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Microsoft is reportedly developing a managed Windows 10 service
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly working on a new way to monetize Windows 10 in the enterprise. The information comes from veteran Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley, who has broken many stories about the company over the past few decades. In a ZDNet report published today, Foley cited inside sources as saying that the technology giant is ...
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Google teams up with GitHub to simplify software container projects for developers
Google LLC today announced a collaboration with GitHub Inc. at the Google Cloud Next conference that’s focused on simplifying a key part of modern software projects. At the center of the partnership is Cloud Build, a service the company introduced at the event on Tuesday. It’s a CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) tool designed to ...
Facebook acquires team chat startup Redkix to turn up the heat on Slack
Redkix Inc., a team chat startup with offices in California and Israel, today revealed that it has been acquired by Facebook Inc. to boost the company’s Workplace collaboration platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to a source close to the matter who spoke with Israeli business publication CTech, the transaction ...
Amid foldable phone rumors, Samsung debuts ‘unbreakable’ bendable screen
Following reports that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is preparing to launch a foldable smartphone, the company today debuted a bendable mobile display it hails as “unbreakable.” The new screen (pictured) is based on organic light-emitting diode technology. OLED panels already ship in a number of devices including Apple Inc.’s iPhone X and are inherently flexible. ...
Waymo teams up with Walmart to widen the use of self-driving vehicles
While Google LLC watchers have their eyes turned to Cloud Next, the company’s Waymo division is pressing forward with its effort to put self-driving vehicles on the road. The group today unveiled a set of partnerships focused on testing new ways for consumers to use autonomous vehicles in their lives. The most significant among them is ...
Data protection unicorn Rubrik debuts Radar, a new service for fighting ransomware
Enterprises rely on backup software for much more than just dealing with routine issues such as accidental file deletions and server failures. Having up-to-date copies of important data is equally important to ensuring an organization’s ability to recover from cyberattacks, which often compromise business records. Data protection startup Rubrik Inc. wants to reduce the risk ...
AI analytics startup Outlier raises $6.2M to illuminate new patterns in data
Up-and-coming analytics provider Outlier Inc. today announced that it has nabbed a $6.2 million funding round to automate the task of extracting new insights from business data. The startup is led by Chief Executive Sean Byrnes, who is no stranger to the analytics market. Byrnes previously founded Flutter Inc., a provider of tools for understanding app ...
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Hitachi to acquire Rean in bid to establish a stronger cloud presence
Less than 48 hours after Atos SE inked a $3.4 billion deal to acquire Syntel Inc., the information technology services market is seeing some more consolidation. Hitachi Ltd. today announced plans to buy Rean Cloud LLC, a systems integrator that specializes in public cloud projects. The deal is being carried out by Hitachi’s Vantara division, which emerged from the merger of the company’s ...
Rescale, a cloud simulation startup backed by Jeff Bezos, snags new $32M round
Rescale Inc., a startup harnessing the public cloud for scientific simulations and other complex workloads, today announced that it has raised $32 million in fresh funding. The round was led by Keen Venture Partners, SineWave Ventures and Reddit Inc. co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s Initialized Capital. Rescale previously raised over $20 million from a group that included ...
IT services giant Atos inks $3.4B deal to acquire Syntel
Atos SE, a major player in the global information technology services market that closed 2017 with revenue of nearly $15 billion, is growing its reach. The French company on late Sunday announced that it has inked a deal to acquire industry peer Syntel Inc. for $3.4 billion. The sum breaks down to $41 per share, ...