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BMG moves its digital media infrastructure to Google’s cloud
Google LLC announced its first major cloud customer win of the year today, saying that Bertelsmann Music Group has chosen to build a highly scalable global infrastructure atop of its Google Cloud Platform. One of the largest digital media companies in the world, BMG said in a release that its streaming services generate around 1,500 ...
Facebook’s AI for the visually impaired gets more accurate
Facebook Inc. announced Tuesday an improved version of its artificial intelligence technology that generates descriptions of photos posted on its site for visually impaired users. The Automatic Alternative Text AI was first introduced in 2016 as a way of improving the experience for visually impaired users. Before that, when a visually impaired user came across ...
Incident response startup StackPulse exits stealth with $28M in funding
Incident response provider StackPulse Ltd. emerged from stealth mode today backed by $28 million in funding. The investment includes a $20 million Series A round led by GGV, plus $8 million from a previously unannounced seed funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, which also participated in the Series A. StackPulse is emerging from stealth ...
Infrastructure automation startup Quali Systems raises $54M
Cloud and DevOps infrastructure automation startup Quali Systems Ltd. said today it has raised $54 million in a new round of funding. Greenfield Partners and JVP co-led the Series D round, which brings Quali’s total amount raised close to $100 million. Quali sells a software platform called CloudShell that helps companies optimize the cloud infrastructure ...
Google Cloud announces new AI tools for online retail
Google LLC is targeting retailers with its latest batch of artificial intelligence services that it says will help them deliver more personalized, real-time experiences in to consumers. The new services, announced today, have been branded as Google’s Product Discovery Solutions for Retail. They include a Recommendations AI engine that’s now generally available. According to Google, ...
Cloud data backup-as-a-service startup Rewind raises $15M in Series A round
Cloud data protection startup Rewind said today it has raised $15 million in a new round of financing. The Series A round was led by Inovia Capital, with participation from Ridge Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, ScaleUP Ventures, Fundfire, Mistral Venture Partners and some technology-focused angel investors. Rewind, owned and operated by Third Blink Software Inc., has created ...
Ride-hailing startup Grab mulls possible US IPO
Singapore-based ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab Taxi Pte Ltd. is considering launching an initial public offering in the U.S. later this year. That’s according to Reuters, which said today the company is looking to raise at least $2 billion through the offer by taking advantage of the massive enthusiasm for IPOs among U.S. investors. ...
Report: Citrix poised to buy collaboration software firm Wrike for $2 billion
Citrix Systems Inc., which sells network security and desktop virtualization software tools, is reportedly trying to expand into the collaboration space by acquiring the work management platform provider Wrike Inc. in a deal valued at more than $2 billion. Bloomberg, which first reported the news, cited people familiar with the matter as saying talks are ...
Digital Realty joins big tech exodus from California to Texas
Data center colocation and interconnection provider Digital Realty Inc. has become the latest tech firm to announce it’s moving its headquarters away from California to Texas, joining an exodus that includes Oracle Corp., Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. and Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk. Digital Realty said it was moving to Austin, Texas as it would ...
Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce team up on digital COVID-19 vaccination initiative
Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., and Salesforce.com Inc. have joined a coalition that’s aiming to create a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport to enable safer post-pandemic travel. The Vaccination Credential Initiative, announced today, also includes a number of healthcare organizations such as the nonprofit Mayo Clinic. It’s betting that governments and airlines will start demanding that people ...