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Carbon Black launches a new cloud service for investigating cyberattacks
Carbon Black Inc., the cybersecurity provider that went public in May as part of this year’s tech wave of initial public offerings, today launched its first new product since debuting on the Nasdaq. Cb LiveOps is a tool for investigating cyberattacks that involve endpoints such as employee desktops. Mapping out the full scope of a ...
Facebook moves to make money from WhatsApp with Business API and Status ads
After acquiring WhatsApp for $22 billion in 2014, Facebook Inc. did away with the messaging app’s $1 annual membership fee. The social network is now launching a push to make money from the app once again, and on a bigger scale. Facebook today introduced two new paid offerings aimed at companies that use WhatsApp Business. ...
NetApp debuts Ontap AI, an Nvidia-powered hardware platform for AI projects
The major cloud providers all offer services for building artificial intelligence software on their platforms, but some enterprises still opt to run their projects in-house. NetApp Inc. today introduced a specialized new system to target this market. Ontap AI combines the storage supplier’s A800 flash array with the DGX-1, a specialized server built by Nvidia Corp. ...
Grab, the Uber of Southeast Asia, is reportedly raising another $1B round
Less than two months after securing $1 billion from investors, Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup Grab Taxi Pte is reportedly set to announce yet another 10-figure round. Insiders leaked word of the investment this morning to the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. One of the sources who spoke with the Journal said the round values Grab at ...
Amazon-backed AI data startup DefinedCrowd raises $11.8M to fuel growth
For artificial intelligence models, learning doesn’t come naturally. Training an AI requires vast quantities of well-organized data tailored for the specific needs of a project, a resource that can be difficult to collect. Seattle-based DefinedCrowd Inc. is working to make quality information more easily accessible for companies building AI applications. To fuel the effort, the ...
Mimecast acquires Solebit for $88M to fend off zero-day email threats
Publicly traded email security provider Mimecast Ltd has bought Solebit Inc., a startup focused on fending off zero-day attacks that target users via their inboxes. The deal, which was announced this morning, is valued at $88 million net of acquired cash. San Francisco-based Solebit previously raised $13 million in funding from investors. It’s a graduate ...
Tableau’s new Extensions API lets users add machine learning to data visualizations
Tableau Software Inc. today launched a new version of its data visualization platform that expands what companies can do with their analytics dashboards. The biggest enhancement in the update is Extensions API, a programming interface for integrating with external software systems. Analytics teams can now augment a dashboard with machine learning models and other components from ...
5G moves closer to reality after T-Mobile and Nokia strike $3.5B networking deal
T-Mobile US Inc. and Nokia Oyj today announced a landmark $3.5 billion deal to build high-speed 5G wireless infrastructure in the United States. All three major U.S. carriers are currently in the process of upgrading their networks to 5G, a set of technologies that promise to enable vastly improved connectivity for consumers. It’s estimated that ...
Marketing analytics startup Simon Data pulls in $20M funding round
There’s an abundance of analytics tools out there that companies can use to process customer data and look for patterns. Simon Data Inc., one of the newer players in this crowded segment, hopes to set itself apart by making it easier for marketers to act on their information. The startup’s strategy has been working out so ...
Backed by $10M, Serverless intros a platform for managing serverless apps
Serverless Inc., a startup with a central role in the accelerating technology trend after which it’s named, today introduced a new offering to bring more enterprises into the fold. Serverless computing is a model of running applications that expands upon the original idea behind the cloud. On top of freeing up companies from managing hardware, it also ...