Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
Cisco Systems Inc. is making another “acquihire” to strengthen its AppDynamics application monitoring platform, snapping up Germany-based startup replex GmbH for an undisclosed price today. The acquisition is designed to help AppDynamics “grow its product and engineering talent,” according to Linda Tong, …
Supply problems take a bite out of Intel’s PC chip business and its stock falls hard
Semiconductor giant Intel Corp. saw its stock dive in after-hours trading today after its third-quarter sales fell short of Wall Street’s targets. The company blamed component shortages that hampered its all-important personal computer business. Intel also warned investors its gross margin and free …
Google beefs up Android Enterprise security and makes it easier to manage
Google LLC is updating its Android Enterprise program with a number of new features and capabilities today. Among them, it’s adding a superior way for identity providers to integrate authentication services an a new application programming interface for speedier updates. And it’s …
Zebra announces more flexible warehouse robots for fulfillment operations
Enterprise technology giant Zebra Technologies Corp. announced three new autonomous mobile robots today as part of a new fulfillment system for warehouse operators. The Fetch Robotics-branded system is powered by a fulfillment software package for order or batch picking called FetchCore that’s used …
Amazon previews AWS Data Exchange for its Redshift data warehouse service
Amazon Web Services Inc. has announced the public preview of AWS Data Exchange for Amazon Redshift, with an aim to make it simpler for customers to find third-party data and query it using its data warehouse service. The AWS Data Exchange debuted …
Qualtrics posts another surprise profit and its stock makes solid gains
Experience management platform provider Qualtrics International Inc. delivered another strong quarter today with a surprise profit and stronger-than-expected revenue sending its stock higher. The company reported a third-quarter profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny a share on revenue of …
Automation Anywhere wants to bring software robots into the call center
Robotic process automation firm Automation Anywhere Inc. is bringing its smarts into contact centers, helping call center agents become more efficient by quickly surfacing the information they need to handle customer calls. Automation Anywhere is widely considered one of the leaders in …
Asana adds more collaborative tools to reduce time spent on ‘work about work’
Collaboration software company Asana Inc. is trying to eliminate what it says are countless working hours wasted on tasks such as searching for information, switching between applications and regular status meetings that achieve nothing in terms of productivity. Asana refers to the …
Application security testing firm Invicti Security to raise $625M
Application security testing startup Invicti Security Ltd. will have bags of money to play with after raising a $625 million funding round led by Summit Partners. The round Existing investor Turn/River Capital will also participate in the round, which is expected to …
Deci gets $21M funding to help automate deep learning model development
Deci.AI Ltd. is getting a $21 million cash infusion via an early-stage round of funding aimed at furthering its mission of helping companies build, optimize and deploy artificial intelligence-powered applications. Today’s Series A round was led by Insight Partners and saw the …