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After attracting 800K web developers, Netlify wins $53M in funding
Every month, about 8% of the world’s internet users visit at least one website powered by Netlify Inc., a San Francisco startup that today announced it has raised $53 million in funding to expand its reach to yet more parts of the web. EQT Ventures led the round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins ...
DataStax snaps up Cassandra database consultancy The Last Pickle
DataStax Inc., a heavily funded startup offering a commercial version of the Cassandra database, today announced that it has acquired The Last Pickle, a consultancy specializing in helping enterprises deploy Cassandra. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed. Cassandra, or Apache Cassandra by its full name, is an open-source NoSQL database designed to store large ...
Honeywell is building the world’s most powerful quantum computer
More than 30 years after exiting the computer market, Honeywell International Inc. is getting back into the race with a new quantum computing system that it says will soon be the fastest in the world. Honeywell is a supplier of industrial gear for sectors such as aerospace and once competed with IBM Corp. in the ...
Mellanox to buy network chip specialist Titan IC amid $6.9B Nvidia takeover
Mellanox Technologies Ltd., the network equipment supplier currently in the process of being acquired by Nvidia Corp., today announced an acquisition of its own. Mellanox has inked a deal to buy a Belfast-based firm called Titan IC Systems Ltd. that develops chip technology for network devices and other data center systems. The terms of the ...
Ampere says its new 80-core server processor is twice as fast as Intel silicon
Ampere Computing Inc., the chip startup led by former Intel Corp. President Renee James, today unveiled a 80-core server processor that it describes as more than twice as fast as the competition. The Ampere Altra is designed for use in cloud data centers and systems that run at the edge of the network. It features ...
Kubeflow hits 1.0 as AI on Kubernetes gains momentum
The first stable release of Kubeflow, the Google LLC-backed toolkit for running artificial intelligence workloads on Kubernetes, officially became available today. Kubeflow was open sourced in 2017 by a group of Google engineers and several peers from other tech companies. It’s a toolkit that enables organizations to deploy AI workloads on infrastructure powered by Kubernetes, ...
Enterprise software giant BMC to buy longtime rival Compuware
BMC Software Inc. today announced plans to acquire Compuware Corp., a leading maker of mainframe software with which it has been competing for decades. The terms of the deal were not disclosed because both companies are privately held. BMC is owned by investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. and it’s buying Compuware from Thoma Bravo ...
Underwater AI: Alphabet’s X lab launches new moonshot to protect the ocean
Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. is getting into fish farming. Alphabet’s X division, which oversees the company’s emerging research projects, today unveiled a new initiative that aims to harness artificial intelligence to develop more environmentally friendly fish farming methods. The initiative is operating under the name Tidal and has been in incubation for the past ...
Microsoft is retooling Cortana for the enterprise on Windows 10
Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to roll out a major update to Cortana that will replace the voice assistant’s consumer-oriented features with email, calendar and productivity capabilities aimed at the enterprise. The new Cortana will arrive on Windows 10 this spring. The assistant, which is currently integrated into the Windows 10 taskbar, is being spun out ...
Cisco plans round of layoffs amid revenue pressures
Cisco Systems Inc. is reportedly trimming its workforce amid the pressure on its business from changing enterprise spending patterns and macro factors such as the coronavirus outbreak, which contributed to a more than 2% decline in the company’s stock today. The planned layoffs were first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday evening. The ...