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Salesforce expands its low-code capabilities with Einstein Automate
Salesforce.com Inc. today previewed Einstein Automate, an upcoming cloud offering that will enable users to create workflows for automating tasks such as processing customer requests with little to no coding. Einstein Automate is made up of two tools: Flow Orchestrator and MuleSoft Composer. Both are expected to become accessible for customers in 2021. Flow Orchestrator ...
Qualcomm’s new flagship Snapdragon chip brings major speedup
Qualcomm Inc. has shared technical details about the Snapdragon 888, its new flagship mobile processor, which is likely to power many of next year’s top-end Android smartphones and tablets. The company released the chip’s specifications this morning after previewing it on Tuesday at its virtual Snapdragon Tech Summit. Qualcomm is a key semiconductor supplier to the ...
Google acquires data management specialist Actifio
Google LLC is acquiring Actifio Inc., a venture-backed data management startup, to enhance the data backup and recovery capabilities of its public cloud. The deal was announced this morning. Actifio, founded in 2009, had raised more than $300 million from investors prior to the acquisition. Actifio’s namesake data management platform can reduce the amount of ...
AWS auto partnership sends BlackBerry stock soaring 57%
Shares of BlackBerry Ltd. soared 57% at one point today after the company announced a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services Inc. to deliver a data analytics platform for automakers. The alliance was announced against the backdrop of AWS’ virtual re:Invent event. In another transportation-related customer win, AWS said today that supersonic plane startup Boom Technology ...
AWS previews ultra-efficient AI instances for neural network training
Amazon Web Services Inc. today previewed an upcoming cloud compute instance series that will enable companies to train artificial intelligence models in its cloud with up to 40% better price-performance than with graphics cards. The instance series is expected to become available in the first half of 2021. AWS announced it at its virtual re:Invent event today alongside ...
AWS expands cloud compute lineup with new EC2 instances and Outposts edge appliances
Amazon Web Services Inc. today extended both the scope and the reach of its massive cloud computing services, announcing new computing services and new ways to bring them into the heart of corporate data centers. For one, it introduced five EC2 instance types at its virtual re:Invent event, among them the high-speed M5zn series for computationally ...
Cyware targets ‘large market gap’ with CTIX Lite threat intelligence tool
Venture-backed cybersecurity startup Cyware Labs Inc. today introduced CTIX Lite, a cloud service that it says will make it more practical for midmarket companies to make use of threat intelligence feeds in their security operations. Threat intelligence feeds are services that provide organizations with information on online risks such as malicious website domains being used ...
Facebook acquires customer service startup Kustomer for reported $1B+
Facebook Inc. has acquired Kustomer Inc., a heavily funded startup with a cloud service that companies use to field customer inquiries. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, CNBC and other publications reported that the transaction values Kustomer at just over $1 billion. New York-based Kustomer raised more than $170 million from noted ...
Google Cloud launches data API offering for healthcare organizations
Google LLC today introduced the Google Cloud Healthcare Interoperability Readiness Program, a bundle of solutions aimed at helping organizations in the healthcare sector manage patient data more effectively. A piece of legislation called the Cures Act that passed in 2016 created new requirements around the management of medical records. Notably, it mandates that healthcare providers ...
Report: Salesforce will announce it’s buying Slack on Tuesday
Salesforce.com Inc. plans to announce its reported plans to acquire Slack Technologies Inc. on Tuesday after the markets close, CNBC reported today. The reported timing suggests that the announcement will likely coincide with Salesforce’s quarterly earnings call, which is also scheduled after Tuesday’s closing bell. The sources who spoke to CNBC also said that the cloud giant ...