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Istio is now an incubating project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced today that it has voted to accept the popular open-source service mesh Istio as an incubating project. The move brings Istio under the same umbrella as related cloud-native projects, such as Kubernetes. The decision is likely to appease many of Istio’s users and contributors, who have long pushed for ...
DataRobot debuts fully managed AI Cloud platform for building machine learning models
Artificial intelligence startup DataRobot Inc. today announced a fully managed version of its AI Cloud platform that helps enterprises create machine learning software and applications quickly and without coding skills. DataRobot’s AI Cloud made its debut one year ago. At the time, the company said it can function as the central hub for customer’s AI ...
Data transformation startup Coalesce gets $26M in early-stage funding
Startup Coalesce Automation Inc. said today it has closed on a $26 million early-stage round of funding led by Emergence Capital, with participation from existing backers 11.2 Capital and GreatPoint Ventures. Today’s Series A round validates the emergence of Coalesce as a promising player within the data transformation market, coming in the wake of a ...
Dell partners with Wind River on modular cloud-native telecommunications infrastructure
Dell Technologies Inc. today announced a new telecom cloud infrastructure platform that’s designed to help communications service providers deploy cloud-native networks faster and with less hassle. The new platform has been co-engineered with the open networking provider Wind River Systems Inc. and is based on a modular approach to building cloud-native networks. Dell says that ...
AI-powered student engagement platform provider Ocelot raises $117M in funding
Educational technology communications and student engagement platform Ocelot said today it has raised $117 million in funding from the software-focused investment firm K1 Investment Management. The round is notable because it’s the first time the company has secured outside funding, having previously been bootstrapped. Ocelot, a service of CareerAmerica LLC, has created a unified engagement ...
Intel debuts next-generation desktop CPUs, promising a big boost for gaming and multitasking performance
Intel Corp. today lifted the lid off of its latest generation of central processing units for desktop computers. Announced today by Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger (below) at the chipmaking giant’s two-day Intel Innovation event, the new generation of CPUs is known as the 13th Gen Intel Core family. Code-named Raptor Lake, it includes what the ...
Intel updates Developer Cloud and builds out a more open chip foundry ecosystem
Intel Corp. said at its second annual Intel Innovation event today that it’s bringing some of its most advanced technologies to the Intel Developer Cloud platform. At the same time, the company announced multiple advancements across its portfolio of graphics processing units. Developer Cloud The updates to the Intel Developer Cloud were announced by Intel ...
Qualcomm partners with Mercedes-Benz and Red Hat to accelerate its automotive chip ambitions
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is stepping up its plans to power the next generation of autonomous vehicles on the road, announcing important new partnerships with Mercedes-Benz AG and Red Hat Inc. at its Automotive Investor Day conference today. The chip company has been pushing aggressively into the automotive sector in recent years as part of a ...
DocuSign hires former Google exec Allan Thygesen as its new CEO
Shares of DocuSign Inc., the electronic signature software company, rose more than 3% today after it announced that Allan Thygesen is taking over as its new chief executive officer. Thygesen (pictured) is an experienced hand, who was most recently serving at Google LLC as its president of the Americas and global partners. As part of that role, ...
Cockroach Labs debuts serverless edition of its popular CockroachDB database
CockroachDB database maker Cockroach Labs Inc. today announced the general availability of the long-awaited “serverless” version of its flagship product. The company says the serverless edition of CockroachDB provides teams with a highly performant, reliable database, without any of the overhead of managing the process of scaling the database up and down, ensuring they can ...