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Task force to find ways to make US government data available for AI research
A U.S. government task force launched today is working on a strategy to provide artificial intelligence researchers with access to massive amounts of data on American citizens. The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force is part of a broader effort to ensure the U.S. remains a leader in the emerging AI field. The task ...
Cisco DNA Center update brings more AI to improve network operations
Cisco Systems Inc. is pushing out an update to its DNA Center and it’s a fairly big one that introduces a host of new capabilities to help to improve network performance, speed up adoption and increase scale and security. Cisco’s DNA Center is an open, extensible management platform for intent-based networking, an approach to network ...
Lightbend’s Akka Serverless enables stateful app development without a database
A startup called Lightbend Inc. is trying to get around the limitations of the serverless computing model that often prevent its adoption for more complex, data-hungry applications. The company today announced a new, open-source developer platform called Akka Serverless today that it said will set a new standard for cloud-native application development. Essentially what it ...
Amazon eases serverless app delivery headaches with AWS Proton
Amazon Web Services Inc. is making life easier for developers with the general availability of a new service that helps automate the deployment of container-based and serverless software applications in its cloud. AWS Proton is an application delivery service that enables platform teams quickly and easily to create a stack that defines the infrastructure resources, ...
Dell is rapidly building a cloud-native telecom ecosystem for 5G
Dell Technologies Inc.’s 5G strategy became a lot clearer today as it outlined its plans for a “cloud-native telecom ecosystem” consisting of network infrastructure and software, dozens of reference architectures, a new innovation lab and a host of industry partners. The company said it’s targeting communications service providers and that it wants to help them ...
UiPath’s stock slides despite a solid first post-IPO earnings report
Automation technology platform company UiPath Inc. saw its stock take a beating in after-hours trading today after its first quarterly earnings call following an initial public offering in late April. That came despite a strong performance in which UiPath beat expectations on revenue, post a surprise profit versus an expected loss. It also threw in a ...
AI transcription startup Verbit.ai becomes a unicorn with $157M funding round
Artificial intelligence-powered transcription and captioning platform provider Verbit Software Ltd. has risen to “unicorn” status after landing a $157 million round of funding. Sapphire Ventures led the Series D round, announced today, with participation from new investors such as Third Point, More Capital, Lion Investment Partners and ICON Fund, as well as existing investors Stripes, ...
Dell announces new AMD-based Integrated Systems for Azure Stack HCI
Dell Technologies Inc. is expanding the capabilities of its Dell EMC Integrated Systems for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI with the launch of new Advanced Micro Devices Inc.-based configurations that can handle more exotic workloads. The new systems also feature some updates on the software side that help automate provisioning and delivery. The Dell EMC Integrated ...
Snowflake brings programmability and governance to its Data Cloud
Cloud data warehouse darling Snowflake Inc. today is expanding its Data Cloud with new platform features focused on data programmability and governance. The aim is to help customers bring even more information into their Snowflake Data Clouds as a means of obtaining more valuable business insights. At the same time, the company is expanding its Data ...
NetApp simplifies hybrid cloud data management with ONTAP updates
NetApp Inc. said today it’s updating its ONTAP data management software with new capabilities and features that it says will centralize and simplify data administration across hybrid cloud environments. The company also announced updates to some of its key products powered by ONTAP, including its FlexPod converged infrastructure and its highly scalable object store, called ...