It’s official! Tickets JUST went on sale for Structure 2016

First speakers announced for the Structure Conference! Tickets for the 9th annual Structure Conference are officially on sale! The event kicks off November 7th and to celebrate we're offering tickets for $795 if you register before August 8th. This will save you over 50% from our regular list price, so take advantage of this limited-time offer. We're proud to welcome back Fortune as our Headline Media Partner, as well as many familiar faces to the main stage, including: Arlette Hart, CISO, FBI Bob Worrall, SVP, CIO, Juniper Networks Bryan Cantrill, CTO, Joyent Guido Appenzeller, Chief Technology Strategy Officer of Networking & Security, VMWare Jason Forrester, Founder, CEO, SnapRoute Jay Parikh, VP of Engineering, Facebook Jeetu Patel, SVP of Platform and Chief Strategy Officer, Box John Donovan, Chief Strategy Officer and Group President, Technology and Operations, AT&T Mac Devine, VP & CTO of Emerging Tech & Advanced Innovation, IBM Fellow, Master Inventor Software Architect: Cloud, IBM Mark Muehl, SVP, Product Engineering, Comcast Rodney Rogers, CEO, Virtustream Scott Guthrie, EVP, Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Group, Microsoft Seth Bodnar, Chief Digital Officer, GE Transportation Urs Holzle, SVP, Technical Infrastructure & Google Fellow, Google Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures Some of the themes we'll explore include: Computing at the edge How the internet of things change infrastructure Is it time to re-architect the web? How does the public cloud best suit your organization? How will the data centers of the future be managed? Grab our introductory pricing before it expires. SPEAKERS MAC DEVINE IBM JOHN DONOVAN AT&T SCOTT GUTHRIE Microsoft ARLETTE HART Federal Bureau of Investigation URS HOLZLE Google JAY PARIKH Facebook NOVEMBER 8-9, 2016 SAN FRANCISCO, CA REGISTER NOW Click here to unsubscribe from this list. Our mailing address is: 405 El Camino Real, #215 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Copyright (C) 2016 StructureSeries All rights reserved.

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BE SMART. SAVE BIG. ELIMINATE FOMO. Book now & make sure you're one of 300+ visionary business leaders attending this landmark enterprise technology summit! Our attendee list is as epic as the speaker roster we have lined up, ensuring a mind-blowing and immersive 2.5 days as we explore the 7 key disruptive technologies that will shift enterprise business forever.   In bringing together the builders, the practitioners and the visionaries, we're extending a bold invitation for us all to become more confident innovators. Helping bridge the gap between today's business operations and tomorrow's demanding expectations, Gigaom Change will showcase how business leaders can stop wondering what is happening... and instead start building what the future is inviting forward.   Early registration discount available!   Limited time only. This event will sell out. Register Now - $1300 Full Price - $4000 September 21 - 23, Austin, Texas   Join us and 300+ visionary leaders along with 20+ global experts for the Gigaom Change Leaders Summit   The collision of technology, people, & brands is creating unprecedented possibilities. Our goal is that you'll better understand how to navigate the complexities of the new technological normal, and the many opportunities that exist for your business to level-up and tap into the vast potential within these technologies.   P.S. We have an exciting new speaker group we're announcing later this week. Watch this space!   Book Now     WHEN September 21 - 23 2016 WHERE AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center Copyright © 2016 Knowingly, Inc., All rights reserved.

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Gigaom Change: In the news

IN THE NEWS. So much is happening in the world of technology over the course of a week we thought it would be insightful to aggregate all of the business intelligence we're uncovering into a once a week newsletter that keeps you up to date with information and innovations specific to seven key technologies we'll be featuring at our Gigaom Change 2016 Leaders Summit. Enjoy! The Gigaom Change Team We've had the stone age, the iron age and the industrial age, are we now in a nano age? Already a multi-billion dollar industry it's about to get much, much bigger. Many jobs can be automated, including that of CEO's. What's the key to keeping yours (for now at least)? What jobs are mostly likely to be done by robots in the future? Slack Invests In An Ecosystem Of Bot Companies. Slack has announced $2M in funding for bot startups, passed out to 11 new companies and 3 existing investments. Quote of the week... "Homo Sapiens are dead. Homo Digitus is the future because we will be surrounded by intelligence and amplified and augmented by intelligence". —‪Manoj Saxena, Executive Chairman, CognitiveScale; Gigaom Change Leaders Summit 2016 Speaker + Partner‬ In A Seismic Breakthrough, Scientists Have Discovered A New Way To 3D Print. Two words... GAME CHANGER. Rob High Talks Artificial Intelligence With Gigaom. "Our goal is to amplify human cognition — not to do our thinking for us, but to do the necessary research so that we can do our thinking better". What Happens In An Internet Minute in 2016? The impact of scalable technologies now dominate the world and show no signs of stopping.   Book Now   WHEN September 21 - 23 2016 WHERE AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center Copyright © 2016 Knowingly, Inc., All rights reserved.

