Dell: Robots and drones to drive the cloud market in next decade

November 2, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from TechGoondu.  Author: Aaron Tan.

Robots, drones and driverless vehicles will propel the next decade of growth in the cloud computing industry, according to a Dell executive.  In an interview with Techgoondu at the Cloud Asia 2014 conference last week, Martin Yates, strategic enterprise practice director at Dell Asia-Pacific and Japan, said the increased processing power delivered over the cloud will offer unlimited possibilities in advanced automation.

“You’ll see an acceleration of cloud computing in areas like drones,” he said, noting that companies like DHL and Amazon are already using or experimenting with drones to deliver packages…

More companies will also use telephone answering agents powered by computers that understand natural language to run support hotlines and solve problems for customers, Yates said. “You won’t know if you’re talking to a computer or a human,” he added…

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