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WeWork acquires startup rival Spacious to boost co-working business
WeWork Cos. today announced its first acquisition since filing to go public: a New York-based startup called Spacious Inc. that provides co-working spaces. Spacious has come up with a creative new spin on the traditional shared office. The startup partners with upscale restaurants that open in the evening and turns their dining rooms into coworking spaces during ...
Axonius locks down $20M to secure enterprises’ shadow devices
A modern corporate network might connect tens of thousands of systems, from employee laptops to cloud instances, and at least some are bound to go unnoticed by the information technology department. That presents a cybersecurity problem: Companies can’t protect devices they don’t know exist. Enter Axonius Inc., a New York-based startup tackling this visibility gap ...
Cisco acquires Microsoft-backed customer analytics startup CloudCherry
Though best known for its networking and data center gear, Cisco Systems Inc. is also a major player in the contact center technology business. The company’s products support more than 3 million customer service agents worldwide, a market presence it hopes to further strengthen with the newly announced purchase of Customer Analytics Technologies Inc., better known ...
GlobalFoundries fires off barrage of patent lawsuits at Apple chip supplier TSMC
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries Inc. is suing rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. for allegedly infringing 16 of its semiconductor patents. Santa Clara, California-based GlobalFoundries disclosed today that it has launched no fewer than 25 lawsuits against the company in the U.S. and Germany. The chipmaker is seeking “significant” damages from TSMC as well as an import ...
Dell’s and Google’s new Chromebook Enterprise laptops pack a built-in security chip
Dell Technologies Inc. and Google LLC today unveiled a jointly developed laptop line that delivers the search giant’s Chrome OS operating system in a form tailored for security-conscious organizations. The series, named Chromebook Enterprise, features two models on launch. The first is a traditional 14-inch clamshell laptop dubbed the Latitude 5400, while the other, the ...
More IPOs coming: Ping Identity and Datadog file to go public
Three years after being acquired by Vista Equity Partners LLC for $600 million, Ping Identity Corp. is heading to the stock market at what may be a significantly higher valuation, while another enterprise software firm, Datadog Inc., joined the initial public offering party as well. Ping, which sells software that helps enterprises manage user access to their ...
New HPE supercomputer will help NASA send humans back to the moon
NASA will use a new supercomputer built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. to support its goal of returning humans to the moon by 2024. The system, named “Aitken” after celebrated astronomer Robert Grant Aitken, was detailed by HPE on Thursday. It’s based on the company’s SGI 8600 supercomputer module and has a peak performance of 3.69 petaflops. ...
Facebook opens up about the AI powering its Oculus virtual reality headsets
For virtual reality headsets, perspective is key. When the user shifts their gaze or moves around, the headset needs to realign the scene in front of their eyes to account for the new viewing angle. The transition must furthermore happen at lightning speed to avoid breaking the illusion. Facebook Inc. has managed to pull all ...
Apple’s next iPhones said to sport triple-lens AI camera, math coprocessor
Apple Inc.’s hardware engineers have had a busy past year, judging by the latest leak about its 2019 product launch roadmap. Bloomberg reported today that the company is preparing to introduce three new iPhones, an equal number of upgraded iPad models, a supersized MacBook Pro and more. The iPhones will likely lead the lineup. Apple ...
Amazon inaugurates biggest global campus in India with plans for 15,000 workers
Amazon.com Inc. today inaugurated a sprawling corporate hub in the Indian city of Hyderabad that’s expected to house some 15,000 employees. The towering complex (pictured) is the company’s biggest outpost globally, overtaking even the skyscrapers that make up its Seattle headquarters. The hub will expand Amazon’s already sizable presence in India, where it employs about ...