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Structure News: The Singularity is coming (maybe)

This week, we'll talk about what we might one day consider a huge turning point in the development of the modern chip industry.   Where We're Making Tech Events Great Again July 22nd, 2016 / by Tom Krazit This week, we'll talk about a huge deal in the chip industry, the scaling challenge presented by Pokemon Go, and how the federal government, should it exist as a functioning organization after January 2017, is modernizing its approach to technology. BIG PICTURE For all the time we spend assessing how software is eating the world, every now and then we’re reminded of the fundamental power of the chips that make that software possible. The future of the most vital yet unheralded chip company in technology shifted quite a bit this week, and the ramifications will have an impact. Softbank’s $32 billion acquisition of ARM this week came as a surprise, especially to Softbank watchers who didn’t quite understand why the Japanese conglomerate was spending that much money for a chip designer that flies below the radar. But ARM has made a huge impact on nearly every smartphone user on the planet: its chip designs are licensed by other chipmakers, like Qualcomm and Samsung, and also used by companies like Apple as the basis for their own chip designs. There are only a handful of truly impactful chip companies. Intel has long controlled the PC and server markets, and while the PC market is yesterday's news Intel's datacenter group has been its brightest spot over the past few years, led by Structure veteran Diane Bryant. But as the smartphone revolution took hold, phone makers chose chips based on ARM’s designs for nearly every phone and tablet on the planet because they worked better in situations where power consumption (i.e., battery life and heat) is paramount. Softbank is making a big bet that those chip designs will be used in the next generation of computing devices. Companies building connected devices as part of the internet of things movement are attracted to ARM’s low-power footprint and established developer base. Specialized chips for artificial intelligence are paying off nicely for Nvidia, and Softbank’s investment might allow ARM to collaborate more closely with server vendors on datacenter chips to run the mythical ARM server we’ve been expecting all these years. (Stacey Higginbotham and I get into this topic in more detail on our latest podcast, highlighted below.) At Structure, we have always believed that the underlying infrastructure that powers the cloud, the mobile revolution, and the AI-driven future to come is just as important as the breakthrough products and services that bring those technology shifts to consumers and businesses. ARM is one of the companies that powers that infrastructure, and its future under Softbank will help set the course of tech evolution. And, in what is not a coincidence, we’ll have Marc Canel of ARM at Structure Security this September to talk about defining hardware security standards for these next-generation devices. STRUCTURE NEWS THE STRUCTURE SHOW: A HISTORIC CHIP DEAL, GOOGLE’S POKEMON GO CHALLENGE, AND WHY CLOUD PRIVACY MIGHT CAUSE NEW DATA LAWS As noted above, the Softbank-ARM deal is pretty huge, and Stacey took a break from The IoT Podcast to discuss what might come next. Barb Darrow of Fortune also joined us to talk about two big cloud stories: Microsoft’s cloud privacy lawsuit, and the struggle to keep Pokemon Go addicts from developing the shakes. You can follow The Structure Show on Soundcloud and iTunes, and if you've got a great idea for someone we can interview that would be willing to put up with somewhat haphazard production values, let us know. INDUSTRY NEWS OURMINE CLAIMS CREDIT FOR ATTACK ON POKEMON GO SERVERS As if Google’s job wasn’t hard enough, supporting the incredible growth that Pokemon Go has amassed in just two weeks, it’s fending off an DDoS attack from OurMine, the security group that has been hacking prominent tech industry figures in the name of “awareness.” Techcrunch says the group contacted it prior to launching the attack, which ostensibly confirms its account, but OurMine is really treading on thin ice by trying to bring down our Summer 2016 national pastime in the name of guerilla marketing. GOOGLE CUTS ITS GIANT ELECTRICITY BILL WITH DEEPMIND-POWERED AI Speaking of Google, it has found a way to make DeepMind pay for itself beyond beating the pants off of Go experts. Bloomberg reports that Google used DeepMind’s technology to regulate Google’s datacenters with power efficiency in mind, leading to a 15 percent improvement in power usage efficiency and a corresponding cost decrease. EARNINGS ROUNDUP: INTEL, MICROSOFT, AND IBM It’s report card time again for the tech industry, with Intel, Microsoft, and IBM reporting this week before other prominent tech companies will face the music next week. Intel’s growth wasn’t awesome, but it passed the expectations test. Microsoft beat prognosticators while still keeping its Azure revenue a secret, something IBM has likely wondered if it could try in posting its 17th straight quarter of revenue declines. STAR SPANGLED GEEKS It’s no secret that the federal government is years behind the private sector when it comes to adopting technology that could improve how it operates. Backchannel looks at how the Obama administration is using its lame duck status to reform the way the government develops -- and purchases -- technology products and services. SALESFORCE ACQUIRES DATA CENTER ANALYTICS STARTUP COOLAN Salesforce has spent some time in 2016 tinkering with its infrastructure strategy, embracing the cloud and now snapping up Coolan, a startup founded by veterans of Facebook’s Open Compute Project. Venturebeat reports that the team had just ten employees, which means Salesforce likely didn’t have to break the bank to snap up some hardcore datacenter expertise. SLACK, NOW WITH 600 APPS ON ITS PLATFORM, POURS $2M INTO 14 SLACKBOT STARTUPS VIA ITS SLACK FUND Slack is a startup with such force that it’s already investing in companies building atop its platform. The 14 different companies that received some of Slack’s outsize cash hoard are working on interesting ways to make Slack even more central to your workplace, according to Techcrunch.   QUOTE OF THE WEEK I think we are about to see the biggest paradigm shift in human history. The Singularity is coming.” — Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, on why his company bought ARM     Structure News: Could Microsoft's big cloud privacy win wind up being counterproductive? - https://t.co/dLI5FQ2OmF8:07AM The Future of Security > The price goes up on July 15, so register now and save $200 #structuresecurity https://t.co/iB4wHId9sh11:01AM Bringing your team to #structuresecurity? Didya know we have a team bundle? Grab your colleagues, snag a ticket! https://t.co/iB4wHId9sh6:10PM   Click here to unsubscribe from this list. Our mailing address is: Structure 405 El Camino Real, #215 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2016 Structure All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend. Update your profile.