B Raghavendran, Managing Director, Partner Organisation, Cisco India and SAARC, shares Cisco's channel enablement programs and directions for its partners What have been the key highlights of 2019, and how will 2020 be an important year for the IT channel industry? We have seen more disruptions in the channel ecosystem over the past year than the industry has witnessed in the last decade. If we look back at 2019, we left no stone unturned to help our channel partners capitalise on the opportunities created by digital technologies. The evolution of our partner programs reflects our continued commitment to improving the overall partner experience, strengthening our joint go-to-market initiatives, and ultimately ensuring our partners' success in a dynamic and rapidly digitising ecosystem. We have been focused on helping our partners differentiate themselves while ultimately creating value. The transition towards a software and subscription-oriented strategy puts partners in an ideal position to capitalise on customers' desire to establish, expand, and accelerate multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud-based digital transformation initiatives.

"In 35 years of practicing medicine, I've never seen anything like it." The words came from a friend who is an ER doctor who was talking with me over the phone. He's been treating COVID-19 patients and is now in quarantine himself after being exposed. He's treated pneumonia, colds, flu, and other conditions, but COVID-19 just doesn't act like any of these more common illnesses. It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have important roles to play as physicians, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and others directly engaged in the coronavirus fight try to find rapid therapeutic and containment answers.

Buying books, electronics or food online is quick and convenient. However even the more e-commerce savvy consumers may hesitate to buy clothes on the Internet. The reason is simple -- there's no virtual fitting room. But don't worry, AI is working on that. Achieving accurate 3D human digitalization requires accurate unclothed human body modelling along with plenty of labelled 3D garment data.

You're wearing a mask, as encouraged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and possibly by your local government during this coronavirus outbreak, and you want to use FaceID to open your iPhone or Android phone. Yes, says a Chinese researcher from Tencent's Xuanwu lab. But according to Apple, this is frowned upon big time and could affect the integrity of your phone. There are several hacks available online, and most will send the user to reregister for FaceID on the iPhone by covering the left and right side of their face separately. After the researcher from Tencent originally demonstrated and popularized this setup, many others copied and tweaked with videos on YouTube.

Google will make its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months while many around the world are living under restrictive shutdown policies. People who register new accounts will have access to Stadia Pro games and services, which allows users to play video games via stream on a laptop, tablet, smartphone, or equipped television. People who already subscribe to Stadia Pro will have their monthly subscription fees waived during the free two month period. The free two months will run through June 8, after which all accounts will be required to pay a monthly subscription fee of $10. The free promotion is available in 14 countries, according to a report in Engadget, including the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.

When Half-Life released in 1997, it was unlike any other first person shooter -- a genre of video games predicated on the central mechanic of blasting things with a firearm. Popular pioneers of the genre, like Doom and Quake, were known for being over-the-top and full of bombast. Half-Life is not like those games. It begins not with a bang, but with a slow, methodical tram ride. "Welcome to the Black Mesa research facility," says a sterile voice over the tram speakers; it is the first day on the job for MIT graduate scientist Gordon Freeman.

Deep learning continues to be the hottest thing in data science. Deep learning frameworks are changing rapidly. Just five years ago, none of the leaders other than Theano were even around. I wanted to find evidence for which frameworks merit attention, so I developed this power ranking. I used 11 data sources across 7 distinct categories to gauge framework usage, interest, and popularity.

ICT industry veteran Andile Ngcaba's inq., a Pan-African digital service provider, wants to be Africa's number one artificial intelligence (AI) service provider. The company has points of contacts in 12 African cities, Johannesburg, Gaborone, Lusaka, Ndola, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Mzuzu, Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kanu and Abidjan. It has concluded the 100% acquisition of Vodacom Business Africa's operations in Nigeria, Zambia and Cote d'Ivoire with a further planned acquisition in Cameroon pending regulatory approvals. At the time of the announcement of the transaction last June, inq. said this deals represents a significant milestone to its vision to be a leading provider of cloud and digitally based services in key markets across sub-Saharan Africa and provides additional vital assets in its build-out of a regional footprint. Today, inq. said this landmark transaction grows inq.'s regional footprint to 13 cities in 7 countries across Africa including its existing operations in Botswana, Malawi and Mozambique.

Humans have often sought the fantasy of having someone who "understands" them. Be it a fellow companion, a pet or even a machine. No doubt man is a social animal. Yet, this may not be the exact case in case of a man engineered machine or system. Although, machines are now equipped with AI that helps them beat us by sifting through scores of data and analyze them, provide a logical solution when it comes to emotional IQ this is where man and the machine draw the line.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cyber Security Market 2020 Industry Research Report Artificial intelligence (AI) is a result of software that tries to create a decision mechanism similar to human brain's decision mechanism. Artificial intelligence is playing a crucial role in cyber security by identifying threats and protecting organizations' data from lethal cyber-attacks. It speeds up the process of noticing attacks and enables organizations to adopt predictive measures in combating cyber-crimes. Market Overview: The Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cyber Security market 2020 research provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cyber Security market analysis is provided for the international markets including Development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.