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Armed with $80M, Vast Data exits stealth to reimagine storage infrastructure
After quietly raising $80 million from investors over the past three years, Vast Data Inc. today exited stealth mode with a platform that promises to simplify enterprise storage infrastructure dramatically. Today, companies rely on a mix of storage technologies to support their operations. A typical enterprise might use flash systems to power its most important applications, ...
Fresh off Silver Lake acquisition, ServiceMax buys collaboration startup Zinc
ServiceMax Inc. today announced that it has picked up collaboration startup Zinc Inc. in its first acquisition since moving under the wing of Silver Lake Partners LP. The private equity firm, which is known for its investments in major enterprise technology players such as Dell Technologies Inc., bought ServiceMax from General Electric Co. late last ...
Microsoft’s new Azure Kinect DK sensor brings machine learning to the edge
The HoloLens 2 isn’t the only new product that Microsoft Corp. introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Sunday night. The company also debuted the Azure Kinect DK, a cloud-connected sensor that can perform complex tasks such checking components coming off a production line for flaws. The system (pictured) is the third evolution of ...
New microSD Express technology promises faster flash for mobile devices
An obscure but influential industrial body unveiled a new technology today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that’s set to give phones and connected devices a noticeable speed boost. The SD Association is a consortium of more than 900 hardware makers hailing mostly from the mobile industry. Among them are practically all the world’s leading producers of ...
BMW and Daimler invest $1.1B in joint mobility services venture to take on Uber
BMW AG and Daimler AG today announced plans to invest about 1 billion euros, or $1.1 billion, into a joint venture that will compete with Uber Technologies Inc. in the urban mobility market. Announced today, the investment puts into motion a partnership that the auto giants struck last March. BMW and Daimler are moving 14 existing ...
Following backlash, Facebook scales back user research activities
Facebook Inc. will stop running unpaid user studies and shut down Onavo, a controversial app it has used to collect data on consumers’ online habits. The move, first reported by TechCrunch on Thursday night, isn’t entirely surprising, given recent scrutiny over its market research practices. Apple Inc. pulled the iOS version of Onavo from the App ...
Freight startup Flexport lands SoftBank-led $1B round at $3.2B valuation
Flexport Inc., a startup working to bring the multitrillion-dollar freight transport industry into the cloud computing age, today announced that it has secured a staggering $1 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund. The investment is the latest in a series of big bets that the Japanese carrier has made in the ...
Apple’s rumored credit card will reportedly launch this spring with iOS integration
Apple Inc. will release its rumored credit card this spring with an iOS integration and dedicated personal finance features, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Word of the iPhone maker’s ambitions in this area first emerged last May by way of a leak that has since been followed by several others. Apple’s credit card is ...
With $560M Attunity acquisition, Qlik pushes deeper into data management
QlikTech International AB today announced plans to buy Attunity Ltd. in a $560 million deal that’s set to give it a bigger slice of the lucrative data management market. The acquisition price breaks down to $23.50 per share, an 18 percent premium to the Wednesday closing price of Attunity’s stock. It’s a respectable conclusion to ...
Entering the 5G era, Samsung launches Galaxy Fold and S10
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s annual Unpacked product events usually center on its flagship Galaxy S smartphone family, but this year brought a whole lot more. The company debuted its latest-generation Galaxy S10 models at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco today, alongside the highly anticipated Galaxy Fold foldable phone (pictured). The launch represents a milestone ...