5G smart factories pave way for Fifth Industrial Revolution: Compassion

by Daniel Brown — Editor, Networld Media Group

Jan Diekmann, technical account manager at Ericsson, presented a keynote on the power of 5G in manufacturing environments not only to streamline lean processes…

Dirty Dough Cookie Company Selects Hughes for Managed Digital Signage

Fast-growing premium cookie retailer uses digital signage for customer and employee communications

Hughes Recognized for the Third Time in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed Network Services

Gartner, the world’s leading IT and advisory company, named Hughes Network Systems, a Challenger in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed Network…

Hughes Launches New Managed Cybersecurity Services for Small to Mid-sized Enterprise Networks

Managed Detection and Response and SOC as a Service Now Available as Part of the Hughes Suite of Managed Cybersecurity Services

Hughes Introduces Active Power Edge, Showcases Suite of Managed Services at NRF 2023

New smart power distribution unit from Hughes complements the company’s robust managed services and digital signage portfolio

Hughes Wins Fortinet’s SD-WAN Partner of the Year Award

As the Fortinet SD-WAN Partner of the Year, Hughes has fully maximized the business opportunity with Fortinet’s market-leading Secure SD-WAN solution and…

Jet's Pizza uses chatbot to design latest pizza

June 9, 2023

Detroit-style pizza chain Jet's Pizza used an AI-powered chatbot to create a new pizza. For a limited time, the Ranch Veggie Pizza will be available to…

June partners with iDenfy for AI-powered identity verification

June 8, 2023

June, a property technology firm offering apartment rental services, has partnered with iDenfy, an E2E compliance, identity verification and fraud prevention…

Hughes Pioneers Self-Healing Capability that Improves Enterprise Wide Area Network Performance Using AI

The Hughes AIOps innovation targets WAN edge systems, such as routers, SD-WAN devices and firewalls, because a failure in those systems can be catastrophic for…

Move.ai partners with disguise, unveils AI-powered, markerless motion capture

June 7, 2023

Technology firm Move.ai and live production solutions firm Disguise have announced the launch of Invisible, their AI-powered markerless motion capture…

Dunkin' taps HubKonnect for AI, tech stack

June 6, 2023

Dunkin' has partnered with HubKonnect, a data-driven local store marketing (LSM) tech company. The collaboration spans all 10,000 Dunkin' restaurants in the…

Nichefire announces AI analytics solution

June 6, 2023

Nichefire, a software firm, has announced its AI-powered analytics tool TrendFire, which aims to produce data-driven insights using data from social media…

Workers welcome ChatGPT, AI help in workplace decisions, study indicates

June 6, 2023

63% of U.S. workers welcome help from AI services (such as ChatGPT) in workplace decision-making, according to the automatica trend index 2023, which…

Swiss AI software startup issues call for ethical AI standards

June 5, 2023

Swiss AI software startup vidby, which provides AI-powered translation and dubbing solutions for 70 languages, has issued a call for a code of ethical AI in…

Powering the QSR customer experience: AI and machine learning

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are being deployed to personalize the customer experience at self-serve kiosks and drive-thrus in the restaurant…

Don't fear ChatGPT; instead, use it for good, argues education expert

by Daniel Brown — Editor, Networld Media Group

Dr. Micah Shippee makes a strong case for embracing emerging technologies, from digital signage to AI and ChatGPT, as their impact is inevitable across…

Zyler Go plugin launch aims to ease virtual try-on for online retailers

May 31, 2023

Zyler, a software company that provides AI-powered virtual try-on solutions for retail environments, has announced a website plugin designed to allow retailers…

Retail, artificial intelligence, and digital signage

by Germán Talón — CTO, nsign.tv

Germán Talón is chief technology officer at nsign.tv, a Spanish digital signage company. The retail industry is always on the lookout for…

Facial recognition and customer loyalty: The new reality

Facial verification using facial recognition can play a role for customer loyalty programs. By identifying and verifying customers, it can enhance the customer…

Opus lands $6.8M to fund AI-powered training for deskless workers

May 24, 2023

Opus, a training platform for businesses with a deskless workforce, has secured $6.8 million in Series A funding round led by Stage 2 Capital.