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In the latest deal the roll up corporate data centers into independent providers, Equinix Inc. said today it’s buying 29 of Verizon Communications Inc.’s data centers for $3.6 billion. The deal comes a month after CenturyLink Inc. sold 57 data centers to …
HPE’s data navigation engine can now answer questions like a chatbot
The swift rise of chatbots in the enterprise has not gone unnoticed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., which today is rolling out a new release of IDOL, its data navigation engine, that adds a natural-language query mechanism for easing searches. The feature enables …
Security startup Secdo raises $10M to keep hackers out of enterprise devices
With new malicious software strains such as Mirai and the recently discovered Googlian virus infecting millions of devices at a time, companies have more reason than ever to invest in endpoint protection software. One of the startups fighting for a piece of …
The startup that powers sales teams at Google and IBM just raised $4M in funding
Running a successful sales campaign requires finding not only organizations that would be receptive to its pitch but also specific people with the authority to sign a deal. Berkeley, Calif.-based LeadGenius Inc. is hoping to improve its ability to ease that task with a …
NEA leads $55M funding of storage startup Datrium
Although the slogan “Open Convergence” is displayed prominently on its site and product materials, Datrium Inc. has little to do with the tightly integrated hyperconverged appliances that the phrase evokes. Instead, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based storage startup is pursuing an entirely different approach …
Juniper Networks acquires cloud automation startup AppFormix
Juniper Networks Inc. said Thursday it has purchased AppFormix Inc., buying what it hopes will be a new revenue stream from customers moving to the cloud. San Jose-based AppFormix sells software for automating the management of large-scale cloud environments. The deal comes four …
Pfizer taps IBM’s Watson to hunt for cancer cures
Less than 48 hours after announcing a landmark cloud deal with American Airlines Group Inc., IBM Corp. has reeled in another blue-chip company for an even more ambitious project. The technology giant today revealed a collaboration with Pfizer Inc. to tap the …
Dashbot raises $2M in funding to boost its chatbot analytics service
As the number of companies building chatbots continues to rise, so is the demand for supporting tools that can ease the development and maintenance workflow. One of the startups trying to capitalize on this trend is the San Francisco-based Dashbot Inc., which …
Amazon brings the AI technology that powers the Echo to AWS
The new artificial intelligence capabilities that Amazon Inc. has been rumored to be developing for its public cloud are finally here. At its annual AWS re:Invent event in Las Vegas today (* Disclosure below), the company introduced three new services that aim …
Iguazio takes its performance-boosting data platform global with help from Equinix
For large companies that collect information from multiple geographically disparate sources, moving everything to a central analytics environment the old fashioned way often isn’t practical due to the distances involved. Israeli data management startup Iguazio Ltd. is doing its part to ease …