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Mist Systems brings its network management AI on-premises
Mist Systems today introduced a pair of new solutions aimed at enabling companies to build more efficient wireless networks, a launch that marks its first product release since being acquired by Juniper Networks Inc. earlier this year. Headlining the announcement is Mist Edge. It’s an appliance version of the Juniper subsidiary’s cloud-based network administration platform, which lets ...
Sales enablement startup Showpad bags $70M in funding
Showpad Inc., a startup helping enterprise sales teams close deals more effectively, today announced that it has closed a deal of its own: a $70 million funding round co-led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital. The investment marks the fourth time Showpad has raised outside capital. Other participants in the round included Hummingbird Ventures and ...
EU reportedly preparing to hit Qualcomm with another antitrust fine
European Union regulators once again have Qualcomm Inc. in their sights. Three sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg today that the EU is preparing to fine the chipmaker over anticompetitive business practices. The news comes 18 months after European antitrust authorities slapped Qualcomm with a 997 million euro ($1.13 billion) penalty for undermining rival chipmakers. Qualcomm had ...
IBM and Cloudera ink partnership to cross-sell key data products
IBM Corp. and Cloudera Inc. are teaming up to expand the adoption of their data processing products. The companies today announced a go-to-market partnership that will see them cross-sell key software from each other’s analytics portfolios. The alliance represents a continuation of IBM’s years-long alliance with Hortonworks Inc., which merged with Cloudera in a deal inked ...
After Pixel Slate’s mixed success, Google exits the tablet business
Google LLC will stop directly competing with Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the tablet market. The company on Thursday told Business Insider that it’s exiting the segment to focus more its Chromebook laptops. As part of the move, Google has halted work on two tablets that were scheduled to launch sometime after 2019. The ...
Waymo teams up with Renault, Nissan for global driverless transportation push
Waymo LLC has found itself two powerful new allies in the auto industry. The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary, Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. today announced a collaboration to explore the launch of autonomous mobility services in international markets. They will focus on two markets in particular: Renault’s home country of France and Japan, where ...
Apple cautions US tariffs on China could hurt its competitiveness
Apple Inc. has sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer warning that the Trump administration’s tariffs on China could harm its ability to compete in the global market. The letter, dated June 17 but made public today, points out that all the iPhone maker’s core products are manufactured in China. The same is true ...
Slack stock soars 50% in direct NYSE listing, now valued at $20B+
Updated: Slack Technologies Inc. today made its long-anticipated debut on the New York Stock Exchange at $38.50 a share, tripling its valuation to a stunning $21 billion. The stock kept rising in early trading and quickly passed the $40 mark. Slack, trading under the ticker symbol “WORK,” is now hovering around $41.70 a share, which ...
Process automation heavyweight Blue Prism to acquire Thoughtonomy in $100M deal
Blue Prism Group plc., one of the bigger names in the fast-growing robotic process automation market, today announced that it’s acquiring Thoughtonomy Ltd. to strengthen its product capabilities. The cash and stock deal is worth up to £80 million, or $100 million, including performance-based earnouts. This represents a big bet for Blue Prism. The 18-year-old British firm, ...
Y Combinator leads $50M round into open-source Slack rival Mattermost
Team chat services such as Slack are experiencing rapid adoption in the enterprise, but some companies have been more hesitant to embrace the technology than others. Organizations with advanced data security needs, such as banks, can’t simply shift employee communications to an external platform running on hardware they don’t control. It’s this market where Mattermost Inc. ...