From the policy: Employee passwords are the first line of defense in securing the organization from inappropriate or malicious access to data and services. ...

Recruiting candidates with advanced software engineering experience and a least some familiarity with applied blockchain technology will take time and effort. This hiring kit provides a workable framework you can use to find, recruit, and ultimately hire the best candidate for Blockchain Engineer in your organization. From the Hiring kit INTRODUCTION Moving well-beyond its cryptocurrency ...

James Sanders

10 Japanese office products you didn’t know you need

Why Microsoft is building Cortana for business interactions

AWS re:Invent 2019 with Corey Quinn: The biggest announcements from the conference

AWS re:Invent 2019: Why Outposts, Local Zones, and Wavelength are game changing for enterprises

AWS re:Invent 2019: Why Arm Neoverse N1 is at the core of Amazon Graviton2

Amazon Braket quantum computing service glues together three unrelated systems

re:Invent 2019: Amazon is all-in on custom silicon

Best 2019 Black Friday deals on hard drives, NAS, USB, and flash storage

Cybersecurity in 2020: More targeted attacks, AI not a prevention panacea

8 holiday tech gifts for people you secretly hate (yes, seriously)

Software usage policy

Password management policy

Hiring kit: Blockchain Engineer

Cloud computing policy