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Snowflake announces deal to buy SnowConvert, a database migration tool, from Mobilize Net
The cloud data warehouse giant Snowflake Inc. said today it has agreed a deal with Gap Mobilize Corp., which does business as Mobilize Net, to acquire its database migration tool SnowConvert. Although there are a number of third-party data duplication tools around that can be used to aid migrations to Snowflake, few pay much attention ...
Intel insists it will go ahead with construction of new German chip fab
Intel Corp. insists it remains committed to the construction of a new multibillion-dollar semiconductor manufacturing plant in Germany, just weeks after announcing the project was on pause. Intel Chief Global Operations Officer Keyvan Esfarjani told Reuters today that Intel still intends to build the proposed $21 billion chip fab, and that the company is currently negotiating ...
Data management startup Cloudian raises $60M and hires new chairman
Hybrid cloud data management firm Cloudian Inc. said today it has closed on a $60 million round of funding that brings its total amount raised to $233 million. The round was led by Digital Alpha and saw participation from Eight Roads Ventures Japan, INCJ, Intel Capital, Japan Post Investment Corp., Silicon Valley Bank, Tinshed Asia, ...
Microsoft to cut thousands of engineering jobs, reports claim
Microsoft Corp. could become the latest technology giant to announce a significant number of layoffs, according to a report from Bloomberg today. The report cites a “person familiar with the matter” as saying that the fresh round of job cuts would be “significantly larger” than earlier layoffs announced by Microsoft over the last year. If ...
Nextdata launches to transform a vision of ‘data mesh’ into reality
Nextdata quietly emerged from stealth mode today, providing a glimpse of a company that intends to build technology to help organizations decentralize data at large scale. The goal of the firm is to realize the concept of the “data mesh” and its promise of revolutionizing how information is consumed. Nextdata founder and Chief Executive Zhamak Dehghani (pictured), ...
HarperDB 4.0 integrates with open-source connectivity platform NATS to enable limitless data distribution
HarperDB Inc. said today it’s boosting the capabilities of its Global Application Platform by integrating with the NATS open-source connective technology for adaptive edge and distributed systems. Launched a number of years ago, HarperDB is one of an emerging class of hybrid transactional/analytical processing databases that combine traditional SQL for structured data and NoSQL for ...
Dell announces new PowerEdge servers based on Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors
Dell Technologies Inc. today announced another refresh to its PowerEdge server lineup, with the addition of 13 new models that incorporate Intel Corp.’s latest 4th Generation Xeon Scalable processors. The new rack, tower and multi-node PowerEdge servers incorporate Dell’s latest engineering and software advancements to accelerate performance and improve reliability for computing across on-premises data ...
AI21 Labs has created a co-writing bot that can suggest quotes, statistics, provide citations and more
AI21 Labs Ltd., an artificial intelligence research lab focused on natural language processing and generative AI, said today it’s hoping to spice up the lives of writers with the launch of Wordtune Spices, a new feature within its popular Wordtune editing platform. Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that can understand content and meaning to ...
Got It AI launches truth checking tool to fix ChatGPT’s inaccuracies
Autonomous conversational artificial intelligence startup Got It AI Inc. said today it has developed a new “truth checker” tool for the popular chatbot ChatGPT that can identify when it is “hallucinating” — generating fabricated answers to questions. The startup said its tool makes it possible for enterprises to deploy ChatGPT-like experiences without the risk of ...
Google Cloud debuts new AI tools for retailers
Google Cloud said today it’s launching four new artificial intelligence technologies aimed at retailers, just ahead of the National Retail Federation’s annual conference, NRF 2023. The new technologies are designed to help retailers transform in-store shelf checking processes and enhance e-commerce operations, providing more fluid and natural online shopping experiences, Google said. They include a ...