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Security startup Darktrace introduces ‘digital antibody’ against malware
Despite the plethora of threat mitigation tools available, research carried out by the Ponemon Institute indicates that fully containing a breach can still take companies months in some cases. Darktrace, a British security startup that has raised over $100 million from investors, believes that the solution is to automate the threat response process. The ...
Mist launches new service to unlock Internet of Things location data
Companies often require the ability to track the location of the sensors and other connected devices on their networks, but not every endpoint can provide positioning data, especially in indoor environments. Mist Systems Inc. hopes to overcome the challenge with a new cloud-based tool that can pinpoint where a device happens to be in ...
BlackBerry’s stock soars after earnings beat revenue and profit expectations
BlackBerry Ltd.’s efforts to recover from the decline of its once-dominant handset business appear to be moving on the right track. In its fourth-quarter earnings report today, the company revealed it beat analyst estimates on all major counts during the three months ended Feb. 27. One of the areas where BlackBerry made the biggest improvement is the ...
OneLogin harnesses machine learning to make sign-ins less of a hassle
Amid the fierce competition in the identity management market, OneLogin Inc. is turning to artificial intelligence for an edge. The company unveiled a new iteration of its authentication service today that employs machine learning algorithms to fine-tune how much scrutiny is applied to users when they try to sign into a service. According to OneLogin, ...
HelloSign launches service for turning documents into mobile-native ‘workflows’
The electronically signed forms that are replacing physical paperwork in offices worldwide are proving easier to store and manage, but they can still be a hassle to fill, especially on handsets with limited screen real-estate. HelloSign Inc. has taken it upon itself to tackle the challenge. The startup today introduced a new service called HelloWorks ...
Rigetti raises $64M to develop a cloud-based quantum computing service
Despite the daunting technical and competitive obstacles at play, a startup called Rigetti Computing Inc. is emerging as a serious contender in the race to build a large-scale quantum computer. Its efforts are supported by $64 million in funding raised over two rounds that were officially announced on Tuesday. The first investment was led by Andreessen ...
Report: Cisco plans to bring high-end network features to lower-cost gear
Amid the rapid enterprise adoption of commodity switches, Cisco Systems Inc. is reportedly developing a new strategy to maintain its lead in the networking market. Two anonymous insiders told The Information on Tuesday that the company’s plans revolve around Lindt, an upcoming operating system aimed at bringing the features of its high-end switches to lower-cost gear. ...
Nvidia joins $25M funding of graphics chip analytics startup MapD
Artificial intelligence applications aren’t the only kind of enterprise workload that can take advantage of graphics processing units. GPUs also lend themselves to visualizing data, a task that relies on many of the same operations involved in rendering videos, games and other multimedia content. The effort to harness the technology for this dashboarding is led by ...
Chinese web giant Tencent acquires 5 percent stake in Tesla
Tencent Holdings Ltd. is making a big bet on electric vehicles. According to a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today, the Chinese technology giant has acquired a 5 percent stake in Tesla Inc. for $1.78 billion. The investment includes 8.12 million shares that Tencent bought on the open market and through ...
Amazon Connect launches cloud-based contact center billed by the minute
Besides their business applications and employee productivity tools, Amazon.com Inc. now also wants companies to run customer service operations on its public cloud. The infrastructure as a service giant today is launching a managed call handling system described as a more convenient alternative to setting up a contact center from scratch. Dubbed Amazon Connect, the offering is based ...