Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Rigetti raises $64M to develop a cloud-based quantum computing service

By Maria Deutscher Mar 29, 2017

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…

Infra

Report: Cisco plans to bring high-end network features to lower-cost gear

By Maria Deutscher Mar 29, 2017

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…

Big Data

Nvidia joins $25M funding of graphics chip analytics startup MapD

By Maria Deutscher Mar 29, 2017

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…

Emerging Tech

Chinese web giant Tencent acquires 5 percent stake in Tesla

By Maria Deutscher Mar 28, 2017

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…

Cloud

Amazon Connect launches cloud-based contact center billed by the minute

By Maria Deutscher Mar 28, 2017

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…

Apps

Microsoft updates Skype for Business with new analytics, automation features

By Maria Deutscher Mar 27, 2017

Microsoft Corp. today announced a major update to Skype for Business that aims to reduce the amount of work involved in operating large-scale deployments. Ron Markezich, head of marketing for the Office 365 division,…

Emerging Tech

Oblong debuts slimmer version of its gesture-controlled collaboration system

By Maria Deutscher Mar 27, 2017

After landing deals with IBM Corp., NASA and other large organizations, Oblong Industries Inc. is tweaking its futuristic collaboration system for companies with more modest needs. The startup today introduced a new iteration of…

Emerging Tech

Baidu to open second AI research center in Silicon Valley

By Maria Deutscher Mar 27, 2017

Baidu Inc. is preparing to turn the competition over artificial intelligence talent in Silicon Valley up another notch, despite the recent loss of its chief scientist and machine learning guru Andrew Ng. The Chinese…

Emerging Tech

Robotics startup Ripcord raises $9.5M to digitize the world’s documents

By Maria Deutscher Mar 24, 2017

Although the only printers that make headlines in the tech world these days are the kind used to fabricate 3D objects, many companies still rely heavily on paper as part of their day-to-day operations.…

Big Data

Tech IPO thaw accelerates as data wrangler Alteryx goes public, shares rise 11 percent

By Maria Deutscher Mar 24, 2017

In another positive sign for enterprise technology initial public offerings, the analytics industry’s first IPO of the year can be marked down as a success as its shares rose almost 11 percent in their first…

Maria Deutscher

Rigetti raises $64M to develop a cloud-based quantum computing service

Report: Cisco plans to bring high-end network features to lower-cost gear

Nvidia joins $25M funding of graphics chip analytics startup MapD

Chinese web giant Tencent acquires 5 percent stake in Tesla

Amazon Connect launches cloud-based contact center billed by the minute

Microsoft updates Skype for Business with new analytics, automation features

Oblong debuts slimmer version of its gesture-controlled collaboration system

Baidu to open second AI research center in Silicon Valley

Robotics startup Ripcord raises $9.5M to digitize the world’s documents

Tech IPO thaw accelerates as data wrangler Alteryx goes public, shares rise 11 percent

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