Maria Deutscher

Maria Deutscher is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE covering all things enterprise and fresh. Her work takes her from the bowels of the corporate network up to the great free ranges of the open-source ecosystem and back on a daily basis, with the occasional pit stop in the world of end-users. She is especially passionate about cloud computing and data analytics, although she also has a soft spot for stories that diverge from the beaten track to provide a more unique perspective on the complexities of the industry.

Latest from Maria Deutscher

U.S. officials detail plans to build a national quantum internet

EMERGING TECH By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Energy wants to develop a national quantum internet to enable more secure communications and advance scientific research in areas such as gravitational wave detection. Officials presented a blueprint strategy for the effort in a Thursday press conference at …

AWS launches AI-powered Contact Lens analytics features for contact centers

CLOUD By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Contact Lens, a set of artificial intelligence features to help optimize the contact centers of enterprises using its Amazon Connect service. The launch comes eight months after AWS first previewed the technology …

Talkdesk becomes $3B+ unicorn after landing $143M to cloudify the contact center

CLOUD By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Cloud contact center software startup Talkdesk Inc. disclosed a big valuation bump today, announcing that it has raised an outsize $143 million funding round valuing it at more than $3 billion. The round continues a recent trend of investors backing startups whose technology …

AI fintech startup Quantexa closes $64.7M round

BIG DATA By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Quantexa Ltd., a London-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to help financial institutions detect fraud and find sales opportunities, has raised a $64.7 million funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. The round, announced today, also saw “major participation” from existing investors according …

Jamf raises $468M in IPO as its Apple-focused software business continues growth

APPS By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Jamf Holding Corp. floated on the Nasdaq stock exchange today after raising $468 million in a bigger-than-expected initial public offering that exceeded multiple price targets. Jamf, which provides software products enterprises use to manage employees’ Apple Inc. devices, had originally planned to put …

Huddl.ai launches from stealth mode to take on Zoom

CLOUD By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Collaboration startup Huddl Inc. exited stealth mode today with $8.7 million in funding and an artificial intelligence-infused videoconferencing service that aims to provide an alternative to Zoom. Huddl, which does business as Huddl.ai in a nod to its AI features, is backed by investors …

Solo.io pitches unified control layer for application traffic with Gloo Federation

CLOUD By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Solo.io Inc. today introduced a new product, Gloo Federation, that allows enterprises to enable central management of how traffic flows to their cloud applications and other backend workloads. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Solo.io is backed by more than $11 million in funding from investors, …

In antitrust complaint, Slack accuses Microsoft of illegally boosting Teams

CLOUD By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Slack Technologies Inc. today filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union accusing Microsoft Corp. of illegally boosting Teams, the software giant’s competing team communications service. The move comes two months after Slack Chief Executive Officer Stewart Butterfield said the technology giant is …

AI takes center stage in Amazon’s latest big update to the Alexa developer toolkit

AI By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. today announced a major update to its Alexa voice assistant’s developer toolkit that brings artificial intelligence improvements, as well as features that will give consumers new ways of using the service. The update was unveiled during the company’s virtual Alexa …

Microsoft’s LinkedIn to lay off 6% of its global workforce

APPS By MARIA DEUTSCHER6 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp.-owned LinkedIn today said that it is laying off about 960 employees, or approximately 6% of its global workforce, amid reduced demand for its recruiting solutions among business customers. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn four years ago in a $26.2 billion deal that …

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Maria Deutscher

Latest from Maria Deutscher

U.S. officials detail plans to build a national quantum internet

AI fintech startup Quantexa closes $64.7M round

Jamf raises $468M in IPO as its Apple-focused software business continues growth

Huddl.ai launches from stealth mode to take on Zoom

Solo.io pitches unified control layer for application traffic with Gloo Federation

In antitrust complaint, Slack accuses Microsoft of illegally boosting Teams

AI takes center stage in Amazon’s latest big update to the Alexa developer toolkit

Microsoft’s LinkedIn to lay off 6% of its global workforce

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