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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 ...
Pure Storage adds sustainability assessment tools to its flash storage arrays
The data storage company Pure Storage Inc. said today it’s taking steps to help customers reach their sustainability goals with the addition of new analytics tools in its server hardware. The Pure1 Sustainability Assessment feature gives companies increased visibility into the environmental impact of their data center operations, along with recommendations on steps they can ...
Nvidia’s powerful new GeForce RTX graphics cards deliver 4X performance boost
Nvidia Corp. announced a pair of extremely powerful graphics cards at its virtual GTC 2022 conference today, promising big steps forward in terms of performance and energy efficiency with artificial intelligence-powered graphics. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 are based on the company’s new Ada Lovelace architecture, which was described by Nvidia Chief ...
Microsoft rolls out the first major update for Windows 11
Microsoft Corp. said today the Windows 11 2022 Update is now rolling out in more than 190 countries, bringing multiple productivity, usability and security upgrades to its flagship computer operating system. The update provides various fixes and refinements to the OS, improving the Start menu, dumping some Windows 8-era user interface designs and adding some ...
First systems powered by Nvidia’s powerful new H100 GPUs to launch next month
Nvidia Corp. announced at its virtual GTC 2022 event today that the first products and services based on its next-generation graphics processing unit, the Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU, will roll out next month. The Nvidia H100 Tensor Core is the most powerful GPU the company has ever made. Now in full production, it’s based ...
Nvidia debuts Jetson Orin Nano, a lightweight AI platform for entry-level robotics
Nvidia Corp. is making robotics more accessible with the launch of a new, slimline Jetson Orin Nano system-on-module platform that delivers up to 80 times faster performance than the previous generation. Jetson Orin Nano was announced today at Nvidia GTC 2022, alongside the availability of its Nvidia Isaac Sim robotics training platform in the cloud. ...
Nvidia’s new IGX platform offers foundation for safer, more secure AI systems
Nvidia Corp. says it can provide enhanced safety and security for artificial intelligence applications with the launch of its new Nvidia IGX platform. It’s a brand-new offering announced at the virtual GTC 2022 conference today that enables high-precision AI at the edge, designed to provide proactive safety and higher security for systems used in manufacturing, ...
Nvidia and Booz Allen team up on AI-powered, GPU-accelerated cybersecurity
Nvidia Corp. said today it’s partnering with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. to bring an artificial intelligence-enabled, graphics processing unit-accelerated cybersecurity platform to customers looking to safeguard deployments at the network edge. The new platform was announced at the virtual Nvidia GTC 2022 developer conference today. It’s designed to power next-generation incident response systems that can be used ...
4M Analytics raises $30M to map US underground utility infrastructure
Subsurface infrastructure mapping startup 4M Analytics Ltd. said today it has closed on an additional $30 million in funding that brings the total amount raised through its Series A round to $45 million. The round was led by Insight Partners and ITI Venture Capital and included participation from existing investors including Viola Ventures and F2 ...