Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Google acquires data management specialist Actifio

By Maria Deutscher Dec 2, 2020

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…

Cloud

AWS auto partnership sends BlackBerry stock soaring 57%

By Maria Deutscher Dec 1, 2020

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…

Cloud

AWS previews ultra-efficient AI instances for neural network training

By Maria Deutscher Dec 1, 2020

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…

Cloud

AWS expands cloud compute lineup with new EC2 instances and Outposts edge appliances

By Maria Deutscher Dec 1, 2020

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…

Security

Cyware targets ‘large market gap’ with CTIX Lite threat intelligence tool

By Maria Deutscher Dec 1, 2020

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…

Cloud

Facebook acquires customer service startup Kustomer for reported $1B+

By Maria Deutscher Nov 30, 2020

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…

Cloud

Google Cloud launches data API offering for healthcare organizations

By Maria Deutscher Nov 30, 2020

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…

Cloud

Report: Salesforce will announce it’s buying Slack on Tuesday

By Maria Deutscher Nov 30, 2020

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…

Cloud

IBM Cloud gets quantum-resistant cryptography

By Maria Deutscher Nov 30, 2020

IBM Corp. is looking to make enterprise workloads deployed on its public cloud resistant to tomorrow’s encryption-breaking quantum computers. As a first step to that end, the company today introduced “quantum-safe cryptography” capabilities for…

Policy

UK government will form new unit to regulate online platforms

By Maria Deutscher Nov 27, 2020

The U.K. government will establish a Digital Markets Unit that will focus on regulating online platforms and could have the power to block business moves found to be anticompetitive, as well as hand down fines. The initiative was…

Maria Deutscher

AWS previews ultra-efficient AI instances for neural network training

Cyware targets ‘large market gap’ with CTIX Lite threat intelligence tool

Facebook acquires customer service startup Kustomer for reported $1B+

Google Cloud launches data API offering for healthcare organizations

IBM Cloud gets quantum-resistant cryptography

UK government will form new unit to regulate online platforms

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