Category: summer2017

“Not everyone will become a coder, but everyone has the right to understand how it works…

…It’s like teaching kids biology: it doesn’t mean everyone will become a biologist.”[1] I got interested in the topic of early development education after today’s presentation by Nick Colsey, VP Business Development, Sony Electronics. We all know that universities have a great impact on the society, however, psychologists argue that it is the early childhood… Read more “Not everyone will become a coder, but everyone has the right to understand how it works…

Driving Innovation: Corporations such as IBM have enabled access to their Cognitive Computing and AI algorithms

We all hear about the wonders AI and Cognitive Computing can bring to our lives, but how does this work? Do large corporations take responsibility to develop and research on potential applications? Thankfully, corporations such as IBM are allowing anyone to use their algorithms without publicly exposing the algorithms themselves. This access is provided through… Read more Driving Innovation: Corporations such as IBM have enabled access to their Cognitive Computing and AI algorithms

Netflix's functioning: its migration on the cloud and its content delivery network

Last Friday, we briefly talked about the complex relationship between Netflix and Amazon. Indeed, Netflix is running on Amazon’s public cloud (AWS) but Amazon is also a direct competitor of Netflix, since it also launched its own streaming video service. This consideration triggered my interest in Netflix’s functioning, including its migration on the cloud and… Read more Netflix's functioning: its migration on the cloud and its content delivery network

VMs, Containers & Docker for noobies

Regardless if you’re a non-technical founder or a techie, you’ve probably at least heard about Docker, the world’s leading software container platform. For those who are confused right now, stay calm, I’ll explain everything in details in this blog article. In my last post, I explained why the data centers’ virtualization is game-changer for startup… Read more VMs, Containers & Docker for noobies

Own safe storage or outsource to the competition

As a fast growing company many startups use a large amount of data to run their businesses. Quickly, this market newborns have to figure out a way to easily storage all their costumer’s data and their own information. Usually, the company’s decisions makers are left with two choices: of whether they should spend their money… Read more Own safe storage or outsource to the competition

How Profitable Is The Venture Capital Business ?

The landscape of venture capital (VC) has significantly evolved over the past years, and the industry is in great shape. VCs have raised a tremendous amount of capital ready to be invested, startups are disrupting industries through cutting edge technologies, and the tech’ IPO market is improving. Carl Eschenbach, partner at Sequoia Capital, was quite… Read more How Profitable Is The Venture Capital Business ?

Blockchain - a New Game for Accounting and Auditing?

As described by Dr. Jeff Welser, “Blockchain is an emerging platform for transaction services that will fundamentally change the world of financial services.” Accounting Blockchain acts as an indispensable ledger, a canonical source of truth. The current accounting practice is one where companies keep their financial records in private ledgers and rely on accountants to… Read more Blockchain - a New Game for Accounting and Auditing?

Google’s AI: From DeepMind to One Model

One of the most memorable events in AI history was IBM’s Deep Blue beating chess champion Garry Kasparov. In March 2016 history was rewritten as Google’s AlphaGo beat Go master Lee Sedol, then in May 2017 beating Go champion Ke Jie. Although AlphaGo’s win was all over the news and reached many people with its… Read more Google’s AI: From DeepMind to One Model

What have been the leading investing trends in IT since 2000?

It is intriguing to see how throughout time we can identify some trends and patterns in the investments driven by Venture Capitalists, may it be in the form that they take or the sector that they are directed to. We hear everyday about Buzzwords such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data or about this new ‘exploding sector’ of… Read more What have been the leading investing trends in IT since 2000?

AI: Cloud, Edge or Hybrid?

One of the biggest trends in technology (and the world!) right now is Artificial Intelligence, especially Deep Learning.  Availability of huge quantities of data, data storage and processing power at low cost, algorithm innovation and the availability of AI toolkits like Caffe, Torch and TensorFlow have all contributed to the explosive adoption of AI in… Read more AI: Cloud, Edge or Hybrid?