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HPE wraps up its $8.8B software spinoff to Micro Focus
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is a much leaner company than it was yesterday. The technology giant this morning officially wrapped up the sale of its former software business to U.K.-based Micro Focus International plc. As part of the deal, HPE has received an $2.5 billion cash payment while its shareholders will own a 50.1 percent ...
Juniper Networks to acquire AI-powered security startup Cyphort
Practically every leading threat detection platform on the market now uses some form of artificial intelligence. Juniper Networks Inc. on Thursday announced that it has struck an agreement to buy Cyphort Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based cybersecurity startup, in a move seemingly aimed at leveling the playing field. Cyphort offers a platform for finding malicious ...
Oracle adds new AI, data tools for harnessing connected devices
Oracle Corp. is bolstering its cloud lineup with new tools aimed at helping companies take better advantage of the data generated by their connected devices. The first of the additions, which are rolling out for the Oracle Internet of Things Cloud suite, is a modeling feature dubbed Digital Twin. It provides the ability to create ...
Qadium, a security startup with CIA roots, raises $40 million
Every server, handset and connected device in a company is a potential attack vector. San Francisco-based Qadium Inc. today announced that it has raised $40 million in funding to help organizations find vulnerable systems before hackers do. The startup, which is headed by former CIA analyst Tim Junio, offers a network monitoring platform that differs ...
Dropbox Paper gets a G Suite-style upgrade
Dropbox Inc. is making it easier to keep track of files in Paper, its collaborative document editing service. The company today released an update for the tool that brings several notable usability improvements. Among the most significant is a new version control tab that logs edits, title modifications and other major changes to a file. ...
New Salesforce project uses AI to make databases more accessible
Salesforce.com Inc. has found a new application for artificial intelligence. Researchers from the cloud giant on Tuesday released a paper detailing the architectural details of Seq2SQL, an internally-developed tool designed to help business users interact with databases. The software provides a natural-language interface for asking questions about the records in a system. According to Salesforce, ...
Siemens enters the business of simulating self-driving cars
Autonomous navigation systems are fairly rough around the edges at this point in time, which requires automakers such as Tesla Inc. to perform extensive testing before shipping them out with their vehicles. Siemens AG is hoping to streamline the task. The German industrial giant today announced that it has acquired Tass International Software and Services B.V., a ...
Western Digital inks deal to acquire flash array maker Tegile
Fresh off its purchase of consumer-oriented cloud storage provider Upthere Inc., Western Digital Corp. is making another acquisition that shifts the focus to the enterprise. The company today announced plans to buy Newark, California-based array maker Tegile Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Tegile’s hardware lineup is divided into two categories: all-flash arrays powered entirely by solid-state ...
Apple partners with Accenture to help enterprises build iOS apps
The role of partners in Apple Inc.’s enterprise strategy has become a lot more pronounced over recent years. Today, the mobile giant doubled down by announcing a collaboration with Accenture PLC that will focus on helping organizations build custom iOS apps. The partnership has several dimensions. First, Accenture is set to form iOS development teams at ...
Okta extends its identity platform to more parts of the enterprise
Okta Inc. today unveiled new features designed to help companies better control who accesses their technology infrastructure. The first set of capabilities that the identity management giant introduced at its annual customer event in Las Vegas is aimed at easing the task of managing users who hail from outside the organization. At a typical enterprise, ...