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Consolidating an organization’s disparate data management systems into one centralized repository can theoretically ease processing, but the approach has proven difficult to implement in practice. One of the vendors trying to remedy the situation is a Massachusetts-based startup called Podium Data Inc. …
What you missed in Big Data: AI continues to gain momentum
Artificial intelligence technology is finding its way to every corner of the modern enterprise. Last week Google set out to help organizations embrace the trend faster by acquiring a startup called API.AI Inc. that has developed a cloud-based chatbot builder. The platform …
What you missed in Cloud: Big plans and deep pockets
Traditional information technology vendors are investing heavily to try and address the growing adoption of cloud computing in the enterprise. Last week, Oracle Corp. stepped up its efforts by launching a new iteration of its infrastructure-as-a-service platform that promises to provide a …
Reports: Twitter in acquisition talks with Salesforce, Google and others
After years of buyout rumors, Twitter Inc. has been approached by several potential buyers and may receive a formal acquisition bid before long, according to a CNBC report. Anonymous insiders who leaked the news to the channel said Software as a Service …
Cisco partners with Salesforce.com to take on Slack, Internet of Things
Three months after teaming up with IBM Corp. to deliver new communications functionality for customers, Cisco Systems Inc. has nabbed another key ally. The networking giant today announced a partnership with Salesforce.com Inc. that will similarly focus on helping users of the …
Battery Ventures leads $16M round into time-series DB startup InfluxData
The unstructured nature of the data generated by the connected universe is only one of the operational challenges that make analyzing it so difficult. There’s also the fact that a lot of machine-generated logs must be organized based on the order of …
Syncsort promises better Hadoop transparency with new metadata features
The records inside a Hadoop cluster constitute are only part of its overall information footprint. The other portion is made up of the metadata that is produced as those records change and evolve over time, which Syncsort Inc. wants to make more …
Twilio’s new analytics service aims to help optimize web calls
While using Twilio Inc.’s communications APIs is much easier for developers than implementing VoIP functionality from scratch, enabling long-distance calls across different devices and browsers can still be a challenge. The vendor set out to ease the task today by launching a …
Google buys API.AI to boost its natural language processing chops
Barely 48 hours after picking up Urban Engines Inc. for its transportation intelligence platform, Google has announced another acquisition in the analytics space: API.AI Inc., a Sunnyvale, CA-based provider of natural language processing technology for developers. The outfit’s flagship offering is a …
Akamai’s new image loading service aims to speed up media-heavy sites
With HTTP Archive data indicating that images take up two-thirds of the average webpage’s storage footprint, it’s no surprise they’re such a big focus for content delivery providers. Akamai Technologies Inc. is doubling down today by introducing a new optimization option that …