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Nutanix Inc. today announced upgrades for two of its storage products, Objects and Files, that will enable companies to take better advantage of the public cloud in their operations. Publicly traded Nutanix is a major provider of software for managing information technology …
AWS will power Siemens Smart Infrastructure’s SAP environment
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, a unit of industrial giant Siemens AG that makes equipment for buildings and electricity grids, will move its mission-critical SAP applications to Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud as part of a deal announced today. The companies divulged the agreement …
‘Google for developers’ startup Sourcegraph lands $50M Sequoia-led round
Sourcegraph Inc., a startup whose technology helps developers at companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Google LLC manage their code, today announced that it has closed a $50 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The Series C investment comes just eight …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …