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Google LLC and Cisco Systems Inc. today announced a push to build broad new integrations between their products that will give enterprises the ability to manage on-premises and public cloud network centrally. The product integrations will be delivered in the form of an offering …
Aviatrix debuts CoPilot to provide deeper visibility into multicloud networks
Aviatrix Systems Inc. today pulled back the curtains on CoPilot, a monitoring service aimed at making it easier for administrators to find issues in large corporate networks spanning multiple public clouds. A company that has workloads scattered across multiple providers’ data centers …
In new lawsuit, Commvault accuses Cohesity and Rubrik of violating 7 patents
Three of the most prominent players in the data protection market are headed to court. Commvault Systems Inc. today said that it has sued startup rivals Cohesity Inc. and Rubrik Inc. for collectively infringing upon seven of its patents. The lawsuit, filed in a …
Uber moves into package delivery with new Direct and Connect courier services
Uber Technologies Inc. on Sunday evening started rolling out two new courier services that will enable businesses to deliver online orders and consumers to send packages to one another via the company’s app. Usage of Uber’s core ride-hailing offerings has plummeted in recent weeks …
Facebook launches COVID-19 symptom map to help authorities track virus spread
Facebook Inc. today launched a COVID-19 symptom map as part of a project with Carnegie Mellon University aimed at giving authorities the ability to forecast coronavirus hospitalization numbers weeks in advance. Before health officials can start accurately projecting future hospital admissions, they need a clear picture …
In global expansion, Alibaba will invest $28B in cloud infrastructure over the next 3 years
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. today announced plans to invest 200 billion yuan, or about $28 billion, over the next three years to bolster its cloud infrastructure, an investment equivalent to more than half of its revenue in the fiscal year ended March 2019. Alibaba …
Report: Rackspace has secretly filed to go public with eye to $10B+ valuation
Rackspace Holding Inc. has confidentially filed for an initial public offering that could value it at more $10 billion including debt, according to sources cited by Reuters on Thursday. Rackspace started out as a hosting provider in 1998 and debuted on the …
After probe, UK provisionally approves Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo
The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog today granted Amazon.com Inc. provisional approval to buy a stake in Roofoods Ltd., better known as Deliveroo Inc., a London-based food delivery startup valued at more than $2 billion as of 2017. Deliveroo announced last March that it …
Qualcomm intros ultra-low-power modem chip for IoT devices
Qualcomm Inc. will ship a new modem chip for so-called internet of things devices this year that measures smaller than a dime and is touted as the most power-efficient product in its category. The chip, descriptively named the Qualcomm 212 LTE IoT …
Apple reportedly working on modular wireless headphones with Siri integration
A new report claims that Apple Inc. is developing a pair of wireless headphones with a modular over-the-ear design and integration with its Siri voice assistant. Bloomberg, a frequent source of early information about upcoming Apple products, today cited sources as saying …