Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Self-driving car startup Argo AI lands $2.6B investment from VW

By Maria Deutscher Jul 12, 2019

Argo AI LLC, one of the leading contenders in the race to develop fully autonomous vehicles, today revealed that it has received a $2.6 billion investment from Volkswagen AG. The deal comes two years…

Cloud

Oracle loses legal appeal against Pentagon’s $10B cloud computing contract

By Maria Deutscher Jul 12, 2019

A federal court today dismissed an appeal from Oracle Corp. to revise JEDI, the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract, dealing another blow to the company’s chances of securing a slice of the deal.…

Cloud

AWS launches EventBridge to put its cloud at the center of companies’ IT operations

By Maria Deutscher Jul 11, 2019

Amazon Web Services Inc. today launched EventBridge, a service that will enable companies to connect their technology and business systems more easily to its cloud platform. Even enterprises that have gone all-in on AWS still use…

Emerging Tech

Backed by $100M in new funding, Luminar unleashes road-ready lidar sensor

By Maria Deutscher Jul 11, 2019

Just over two years after exiting stealth mode, lidar startup Luminar Technologies Inc. is ready to shift its commercialization efforts into high gear. Luminar today launched a new lidar sensor for self-driving vehicles that’s…

Policy

Amid automation efforts, Amazon pledges $700M to retrain 100,000 workers

By Maria Deutscher Jul 11, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. today committed $700 million to help 100,000 employees, or about a third of its U.S. workforce, move into high-growth fields such as data science and software development. The Upskilling 2025 initiative is launching…

Security

Cybersecurity giant McAfee reportedly planning $1B+ IPO as soon as this year

By Maria Deutscher Jul 10, 2019

McAfee LLC is preparing an initial public offering that could happen as soon as this year and raise more than $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The publication’s sources said that the…

Infra

Gartner: Enterprise software sales going strong in 2019, but other IT markets shrink

By Maria Deutscher Jul 10, 2019

Gartner Inc. predicts that worldwide information technology spending will rise just 0.6% this year, to $3.74 trillion, which would represent the slowest growth the sector has seen in three years. The research firm published…

Infra

Intel debuts new interconnects for tomorrow’s modular, 3-D chips

By Maria Deutscher Jul 10, 2019

Intel Corp. envisions a future in which processors are built from compact, specialized modules each optimized for a different range of computing tasks. The chipmaker hopes to make that happen using three new technologies it unveiled Tuesday…

Infra

Cisco shells out $2.6B for optical networking chipmaker Acacia Communications

By Maria Deutscher Jul 9, 2019

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced plans to buy networking chipmaker Acacia Communications Inc. in a deal worth about $2.6 billion. Cisco will pay $70 per Acacia share, a sizable 46% premium to the Monday closing…

Cloud

Google acquires storage startup Elastifile for a reported $200M

By Maria Deutscher Jul 9, 2019

Fresh off its $2.6 billion purchase of Looker Data Sciences Inc., Google LLC is making another acquisition to bolster its cloud platform. The search giant today announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to buy…

Maria Deutscher

Self-driving car startup Argo AI lands $2.6B investment from VW

AWS launches EventBridge to put its cloud at the center of companies’ IT operations

Backed by $100M in new funding, Luminar unleashes road-ready lidar sensor

Amid automation efforts, Amazon pledges $700M to retrain 100,000 workers

Cybersecurity giant McAfee reportedly planning $1B+ IPO as soon as this year

Intel debuts new interconnects for tomorrow’s modular, 3-D chips

Cisco shells out $2.6B for optical networking chipmaker Acacia Communications

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