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Amid fierce competition, GoDaddy pulls the plug on its cloud servers
A little over a year after entering the business of providing computing and storage via the cloud, GoDaddy Inc. appears to have thrown in the towel. The hosting giant notified customers in an email publicized on Thursday that its Cloud Server instances will be discontinued as part of a gradual shutdown set to take place ...
The algorithm that made YouTube faster goes live on Google’s cloud
Staying competitive in the cutthroat cloud market requires more than just an aggressive feature release schedule. The top providers also continuously enhance their infrastructure to improve operational efficiency, an area where Google Inc. now hopes to gain an edge. The search giant today revealed an upgrade to its cloud platform that should enable companies to ...
Intel introduces a $79 USB stick for running neural networks
Intel Corp. has found a creative use for the artificial intelligence technology that it obtained through the acquisition of Movidius Ltd. last year. At a trade conference in Hawaii today, the chip maker is showcasing a thumb drive called the Movidius Neural Compute Stick that can be plugged into any device with a USB port ...
Splunk joins $15.8M funding of security analytics startup Insight Engines
Silicon Valley’s enterprise technology giants actively invest in their partner ecosystems to drive revenue growth. This often encompasses not only go-to-market support but also direct financial backing, with the latest example coming from Splunk Inc. The publicly traded analytics provider today joined a $15.8 million funding round into Insight Engines Inc., a startup that focuses ...
Google’s new AI-powered feed aims to personalize the web
Eight months after rolling out a personalized news feed for its mobile app, Google Inc. today introduced a dramatically improved update that aims to change how consumers explore the web. The upgrade brings a host of enhancements focused mainly on better aligning content with user preferences. According to Google, the feed can display videos, articles, ...
Clara Labs raises $7M for its customizable meeting bot
Scheduling meetings is often among the most repetitive parts of people’s workday. As such, it’s a major focus area for the artificial-intelligence startups that have emerged in recent years to try to enhance office productivity. One of the highest-profile contenders is Clara Labs Inc., which today secured a $7 million investment led by a new fund ...
Integrate raises $8M to help marketers sync up business-facing campaigns
Marketing personnel at companies that sell to fellow businesses grapple with many of the same technical obstacles as their consumer-focused peers. One particularly common issue is that lead data and campaign workflows are often spread out across disparate systems, which requires teams to spend a great deal of time just keeping their work coordinated. Integrate.com ...
Companies can now ship their data to Google’s cloud with FedEx
Sending data over the web can be incredibly time-consuming past a certain file size, which often represents an obstacle in cloud migration projects. Now, for companies that use Google Inc.’s infrastructure as a service platform, there’s an alternative. The technology giant today unveiled a system called the Transfer Appliance that’s intended for physically shipping information from an ...
Privacy engineering startup Privitar secures $16M in funding
As hackers develop increasingly sophisticated methods of targeting corporate infrastructure, companies must implement new safeguards to protect customer data. Privitar Ltd. is looking to help. The U.K.-based startup today said it has secured a $16 million investment to widen the adoption of its two privacy enforcement tools. They’re designed to mitigate the risks to which user data and ...
Cloud accounting provider FreshBooks boosts balance sheet with new $43M round
Accounting automation tools may not generate as many headlines as artificial intelligence and the other trends at the top of the tech industry’s agenda, but they represent a hugely profitable market. FreshBooks Inc., one of the leaders in the market, is now doubling down on its efforts to capture more share. The Toronto-based company said ...